AT for backcountry snowboarders

yeah splitboards kinda suck. I went on a mountaineering trip last winter and this girl came with had one of those pieces of junk and was just slow as can be. They are just slow to transfer from Touriing to downhill. And this is coming from a guy who uses clipfix skins and alpine trekkers.
 
yeah, splitboards are dope. but while we're on the subject of Voile, has anyone tried the hardwire three pin (tele binding) in the park? i'm getting some soon and wondering if i should sell the hardwires and just stick with my bombers or other way round?
 
I have a feeling it was more the girl being slow than the equipment sucking. I don't usually go out with splitboarders, but I'm sure there are plenty that are fast on the uphill and changeovers.
 
why not? i'm in the east and i ski primarily park, i want to know about the tele bindings performance in the park, or doing "newschool skiing" and i think you'd be surprised at how many people do at least some teleskiing on NS.
 
For the most part, they just take practice. One of my touring buddies is fast as can be with his split board. He'd get to the top and not say a word and just do it and would be ready as fast as we were. They're brutal for skiing out long rolling drainages..lots of hopping up short hills.
 
Oh, and the Burton set up is garbage. Too many parts to go missing and slow.

Voile or Prior is the only way to go.
 
yeah I was a bit quick to judge them on just one person, but they jsut didn't seem user friendly, she was fighting with that thing the whole trip, I guess everyone talked shit on me having trekkers too prior to going, but I was faster than most of the group.
 
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