Skiing on snowboards - Bad idea or worth a try?

[Empty Beer]

For closing day, I thought I'd mount some old school 3 strap bindings to some old, broken snowboards and try to ski them. I screwed the bindings in with wood screws (and grinded the screws flush with my bases).

A few friends say it'll be recipe for disaster. I think I can get them on edge. I'm more concerned about the wood screws ripping out.

Anyone have any experience with skiing on snowboards? No luck searching Google.

[calisnow]

No clue if you'll kill yourself - but that's fucking awesome!

[legallyillegal]

don't they already make these?

i think they call themselves Fatypus

[AustSnow]

I'm not a snowboarder but to me it looks like you have mounted these backwards ... i.e. the front of those boards are to the right in that picture ...

I am just imagining the looks you are going to get in the lift line ... well worth it ... hope they rail like a freight train ... awesome, enjoy!

[Empty Beer]

I'm not a snowboarder but to me it looks like you have mounted these backwards ... i.e. the front of those boards are to the right in that picture ...

I am just imagining the looks you are going to get in the lift line ... well worth it ... hope they rail like a freight train ... awesome, enjoy!

Yeah, I mounted them backwards cause they both "creased" in what would normally be just in front of my boot/binding. I figure for cruising around, I'll keep the flappy part behind my feet

[G]

If you do actually manage to get them on edge, you'll rip the screws right out.

But, it could be fun for a couple of runs. Please post video of the attempt.

[AustSnow]

Yeah, I mounted them backwards cause they both "creased" in what would normally be just in front of my boot/binding. I figure for cruising around, I'll keep the flappy part behind my feet

geez ... haha ... have fun!

[MarkoInTheBoat]

I can never get over how shitty Burton snowboards are. Could they make them any lower quality?

[iscariot]

With no binding release and a full snowboard on each foot for leverage, I'd be worried about knees...

[Caucasian Asian]

With no binding release and a full snowboard on each foot for leverage, I'd be worried about knees...

I was going to do this once. The shop I worked in had two 156 Burton customs, and I found a pair of old Burton hardplate bindings under a bench. I thought it was a great idea until someone asked me ^^^this exact question.


Edit: Hardplate binders are what are mounted on snowlerblades.

[Tunco]

Didn't Shane do this already?

[Humble]

Be careful of your ankles, i have had many attempts of skiing in my splitboard bindings, there is no side (torsional) support and its very easy to roll the cankles.

[nickd13]

That looks so sick!

i think they call themselves Fatypus

No man, check these out (203-177-193)

[Corest to the Morest]

Didn't Shane do this already?

In one of the Shane edition ski magazines (forget which one) there's a photo of him in a work shop and there's a pair of kids snowboards mounted up with bindings. Just a heads up, that same issue shows him mounting up and skiing a pair of car bumpers... I don't have any first hand knowledge of how far apart the snowboards and car bumpers are on the spectrum of inappropriate ski equipment.

[SPREAD EAGLE]

FYI - as has been mentioned you will prolly pull out the binding unless you did the proper T-nut thing to the underside of the board. Those screw holes for Burton boards (as well as most brands) are reinforced during construction and are more bomber than just drilling into the core.

It sounds fun but just be careful. Don't want to screw yourself up for Mountain Bike Season

[Lone Star]

a guy at the beach at A Basin a few years ago had a setup like this and was generous enough to let anybody who asked give 'er a go. I started spewing about how i'd gladly and without struggling take the pali lift and ride them top to bottom. luckily, I did a Hogan Bowl lap first and realized that's about as extreme of terrain as I ever want to try with that setup. from what I recall of that one run's experience in spring snow, it was super frickin' difficult.

[neckdeep]

I've seen it done differently. A joke "split board" but it was made with just one twin tip board and with the bindings mounted (in the factory holes!) just forward of the cut and the waist of the board was cut off. It was Brandon, a local ripper, who called them his bigfoots and he could mach on the things in corn snow on the groomers. They were like the most retarded skate skis ever but they actually worked well. The squared off one inch "tail" corners allowed him control/braking and shot out hilarious roostertails of mashed potatoes at the gapers as he blew past on clown shoes. Probably safer on the knees without the full lever.

[buell]

I saw this done twice about 3 years ago. I am pretty sure both guys were serious about their equipment choice and both of them were in ski boots with proper bindings mounted to the snowboards.

One guy made a tele set up with two narrow waist (180mm) alpine snowboards. By the grunts at each turn, it sounded like an absurd amount of work.

The other guy created an alpine ski set up with two narrow alpine snowboards. I spoke with him and he really loved the set up for low angle powder that no one else could ride.

[Slaag Master]

why not mount ski bindings? use epoxy to secure screws? this season i have skied nearly 100 days on a "pair" of rossi 3x bandit and dynastar j nobis inspired. both same length but dynastar mounted mid ski and rossi more traditional toward tail. usually i dont think of them as "different" but on heavy, wet spring days i have to focus some to keep from crossing tips and the dynastar mushes out quicker. these would be fun on steep, deep powder. respect your knees.

[bornincolorado]

um, this should be in tech talk until an actual TR is done, so justify this thread, with video!

oh and personally there is no fucking way i would ride that setup. maybe when i was 19.

[kona12]

When this goes terribly wrong, I get the bike and the dog.

[The Gnarwhale]

I worked in a shop a few years ago that rented kids snowboards and at some point I noticed the Tyrolia jig lined up with several of in insert screws on a 120 or 130cm kids decks. We mounted up a pair and they were... difficult. Easy to get going but hard to turn with any sort of control. I never made it off green groomers with them.

[squirrelmurphy]

from apr 4 2010 CB pond skim:

[p.blz]

I've had a pair for years...like probably 10 now.

Definitely tons of fun in the right conditions...usually opening day for the first few runs or any other time when its really deep.

I mounted some plastic plates into the threaded inserts (8 per foot) and then mounted some old solly greensprings onto the plastic plates. They've seen quite a bit of use over the years by me and a few buddies and no problems with screws pulling out or anything like that.

They do suck ass on hard snow, but in soft snow, even on steep pitches they are a blast.

I'd likely bring them with me (at least for a few runs) if i ever went heli-skiing...

I posted a pic of them years ago on biglines but i can't seem to find it.

[PhilM]

[/QUOTE]No man, check these out (203-177-193)

[/QUOTE]

Those are actually two of the World Cup 186 monoskis put side by side but with different topsheet graphics. Getting two old monoskis would be better than snowboards as the thickness and strength would be better underfoot for mounting bindings.

I guess if I was going to try the snowboards, I would definitely not use snowboard bindings as they would probably destroy both your knees and ankles.