 Poster: A snowHead
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anyone ever used one? Can you use normal soft boots with them.
Will they make back country easier than using snow shoes?
thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes I have one here right now. Std bindings fit onto the plate then the plate unpins, slides out and repins in the ski hardware. The board I have is the Venture divide with Volle hardware. It'll take any soft binding on it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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including a flow binding??? hoping so!
oh and thanks! 
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It'll fit a flow binding. Are you in the market for one. I brought the 161 divide with volle hardware in as a sample just to get interest in the brand so might sell it at heavily discounted price.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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not sure, its a possilbility but so far i know not very much about it, other than, today would have been a lot more fun and a lot less hard work if we had touring ski's to climb with but niether of us are very good skiers! Infact she doesn't ski, i ski very badly!
I'm on ly 164 hight and normally ride a 156, do you need a bigger board for this kind of thing??? I have ridden a 163 before in pow.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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You don't ski a split board. Skin up, board down. Now skiing involved. Are you going on the EoSB. If you are I can bring a divide as a demo and just put your flow bindings on it.
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yeh i knew that, thats why i was interested!
unfortunately not going to the EoSB, but thank you for the offer!
and thanks for all the help, i just need to decide if i'm gonna do this more than just the odd time!
thanks agian
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snowangel., Did you get one in the end?
I am thinking about getting a split - any more experiences/reviews/ thoughts? 
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firebug, I think Norris has one. I have a few friends with them. One of them did the Haute Route on it! If you're gonna carry on snowboarding and you want to get to the back country get one. Or learn to ski. 
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parlor, thanks, I have been! It's going well, too. But over the last week, I was lucky enough to ski a load of near perfect powder. It was great! BUT.....not as great as it would have been on a board. To each their own, but I really miss the sensation of boarding. I might give telemarking a go as quite a few boarders I know say that it's closer in feel...
Interesting to do the Haute Route on one! That's something I'd love to do....do you have any links to blogs/pics etc??
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Firebug, I have one.
Its great as long as theres no shortish flat bits. Last weekend I was touring in Scotland and the snow was really sticky which meant I got becalmed a few times when descending. Going up though was great.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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prog99, how is it on traverses? And do you notice a big difference in the board itself?
ps nice aurora photos
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What, as in contouring round a hill or as in roads in ski resorts? It doenst go uphill very well when in snowboard mode and that the main drawback as if you hit a small incline the skiers can just carry on whilst I swear unless its long enough to revert to ski mode.
I'm a fairly average boarder and it took a little bit of getting used to as you are several cm higher up on the board due to the binding plates but its coped in all sorts of conditions from fresh powder to bullet proof ice.
It'd be interesting the hear about the haute route, the boarder on ski sunday did something a bit shorter last year.
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You know it makes sense.
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