TESTING GROUNDS: NEW SHORT FROM ARCTERYX, (AND NOT ABOUT SKIING)

For those of us on the ‘darker side’ of the snowbank (ie. splitboarders) I think many of us could agree we’ve got our fair share of challenges to face as we venture out in to the backcountry. Along with having more moving parts in our actual kit that can freeze and clog with snow, getting stuck in the flats on a deep pow day almost calls for a professional backcountry rescue. And then we have the age old rivalry of board vs. skis. 

So naturally, the lovely folks at Arcteryx took the time to put out a short film — with the sole purpose of poking fun at the origins of the splitboard.  

Check out Testing Grounds: The Untold Story of the Splitboard to follow along as a determined inventor fails again and again on his quest to to make it up and down the mountain successfully.