SCAPEGOAT SWIFT

I have had several days on this board now, ranging from hip deep rocky mountain runs to icy hard pack. This board handled it all and better than my burton splitboard ever did. The boards shape naturally wants to float down the mountain. Allowing you to really enjoy your descent, with minimal leg work being done to keep you floating. The light weight construction also saves your legs from fatigue. Giving you more energy, making you more efficient on your up track. So you can keep boarding longer and further than you thought possible. Durability wise, the top sheet doesn't show scratch marks like a typical gloss sheeted board would, I haven't had any ice building up on the top sheet either. And since it has a full thickness base, its easy to repair even when a rock takes a good gouge out of it. The jones splitboard line does have a similar light weight board to offer, but they suffer durability wise since they can't utilize a full thickness base with their choice of building materials. The only thing I can nit pick about this board, is the placement of the toe pivot(I wish it was like an inch forward of its current placement). Kick turns aren't the most fluid experience, the board is too evenly balanced between the nose and tail. You really have to kick out your heel to bring the nose of the board out of the snow to initiate the turn. It could just be the bindings I'm using that are causing this minor annoyance, but this splitboard is still by far the best one I have ever owned

At first feel it’s just crazy light- you pick it up and wonder if if you’re even holding a split. But it doesn’t sacrifice durability- is super sturdy and even though it’s a powder board it’s rides great on the hardpack as well. Love the polyurethane sides, and love the simple design and colour. Just overall super stoked on the board and can’t wait to get some deep days on it!

This is such a great board! Having owned all-mountain/twin boards all my life, I was reluctant to try a board with a different shape. In fact, I think I would have never made such a move. I was intimidated by statements such as "powder slaying beast" and "Go as deep as you can". Here on the east coast, we don't get that much snow so I originaly ordered the BlackSheep. It had a shape I was more familiar with but thanks to an error in the inventory of the shop, I ended up with a ScapeGoat. And boy am I pleased! I absolutely love this board. And it doesn't have to be knee deep powder conditions to perform! It works very well on summits crust and hard snow too! As you make your way down and snow gets softer and deeper, that tail progressively starts to sink in and that big tapered nose start to float effortlessly. It is such a charm, I absolutely love it.

I really like this board. The reduced weight and ride of the board have been impressive; however, after 2.5 years I do have some complaints about how brittle the topsheet is. At both tip and tail I have had to re-epoxy the top sheet around the clips. Most recently I have had delam near a binding and it seems like it will probably keep happening to the point where I am concerned about a failure in the backcountry leaving me stranded. Maybe should be expected after 2.5 years of ownership but am disappointed nonetheless.

Have had the board a few years now, I'm an occasional rider now that I'm a father. The board rides ok, but the top sheet is very brittle and does not seem to be glued on the rest of the board solidly. I had to glue the board back many places and some spots around the edges are just gone. The last ride I noticed a more important delamination in the middle of the board, it's gonna need to fix that, again, but this one seems more that juste cosmetic, it might be the beginning of the end, after maybe 15-20 days of use...