Splitboarding comes with a pretty steep learning curve. Leave your water bottle at home and you’ll likely have a laminated checklist printed out quicker than your piss returns to a normal colour. But what about all the little things? The mistakes that you didn’t even know were mistakes. All the tweaks to your technique that make the biggest differences, or the simple tips nobody ever taught you. Enter: The Splitboard Hacks!

“We’ve teamed up with Spark R&D to bring you a short series of tricks and tips designed to make life in the backcountry hassle-free”

We’ve teamed up with Spark R&D to bring you a short series of tricks and tips designed to make life in the backcountry hassle-free and you the envy of your touring party. Of course, if you’re looking for the fundamentals, we’ve got all the basics covered in our Splitboard Hub, from packing a bag for splitboarding to descending safely in potential avalanche terrain.

The Splitboard Hacks, on the other hand, are to separate the wheat from the chaff, the mountain goats from the hillside faffers. These are all the things you never knew you were doing wrong until you started doing them right.

Scroll down to view all the Splitboard Hacks or skip to a particular video using the links below

The ‘Ski Carry’ | The ‘Boot’ | The ‘Beer Caddy’ | The ‘Ice Scraper’ | The ‘Skins In The Jacket’ | The ‘Lip Balm’