Voile Split Decision Kit

 Brand : Voile
Item : VOL0014
If you don't have the dinero to throw towards a factory-assembled splitboard and you have confidence in your carpentry skills, the Voile Split Kit is for you. Turn any snowboard into a backcountry gem with the Voile Split Decision Kit. This package includes all the hardware, Universal Slider Tracks and Slider Pins, and step by step instructions to safely split your board—you provide the saw, cajones, and ingenuity. The Split Kit works with nearly any binding and board combination. Enough of boot packing and snowshoes. Get up to speed with the Voile Split Decision Kit.
Price: $149.95
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Voile Split Decision Kit



Voile Split Decision Kit
I installed the Split Kit on my 'retired' Santa Cruz board and Switch step-in bindings without any problems. It took about 4 hours (but would probably have gone a lot faster if I'd located all the tools I needed before starting ... it took me a while to find the correct size drill bit for some of the holes, and my center punch--an essential item for getting all the holes exactly positioned for the hardware to line up properly. I tested the board the next day on an outing with some friends who were just out for a short snow-shoeing trail. Although I have never snow-shoed before, nor ever had a pair of skis of any type on my feet before, I found the split board (with skins) so efficient on the ascent (about 900 ft vertical in 1.6 miles) that I was leading the way, breaking the trail through the fresh, virgin snow well ahead of my snow-shoe-experienced friends. About half of the trail was rideable on the descent and with the skins removed and the board assembled for snowboarding it behaved exactly as it had before I cut it in two. On the flatter parts of the descent I decided to try the "skis" without skins and my lack of skiing experience gave me a few tumbles and my friends a few laughs. (some learning ahead of me there:-) I found the change-over from skis to snowboard and back as quick and easy as advertised (taking little more than one minute to assemble the snowboard at the top of the trail, on firm ground, to about 3 minutes to split back to skis in soft, deep, off-trail snow on the descent, when the slope became too shallow to ride.


Voile split decision kit
Overall, with regard to performance, the split kit works well with my Burton BMC 166 (better than the Voile boards) and although I am proud of the job that I did, I think that the value is not comparable to buying a factory-assembled setup (i.e., when you add up the cost of the split kit, the extra labor & parts cost at the ski shop, the time spent assembling the kit, and the cost of the board.) The instructions are very, very poorly written (e.g., what size countersink bit should be used?), several parts were missing or didn't match the instructions, the T-nuts are very poor quality, and the wood screws for the mounting plates are too short. I had to pay $40 to have the board split and to replace the crappy T-nuts with P-tex covered T-nuts and have heli-coils inserted to hold the too short screws. I never did receive the longer screws from Voile as promised. Although I was given a $10 discount for all my troubles, I spent much more buying different size bits and having the better T-nuts and wood screws/heli-coils installed.


what to do with an old snowboard
This split kit is the best thing I have purchased yet this season. I tried to perfect my skiing but there is nothing like carving pow on a snowboard. I think the voile split kit is a good idea/alternative for snowboarders who dream of doing any backcountry touring on their decks. A MUST BUY IF YOU WANT TO SNOWBOARD THE BACKCOUNTRY- GET RID OF THE SNOWSHOES.


free at last
After lugging my board on my back for a season and trailing far behind my tele friends on ascents, I caved in and bought the Voile Split Kit last season. I went to a swap and found a used wood-core board cheap and just swapped the bindings off my regular board. Compared to what you pay for a full factory set up, this was really affordable. I wasn't convinced of how sturdy it would be in its board formation, but my god I love this setup. It is so worth the money and time, especially compared to the price of factory split boards. I did splurge on snowboard skins, and highly recommend those. Now I can't see ascending any other way. As many have mentioned, the instructions are vague. My friend and I completed it in about two sessions of three hours each. The only other hassles just have to do with the nature of split boarding. Like when you have rolling terrain after your descent, switching back and forth isn't ideal. So you have to snowplow awkwardly down little hills while your skiing friends are pulling off turns. Also, for longer, overnight trips, once you add the weight of a two-day pack and some hairy terrain, the extra weight on your feet while you ascend is a drag compared to a touring or tele ski setup. But, once you are riding, it is well worth the hoof. And for day trips, you are faster ascending than those on skis because of all the extra surface area. You float up. It rocks. I love my Voile kit.


Fun project but many grey areas
If it was not for the killer tech support supplied here, I would have been deep in the weeds! Voile does not share enough info so you must search out help and experience. The biggest shocker is even if you do everything right you will end up with 10 new 3/4" holes all the way through your board. You need tee nuts with base material attached or bring it to a shop and have them do a base weld in the holes. The rest of the project is reasonable, even cutting the board in two. It's hair raising but doable. I used a jig saw and long flexible fence clamped to the board to make the cut.




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