Gear reviews | One Snowboards S-ONE Full Carbon Splitboard

The S-One Carbon Splitboard from One Snowboards is a full carbon snowboard. Full carbon means that no fiberglass is used, but the reinforcement is only ensured by TeXtreme® Carbon. The BamBooBeam core built into the S-One is designed to offer the lowest weight with the highest strength. This "3B" core combines super-light wood with longitudinal bamboo strands and a honeycomb construction. A sintered Nano Highspeed Base uses Nano Silicate particles to improve glide and durability. These technologies make the S-One an ultra-light splitboard with a classic camber and long rocker nose, an ambitious, deep snow-specific high-tech weapon that also works well on the piste.

First impression

One Snowboards is launching two splitboard models in the 2016/2017 season, the freeride version with 157 cm and the powder version with 164 cm (more figures under technical details). The freeride board is designed for big mountain, the powder version more for forest descents. Both boards are relatively wide, making them suitable for larger feet. The Voile standard inserts are pre-installed and the board is supplied with Karakoram clips. The S-One splitboard was tested in the 164 cm freeride version, which weighs a light 2.6 kg without bindings. The Spark AfterBburner binding, Spark crampons and Voile skins were also used in the test setup.

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The test setup in ascent mode: Spark Ultaburner binding and Voile skins

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Test report

The low weight of the board enables effective altitude meter hunting on the ascent. The difference to heavier boards is particularly noticeable on tours over 1000 vertical meters. The binding is well positioned in the ascent position and therefore utilizes the area with positive pre-tensioning on hairpin turns and longer traverses. This gives you good edge hold, as the edges cut into the snow in front of and behind the binding. The camber also helps to press the skin well into the snow. Nevertheless, crampons are important companions in spring and in hard snow conditions. The Spark crampons fit well on the two halves in ascent mode, but, as with other splitboards, leave traces of use on the surface. The two splitboard halves are not extremely wide and therefore fit well in pre-tracked ascents. To get better pressure on the edges, the so-called strappy straps from Spark were used during testing. These offer an additional strap for soft boots, which is attached at the level of the lower calf. This ensures better lateral power transmission.

On downhill runs on the piste, the S-One Splitboard stands out above all with its very fast Nano Highspeed base. The edge holds well thanks to the camber and the fast base makes it easy to pull out. In practice, passages where riders had to unbuckle were simply ridden through. The long rocker helps to save energy on deep snow descents. The reduced weight of the carbon board not only helps on the ascent, it also makes the descent more playful. On landings in deep snow, however, you will find yourself in front relatively quickly and have to lean backwards very actively to avoid diving off the front. The board has a fairly stiff flex, which promotes edge hold. Switch riding, on the other hand, is not so easy and is not helped by the taper at the tail. If the deep snow is frozen or frozen, you need more power with the S-One than with heavier boards, especially to keep it on track at high speed.

Due to its lightweight construction, the board has a very thin edge, which means that its durability is likely to suffer somewhat with repeated servicing, including edge grinding. Stone contact certainly doesn't help here either, but fortunately there is no experience of this yet.

Conclusion

The low weight is of course not only an advantage for those chasing vertical meters, but also offers downhill-oriented splitboarders more descent for less energy. The weight and the freeride-oriented orientation of the board make it an excellent all-rounder, which is suitable for long tours and can also be the board of choice for freeride days in the ski area (poles and skins in the backpack and you save yourself energy-consuming deep snow crawling on the way to untracked terrain). So if you can afford the extra cost of buying a carbon board and can live with the increased risk of premature failure of the expensive purchase, the S-ONE Full Carbon Splitboard is an ambitious, deep-snow-specific high-tech machine that also works well on the piste and which I will also use for freeride days in the ski area in the future.

Advantages & disadvantages

+ Very light
+ Suitable for high-speed and piste skiing
- Possibly not quite as robust as a heavier machine. not quite as robust as a heavier board

Details

Length (cm): 157 164
Effective Edge (mm): 1210 1280
Running Length (mm): 1060 1230
Tip Width (mm): 308 308
Waist Width (mm): 258 259
Tail Width (mm): 283 290
Avg. Sidecut Radius (m): 9,2 9,6
Setback (mm): 50 50
Recommended Stance (cm): 58 58
Adjust. Range (cm): 54-62 54-62
Board Weight (kg): 2,5 2,6
Rider Weight (kg): 50-85 >60

Here is the manufacturer's website with more information

This product was loaned to powderguide.com by the manufacturer during the test period

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