Grassroots Ultralight Ascent Binding

Description

Why on earth would a powsurf company make a binding?! So you can paddle out to the biggest and best waves on your Grassroots Splitsurfer that’s why. These are for the way up only! And they fold up beautifully to take up minimal pack space & weight for your ride down. The Grassroots Ultralight Ascent Binding is the product of 15 years of Splitsurfing R&D. We are proud to put our name on this binding and we have put it thru the ringer, clocking tens of thousands of vertical climb in the Tetons, Wasatch, Sierras, Canadian Rockies, Beartooth and beyond. The last thing you want to do is try to lug full size snowboard/splitboard bindings down on your back. Wise up, slim down and enjoy this minimalist binding that is incredibly light and packable.

The Grassroots Ultralight Ascent Binding is fully adjustable to fit any boot size and works with the Voile pin system that’s been a staple in backcountry since the invention of the splitboard. We’ve integrated an adjustable grip system to prevent side to side slippage within the binding and added set screws so that your hardware never comes loose. These bindings fold up to an easily packable 3x5x9 inches to easily fit into any pack and weigh only 640 grams (1 lb 7 oz). Proudly made in the USA.

An issue inherent to splitsurfing is that you have less leverage on icy sidehill slopes. This is due both to the use of softer “powsurf specific” boots and especially to not having a high-back that can be strapped to your boots for increased leverage. An excellent solution for this issue is the use of Skeats.  We have been using Skeats for years with excellent results on the sketchier sidehills and  slick/steep approaches. We highly recommend adding these to your kit!

You can watch quick videos of our splitsurfers & ascent bindings in action here and here.