Maintain the optimal balance of grip vs. glide on your tours deep into the backcountry with the Glidelite Mix Skins, featuring a 140mm width and tail hardwear specifically for splitboards.
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Overall rating: 4.5333333 / 5 from 15 reviews.
Review topics: ["grip","skins","glue","glide"].
"Couldn't ask for better stick to my splitboard. Great glide and climb experience. The cutting was a bit tricky but with the help of an experienced friend made easier."
"I upgraded to these after 4 years of heavy use with a pair of BD full nylon skins. I notice a slight improvement with gliding and a little less grip while ascending, but honestly not a huge difference from the full nylon skins. The biggest advantage is that they pack down much smaller than full nylon skins. The biggest disadvantage is that they are much less durable than the full nylon skins. I probably put around 15 days on them in the second half of the season and they have more gashes in them than my old pair got in 4 years. Overall, still a great product, particulalry if you are looking for something lighter-weight and you don't abuse your skins."
"I can tell the glide with these skins are smoother than the Ascension skins which is nice while splitboarding. Hoping they last as long. Otherwise super happy."
"It feels like splitboarding is just a second thought for BD with this product. I know they are new to the game but don't sell a half finished product if you want to be a quality brand in the community. Of note, their written instructions don't match with their video tutorial for splitboards. Seems they updated the ski video but not this one. Second, the instructions say to line up the straight edge but for my average sized board, this does NOT work. It sets the board so far over that the side tail clip won't even reach. Trying to line things up becomes a guessing game for the user and struggling to get the right angle instead of providing a product that naturally works as provided. I've been using BD gear for a decade but for these, I'd shop for something better designed for the use case."
"Good quality skins. They come uncut and I was able to cut them myself. Recommend filing down the screws after you trim them so they are flush."
"Easy to trim and set up, done quickly by a beginner."
"Easy to cut and install, they glide like a cloud up the mountain."
"Recent purchase, but so far so good after 4 days of touring in the San Juans. We are transitioning into spring time conditions here so I am curious to see how they will handle a spring time skin track, but so far the grip and glide have been great."
"yay! so happy to have new skins again, easy to assemble. . . except if you have protectionist tendencies, otherwise its like, ya know, measure once cut once. A new how-to video would be greatly appreciated!"
"These are amazing! Don't think these won't grip as well as the ascensions because they are so grippy and have the glide that the ascensions don't. They pack down so nicely and the glue has been great from my years of using BD skins. If these are in stock, get em while there available because they go quickly in the shop."
