Construction and Materials

Out of all our splitboard selections for this year’s 100 awards, the Frontier is undoubtedly the softest flexing. Biax fibreglass layers sandwich a full poplar wood core, which certainly takes a chunk off the price tag, but still offers riders a good amount of response and durability in an easy to control flex pattern. You’ll find the core feels slightly soft in between then feet, for added manoeuvrability between your turns and increased stability and control out at the ends of the board.

The topsheet itself comes equipped with the usual Jones eco-cred you’d come to expect from their line – a bioplastic material made from recycled castor beans which helps to shed show and prevent the board from getting weighed down on the ascents. The underside is decked out with a lightning-fast sintered base which will continue to glide several tours after its last service.

And as for the split specific hardware? Well, the Karakorum Ultra clips are the strongest, lowest profile splitboard clips in the world. They deliver unmatched compression between board halves and they are adjustable so you can maintain even compression as your splitboard ages.

“The Frontier Split epitomises the all-encompassing nature of splitboarding better than any other product on the market”

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With the rapid surge in splitboarding’s popularity over the last year, it’s important that the market caters to all abilities and budgets of rider out there. There’s a bit of a misconception that splitboarding is reserved for only the most grizzled, long-in-the-tooth snowboard veterans. That’s far from the case. With the right safety equipment, an experienced guide, and appropriate conditions, it has never been so easy to draw your own lines down an untouched face in the backcountry. The Frontier Split epitomises the all-encompassing nature of splitboarding better than any other product on the market. This is genuinely a splitboard for the masses.