How to Splitboard with Xavier De Le Rue

How to Splitboard with snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue,
Split-boarding opens up so many opportunities in the mountains and it is a great way to get beyond the limits of the resort. In this episode of How To Xavier De Le Rue shares all his tips and tricks for split-boarding that he has learnt over the years, so regardless of if you are a skier or a snowboarder this edit will have advice for you, from perfecting your kick turn to getting those skins sticking well.
Editing: Tim Burgess
Motion Graphics: FX Pergola
Footage: Predominantly Timeline Missions
Thanks to: The North Face, Fatmap, Smith, Deeluxe and Crosscall

[@romainmari3037]

Excellent advice, thank you! Just what I needed!

[@philipfienhold3420]

Love your channel XV. Total motivation for me to get back to what I love.

[@thorstenreitz7302]

Great vid, as usual :). One note on kick turns: I see far too many people who start the turn by putting the valley ski at a relatively steep angle. You can save a lot of energy if you actually make the last step before a kick turn less steep, almost flat, and then turn your mountain ski so that is almost parallel to the valley ski, with the legs relatively close to each other. You will not skid and you will need far less strength to make the turn, but you do need a little bit of hip flex :).

[@XVDLR]

Cool thank you for that. Xv

[@midwestoutside7931]

Thanks for all of the tips! These videos are great to get acquainted with splitboard / backcountry snowboarding overall. Looking forward to riding my beautiful new XV!!

[@wiz_1989]

Hey Xavier, nice vid as always! Any advice on how to improve edge hold on steep and firm traverses? I find myself often with the ski crampons on and a twisted outer knee of a huge angle to keep grip. Really uncomfortable but probably inevitable due to the width of the skis? Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Keep the spirit!

[@XVDLR]

Hola Danny, what's the most important i wold say is to have a rigid system on a lateral basis. that means: tight boots, high backs not completely opened to the back, large heel raisers and then the fact of really dragging your edge in the snow helps instead of lifting your foot but this is less impactful. have a good one!

[@h1-k1ng]

hi Xavier thanks for all the splitboard tips. All the videos are great, I learned a lot, but I would like one piece of advice, I lost the binding screws while snowboarding and splitboarding, do you have any good advice for me? Thank you, may you continue to do well

[@MurdocKrew]

Hi Xavier, I love what you're doing on this channel ;) Would you tell me what you think about my splitboarding tuto regarding "how to set up your splitboard bindings?" cheers!

[@calvin9672]

Hey Xavier, thank you so much for your awesome Splitboarding Videos. When going up and terrain gets icy and steeper my bottom splitboard-ski is sliding away much earlier compared to my mates on normal skis. Do you have any tips for that problem or is that normal and I just need to put on my crampons earlier? Looking forward for new videos ✌️

[@XVDLR]

Hey Calvin, thanks for your question, I have actually done a whole episode about this for next winter! All about free riding with skiers and some of the things that your mates on skis can do to help, and what you can do - like you say, getting your knives on your splitboard can really help. Asking your mates to do less steep zig zags. Or often it is a case of boot packing much earlier they might continue on their skins a bit longer and you just bootpack. Hope that gives some ideas and look out for my episode which will hopefully explain it better. Thanks Xv

[@silakkas]

Good way to have basic skills is to just go few times cross country skiing or using gliding snowshoes. Basically the same thing in the flat and if you need to turn etc.

[@NitroBilbil]

2:03 one by one.. de dieu !!

[@finnersz]

damn always wanted to try split boards. nice tutorial though

[@bgt2050]

Could you share your crampon/boot combinations you use to get up icy approaches? I've always had trouble frontpointing in icy conditions in my boots, despite using a really stiff and tight snowboarding boot. It would be nice to feel more secure on the way up. Merci pour les videos!

[@motojohnny9596]

what kind of bindings are those? do the knives come with?

[@XVDLR]

Hey - the knives don't come with them, you can buy them separately, they are the Rossignol www.rossignol.com/fr/rgi0060-0000tu.html And the knives come in different widths - so you just have to get the rights ones for your board, these are the 130mm ones: www.rossignol.com/fr/rossignol-snowboard/rossignol-snowboard-boards-equipment/rossignol-snowboard-boards-equipment-bindings.html

[@cyrilmailletwebmaster]

What is your brand and model of splitboard bindings ?? We need the advices of a pro like you ... about Spark, Karakoram or Union .

[@XVDLR]

Hi Cyril - I have the Rossignol Xv Splitboard bindings - which are made by Plum - you can find all the info here: www.rossignol.com/int-en/rgi0061-0000tu.html Hope that helps. Happy touring. Xv

[@steinstolper]

Is this Still how you do kick turns? How do you do it when it's icy. Because standing in that V is using a lot of energy

[@XVDLR]

Hey Stein - I have done a specific video just on the beloved kick turn! Hopefully this is more helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp7Simd5f6irsLM Cheers Xv

[@steinstolper]

@@XVDLR thank you.

[@floriansporer337]

Hey Xavier, what TNF Pants do you wear during Splitboarding? Futurelight BIB Pants like Brigandine or Purist? isn't very warm with a bib pant?

[@XVDLR]

for long hikes the purist other wise the brigandine future light one indeed! game changer!

[@BillyMustang101]

Hey Xavier, when you're are doing laps, do you use skin savers or do you just stick the glued surfaces together? Thanks man!

[@XVDLR]

i glue the skins together. don't like the skin savers

[@thorstenreitz7302]

@@XVDLR Weren't those adhesive skins instead of glue-based ones?

[@marcusnako]

Salut Xavier, merci pour cette vidéo. Quelle type de fixation utilises tu ? J'utilise des karakoram, je suis très content du système (les manip sont en général plus rapides que mon pote qui a un système voilé) mais je trouve les couteaux vraiment pas très pratiques...

[@XVDLR]

Salut Marcus, J-utilise le ssyeteme de Rossignol, qui est le système Plum. je pense que tous les systèmes sont bons a condition de passer du temps dessus. Un tricks qui m'a bien aida a ete de mettre du W40 quand les pieces collent entre elles...

[@marcusnako]

Merci pour ta réponse Xavier ! Je regarderai le système Plum quand je changerai mon split :) en attendant, je vais essayer ton astuce avec le dégrippant ;-)

[@andreataio1548]

Alealeale

[@lylecarlsonsurfboard]

Trade me split set up for new longboard surfboard

[@XVDLR]

Haha - I like it! Xv