Shape, Profile and Sidecut

There’s a lot of rocker at the front of this board, and the nose is pretty humongous, so float is never going to be a problem. The Pencil Split takes to powder like the proverbial duck to water, eliminating back leg burn and letting you focus on surfing it off the back foot. The tail has a small crescent to help it sink, but to be honest the bulk of the volume is so far forwards that it probably doesn’t make a huge difference.

Anyone experienced in splitboarding can tell you that you’re not always going to be riding perfect pow, though. Sometimes you’ll need to skin up bulletproof tracks, or traverse icy sections at the top or bottom of a face, at which point the Pencil Split’s camber profile beneath your feet keeps it feeling planted.

There are only two lengths in the split version of this board – a 147 for women, and 164 for the guys – but with a tight sidecut radius even the longer model is adept at picking lines through tightly-spaced forests.

“The Pencil Split takes to powder like the proverbial duck to water”