How To Set up a Splitboard with Xavier De Le Rue | HOW TO XV
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- How to Mount a Splitboard.
In this episode of How To XV, I show you how to mount a splitboard and have it set up perfectly, so when you reach the destination you can quickly changeover your board and be ready to ride, rather than freezing your fingers off.
Setting up a splitboard is a process that requires attention and a few sessions of fine-tuning to reach perfect ride-ability and easy change overs, even in mega blizzard conditions
Now get out there and have fun... and take a tool in case you need to do some on mountain adjustments!
Edit: Tim Burgess
Motion Graphics: FX Pergola.
Thanks to: The North Face, Fatmap, Rossignol, Recco, Smith, Crosscall.
I have to say; I didn't think I was going to learn anything here... But I did!! Thanks again!
Me too with crampons. I used to think that if I needed crampons, I prefer to carry the board and put crampons on my feet. But I tried them and now I really like to use them, even with crunchy snow, not ice or really hard snow. You have got a lot of situations in the middle of the road between skinning and climbing carrying the board, and the crampons are great.
Hi Xavier I love your videos! Question, what bindings are those, I can see they're not SparkRD (I use Spark) and probably not Karakoram either. And if something else, how do they compare to those brands?
Using an “Opinel” knife... of course!!! Typical french weapon 😉
Excellente vidéo! Un conseil, erreurs à ne pas faire, pour quelqu'un qui se lance dans la rando et le split?
C'est un vaste sujet... regarde les autres episodes ( how to manage avalanche danger, how to split board) mais en gros il ne fait pas penser que l-on est en station et qu on va venir nous chercher. des qu-on s'éloigne la stabilité de la neige n'a rien a voir et il faut agir en consequence et etre complètement autosuffisant au niveau des secours..
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@@XVDLR Yep j'ai dévoré tes vidéos! Merci encore pour le partage d'expériences...Oui j'imagine que le sujet est complexe (Technique, sécurité, matos...). Je vais commencer par un petit stage, ça sera déjà un bon début je pense?! De ton coté tu organise des sessions?
Hi, i noticed that you are using plum bindings, i have the same ones and ive been trying to find information about the heel raiser with crampons. For me the bindings doesnt seem to press the crampons to the snow, but instead they are left like just hanging there and im confused as if this is by design or not, i tried to contact plum as well but i didnt get an answer from there.
Good point… I’ll have to have a look at my system as can’t think how they are right now, - on the hinge at the front like you say- but never struck me to have a problem. Will check it out and see if I come up with any solutions. 👍
@@XVDLR did you find anything about this?
Should I put in all of the screws just to plug up the holes in the board?
Hola, not totally sure what you mean, but normally there are the right amount of screws, and if there are additional holes in the board you won't need to plug these. Hope that helps, I am not sure I totally understood. Thanks XV
And another thing, once you set angle to your highbacks, you don't go back. I try to convince many friends about that, but they don't give a fuck for it XD.
Salut Xavier,, je suis nouveau,,, je voudrait te demander si possible de faire un tuto sur comment ( ou au moins pour donner une idée ) choisir ces angles et son stances selon les discipline et ce que l’on veut faire : freeride , freestyle , carving etc … es que il y a des différentes écoles de pensées ,, ?
Bref je sais que c’est aussi personnel ce genre de choix de réglage mais si tu pouvais nous expliquer grossomodo les plus et les moins des différentes réglages de stance et angles selon les disciplines ?
Un grand merci pour ce que tu fais avant tout ,,, et un autre énorme si tu sort un tuto sur ce sujet !!
Kevin
Merci toi feedback, c’est toujours interessant.
J’ai toujours gardé les memes angles pour toutes les différentes discipline. Ca vient du fait que ca m’a toujours paru important de garder le meme stance pour avoir toujours le meme feeling sous les pieds. J en sais pas si c’est une erreur mais en tous cas c’est ce que j’ai fait. Je ne pense pas qu’il y a ait des réglages par discipline, ca depend plus du style de rider et de ses affinités, c’est assez personnel en fait.
@@XVDLR ola ! Merci xav ,, c’est plus ou moins ce que je voulais savoir ,, après j’imagine que quelcun qui fais du freestyle va devoir ouvrir un peut le pieds arrière,, mais merci car je passe mon temps à régler dérégler , restant toujours satisfait/insatisfait ;) merci encore et bonne route mec 😎
Salut xavier.
Je suis tomber sur une video de toi sur Vimeo pour fabriquer sa splitboard ....
Je suis de Gap (05) que tu connais ..jai suivi tes video et notamment celle du devoluy avec le passage dans le couloir grotte...🤔...bref...voila je te remercie de cette vidéo...je passe par UA-cam car on peut laisser des commentaires...cela fait quelque temps que je fuis les stations et la foule pour me retrouver dans des endroits plus nature et sauvage...bref..jai acheter une paire de raquette a neige et monte tant bien que mal avec mon snow sur le dos...je souhaite avoir plus de confort et jai commencer a regarder les splitboard...qui sont vraiment hors budget pour moi...voila bref jvai essayer dme fabriquer ma splitboard moi meme avec un kit et une planche qui traine dans ma cave...jaurai voulu quelque conseil eventuellement...
Merci a toi et continue de nous faire rever..!!!!🤙🤘👍🙏☮
Hola, desole comme ca ca n’est opacité de te sortir des conseils pour couper ta split. Cool si cette video t’aide. N’hésite pas si tu as des questions en plus. Xv
@@XVDLR
Yes..merci pour ta réponse . Oui cette vidéo m'aide bien..j'essaie de trouver un kit voilé pour split d'occasion car avec la situation budget très serré...😱...je continue mes recherches pour en trouver un..et le mois prochain jachete les peaux...mais pas évident.
