Finally Voile's got a new shape. Voile tried a lot of different details with this board and most are welcome improvements to me. Stuff that companies who make snowboards have been doing for a long time. Wider tip, softer flex in the tail. Stil I wonder if they will tweak this in a year or two just like the mtn gun. I have had a freeride 166, mountain gun 171, and now the mojo.

It's got a pretty stiff flex which is good for icy mountaineering stuff, and it's sidecut commands huge fast lines. Tip floats nice in powder, thanks to being slightly wider and also there is also an extra set of holes for your rear binding. So you can get better rearset now. I think the sidecut radius is way too big though. It's almost that of a race board. Compared to the FR boards this is a tractor. I actually regret selling my 166 because it was funner to ride. As someone else stated, this is a fine board for your quiver, and not really your all mountain board.

Voile has proven to make bomber backcountry gear. Their hardware and construction is always up to task. They are a great company to deal with. But in terms of snowboard shape and flex they are a couple steps behind companies that specialize in making snowboards. I think they could do well by studying the other designs out there.

as some have said, this board is stable, and is excellent for shredding pow, blasting through pillows and crud, and rips corduroy better than anything i've ever been on. i'm 5'6" 150# and i ride the 166. these things are definitely an improvement over the Freeride! this is the longest board i've used, and i love the stability, which is nice for riding and stomping landings. the softer, wider tip and narrower, stiffer tail are great for keeping the tip out of the deep stuff. The Mojo's are also lighter than the Freerides: the Mojo 166 weighs the same (8.5#) as my Freeride 154... For those about my size and weight, if you're worried about the larger size of the 166, go for the 161. don't get the 154 if you're anywhere near my size. you'll sink your tip, have less stability in soft snow and crud, and have more chatter on hard snow conditions. don't do it!! i also highly recommend the mountain plate bindings for hard boots, and the Scarpa Matrix boots, which improve skinning, traversing, turning speed, and the inevitable two-plank downhill moments which are "spooky" as mentioned below due (partially) to the geometry of the board halves...

I first tried the split board as a snowboard at kirkwood 5 days ago. Board rode better than I expected. Then I tried the skis, keeping in mind I have only ever skied one time 20 years ago. (I'm a fairly aggresive snowboarder of 12 years). Your experience snowboarding will not make you a skier overnight, I learned immediately. I got off the lift without falling, but man! It was very frustrating at first. O.K., so as open minded as I am, I am a snowboarder, not a skier. I retreated back to my 11 board selection for the day, riding my Nidecker 163 Megalight (I would just love to cut this board in half now because it is light, and a fantastic powder design). The next day, I decided I'd better try the climbing skins to complete my evaluation of this split board. O.K., NOW this is soooooo cool! I had my poles, and just straight launched right up the mountain! WOW! This totally changes everything!
I had only back-country rode for the first time on my last excursion in March behind chair 6, also at kirkwood. I very much had the best riding day of my life. (O.K., it was THE best day of my life period, but don't tell my wife) I actually went with a pro skier, Ian Kent, who had climbing skins, and I had no snow shoes, and my Lib-Tech Dark Series with the much loved Magne-traction (another board I'd love to split now, as well as the banana with magne-traction)
Sure enough, the Lib-tech was the good call for decending an icy wall coming down north gate near the entrance from the highway. The 6 hour expedition was so incredible after 12 feet of recent snowfall, and 4 fresh feet on the surface. Only one skier had dared put down a fall line, and later there had been no-one before on our route. So addictive! But so exhausting! Ian told me I must have been using 20 times more energy than he was with skis and skins. We timed it. It took me 3 times longer to traverse up steep pow, (untracked) and 2 times longer up medium but boot-tracked trail. I'm looking forward to the 5 times more terrain I'll be riding on future outings, and I'm already planning on hauling a light tent and overnight gear to make an overnight adventure. The hard part is to get someone as crazy as I am that is physically up to such a haul! Thank you folks at Voile for coming up with this one. From reading others reviews, I can see I'm not the only rider who's life is just dandy now because of you guys! God bless you! All the same, I'd like to see your board design improve. Carbon composite would save a pound or so, and have a nice pop, and if you could steal the magne traction off of a Lib-tech, and go banana camber, it would be THE ultimate! Especially for the traverse up with the skins, the banana would skip you up on the surface. By all means, respond to this and tell me what you think. Snowboarders?

What a buy!! I bought this board the middle of last week and it shipped within two days. I pulled it out of the box last friday at 3 o'clock and by 5:30 I had the skins on and was skinning up a trail 6 miles into the backcountry of Idaho. I figured all the binding/hardware out very easily and was able to successfully use the board all weekend riding some of the best powder in the country. I kept up with the expert skiiers that I was with, and the skin track that I laid was even bigger and gripped the snow fantastically!! I highly recommend this board for anyone who does not want to give up snowboarding but wants to get into the backcountry.

Very satisfied with Voile's high quality snowboard construction. Appreciated excellent technical videos, tips & instructions at www.voile-usa.com. First days out took took about 10 mins to reconfigure from skinning to riding, needed a sheltered area to work without gloves. Board likes powder and big mountain turns, is noodle-ly on hardpack. Must take care initially mounting your standard snowboard bindings to get stance properly dialed in. Spooky on little downhills when climbing, but much faster up than snowshoes!

Bought the 171 at the end of last season and have ridden it about 10 times since. I was assuming the in-bounds performance would be pretty bad but didn't care since I didn't plan to spend much time on it in-bounds....but was pleasantly surprised to find that the board rides really well even on groomers. This board on sale is definitely the way to go over buying an expensive Prior.

I have been riding this board for about half a season now. I also tour with Alpine Trekkers (used with a variety of skis all with Salmon 916s) as well as with Marker Dukes on Praxis Powders. I have been very happy with the weight and durability of this board. I have blasted a few objects one of them being a metal I-beam that was buried under the snow at a trail head and the board only received a gouge that did not go through the p-tex. On this board I have Spark R and D bindings, which is the only way to go if you ride soft boots. The boots I use are Burton Ions and Driver X's both in size 8.5. This board is stable at speed and has a fairly large turning radius that is really only noticeable on groomers. This is not noticeable in powder as boards are easier to manipulate in those conditions. I typically ride solid boards in the 158-164 range. I was worried about this boards length, but it is nimble enough in the backcountry. I still plan on adding a shorter split to the quiver.

In response to B+ Backcountry Board... I wonder if he/she was touring correctly. The left side is meant for the right foot and vice versa, which puts those back latches/bolts on the outside... which makes it impossible to hit (unless you're very clever and flexible.)

I picked up a Mojo 166 this year after spending a season on a SD freeride 159. Not sure how much is attributable to the increased length vs sidecut, but the mojo is a very different ride (I weigh 150). While the freeride is comfy in tight trees, the mojo likes to bomb. Very stable, but feels more like a quiver board than the freeride.

I recently demoed a 166 and I'm 5'5" (that was the only size board they had). If your short like me (male runt) definitely go with the 154. the 166 was really heavy for me and I had a hard time turning the board in the powder. it was fun though!

This board is great for the backcountry. I have used several times on day hikes and on a several day backcountry adventure. It functioned as well as my AT/tele friends skis. The only downfall is you HAVE to keep the back ski tips apart while skinning. If you hit the back latch pieces/bolts againts the edge they will be damaged. I had to add epoxy to the back tips and added a homemade deflector to help with this problem. Other than that is an AWESOME board!!!!