Merci a toi.
👍🤘🤙🙏☮
"i leave two or three mm for the Ice" you think about avoiding Expansion Cracks between topsheet and Binding ? I dont get it instantly
Hey, it is not for expansion cracks, it is for when the ice builds up when you are in the mountains, so if you make everything totally precise when you are setting up your bindings at home, you won't be able to close your bindings onto the system in the mountains... so this gives a bit of margin. Does that make sense?! Xv
@@XVDLR absolutely..👍🏼
Hi Xavier, thanks for another great video. I have a new splitboard and the edges are really tight together in riding mode. the problem is, it seems the flex of each splitboard half is slightly different, as a result the center edge is not smooth and flush together and you can feel it while riding. do you have any suggestion for this?
Put a lot of angle on the base side of your inside edge, and detune that inside edge as much as possible appart for under the feet . Hope that helps. Xv
Hi Xavier, I have been looking with my friends all around for Resero, that device you have all the time and talk about, but we can't find to buy and we see that preorder should be finished 2 years ago, so it should be available by now.. Can you please tell some more info about that?
Hi, Thanks for your message - funny you should ask, the product is launching in the next couple of weeks. It is all packaged up and shipping out. It has changed a lot since the original product that was planned for two years ago, so worth the wait! Will find out some more info and let you know - e.g. where it is available etc. Thanks Xv
Thanks!!!!
Dear Xavier, I recently bought the same setup you're showing in this video but for some reason I can't mount the heel riser piece on the board... it feels like the screws are a tiny bit too short and can't lock into place :( any suggestion?
ciao michele, don't know what to tell you because they should be long enough.... two options I see, either to take out the metal piece underneath, or to get longer screws. sorry it's hard to give you a more detailed answer when I have never had that problem.
@@xavierdelerue537 thanks so much! I actually had a very kind answer from Rossignol itself and I got longer screws and extra heel raisers. Thank you for your time, I was desperate as in northern Italy snow is already there! Keep up the good work, cheers!
I have one and there is no gap between the centre edges one is just off set the tiniest bit , so it is possible to feel the centre edge when in ride mode
you are right your skis should be as tight together as possible and that comes from the mid tip and tails pieces. as for your bindings if they are too tight it can be a bitch when changing mode at the top with cold ice etc
@@XVDLR thx just done a 4 hour tour in Tinges was great fun and its not so cold atm so thetr is not much ice build up but thanks for the advice
When can we expect release of these Rossignol XV Split bindings with the new lighter Plum Feyan interface?
Hey Raymond, they will be at ISPO and SIA this winter, so will be available to buy next September. Cheers XV
thanks for the video, just asking is there anyone having trouble converting from ride mode to touring with this plum/xv binding
Hey Martin - what are you having trouble with? As in, are they getting stuck? Too stiff to change over? Just fiddly? Let me know and I will do my best to help. XV
Hey XV, they are getting so stuck that i have to hit them with the poles to get them out, may be i have tightened them too much, now the plastic slots for the binding have some kind of scratches as you can see here winter.bg/images/edno.jpg Good luck man, Martin
Hey @@MartinMarinovK - Try WD40, honestly this was a game changer for me. Let me know if it works! XV
Which multitool do you use Xavier?
one with hex tool for splitboard fixes?
i don't use one in particular but i have a micro leatherman and carry with it a mini piece of metal wire just in case
@@XVDLR Ok cool, thanks man. In the meantime I bought a letherman skeletool rx which can accept lots of different screw heads but, like you suggested, maybe the wire and the duct tape combined with a basic tool are the most important things. I also find doing a bolt check on all the splitboard fittings before going out is useful. Sometimes those little screws seem to loosen all by themselves!!
It is finally snowing again in Morzine after a couple days of rain. Time to shred!
Thanks again
Thanks for another awesome video Xavier... One small question on your setup do you tend to use lots of forward lean set on your highbacks? Or would vary based on conditions.
I would say that this is really personal. for skinning I open the high backs and close them for riding I like the same forward lean front and back… but I don’t go too crazy about it. Hope that helps. Xv
@@XVDLR so happy for your reply Im a fan from Brazil now shredding in Canada... since started snowboarding as a adult I'm always try to learn faster and improve my ridding making these smalls adjustments... I have noticed that a bit less forward lean I would jump easier and ride better on powder and a more aggressive lean carve better... but I guess that would be a comprise to comfort and responsiveness there in the Big mountains and higher angle of the descent.... keep rocking also I'm a big SURF fan... loved your video getting barrel with Courtney you both are super cool!!! Merci beaucoup Xavier
Do you have forward lean?
Hey Jonas - yes - I put more on the back foot (I have an episode coming about this). I have less if it is just powder and I am riding freestyle, and I put a bit more for bumpy / solid terrain. Xv
@@XVDLR fantastic!
Great video!!
How tall are you? (Because of the stance)
HI Laurenz - I am about 179cm / 5ft8" hope that helps. XV
Hi Xavier! How come your video has many more views than mine, whereas mine is much more interesting and precise? Because you are a professional freerider? Hmm, that makes sense :) Keep going, all your videos here are great.
Haha - must be something like that! I will get around to watching your splitboarding tuto that you asked about... just haven't sat down to it yet. Cheers Xv
@@XVDLR Haha I appreciate your sense of humor, this quality seems to be part of "endangered species" nowadays. Here is the link to the tuto. You don't have to watch it though, but reading a comment from you on my channel would be a honor: ua-cam.com/video/VHRRe7ls9BM/v-deo.html Take Care Mr XV