Voile Split Decision Tractor Skins

System was fit well for split board. A little trimming and your ready to go. Could have another attachment method at the rear, but all in all product works well.

they are great! easy to trim..weven for a beginner

These skins have always worked well for me. However, I don't have anything to compare them to. I was concerned at first about the tails pulling up and getting snow underneath. So far, that hasn't proven true, but I also haven't used them in heavy wet snow yet. Like others have mentioned, they can be awful to pull apart in very cold temps. I typically put them inside my jacket on the descent to keep the glue more pliable. They are very powerful, the name is spot on, you can ascend very aggressive climbs. Make sure you trim them back from the edge far enough to get a solid hold on icy traverses.

Just finished touring out of Chamonix ( France) on my home built split board and these skins, both worked like a dream. The skins feel grippy, slide and climb well. Take the time to trim them properly - have a good look at the instructions and make sure you leave a reasonable space by the edges of the board. Get 'em and get out there.

These split board skins are the way to explore the backcountry. Their grip is incredible, in fact, if I take an aggressive up hill skin track, my ski buddies begin to slip and slide, wasting energy here and there. The grip is very strong, making for a solid, energy saving step. Get your board off your back and get out there.

I was a little worried the skins did not include a tail clip. Boy was I wrong. They have some of the stickiest glue ever. I never even worried about them coming off my board. They tackled some serious verticle without having to make switchbacks. And even a little wet, they worked without hesitation. Do I recommend them? Of course. Work for your turns. Besides the splitboard, best investment I have made in a long time.

Totally tubular dood.

Killer skins brought me up some steep and deep in the Turnagain Pass Area, AK for some epic runs with great friends. Super sticky glue will give you a workout.

Tractor, an appropriate name. You can climb anything with these. Pulling the adhesive apart is a bit of a challenge.

Things needed to make these awesome. Tail clips/voile straps to keep the tail on. Cheat sheets from Black Diamond. Just remember when trimming to leave some space so your edges are still useful.

This is only my second pair of skins, so I'm hardly an expert. And, since both pairs are Tractor Skins, I've nothing to compare them to. However, and it's a big however, it is worth noting that there appears to a substantial difference the two, otherwise almost-identical, sets of skins: Grippiness (Sorry. As a backcountry knuckle dragger, my vocabulary is embarrassingly void of ski-centric technological terminology). In short, these new skins appear to grip MUCH better than the old ones—“old" being a relative term, since the old ones have been used maybe a dozen times, and most of those have been in brand-spanking-new Wasatch backcountry powder. So, anyway, I'm not sure if this "review" makes much of a difference, except to the two or three other split-boarders out there (if there are indeed any other split boarders out there). Since we already have skins and probably can't afford new ones—and if we can, we're probably on the verge of divorce and one more "discretionary" (toy) purchase will be that last straw—we probably won't be purchasing anything new, anytime soon, anyhow. But I digress. Seriously, these puppies appear to have some sort of anti-gravity stick-to-it-iveness about them; because it really seems I have to make a conscious effort—on anything but solid ice—to use the worst form I can possibly manage (leaning WAY forward, poles willy nilly, etc.) in order to get these skins to let go. Meanwhile my poor son is extricating his twisted limbs from his split boards and the tree limbs after his last slip/slide/tumble...on my old skins. So, there you have it, albeit from a relative newcomer to the world of skinning. Two thumbs up. Jeff from Sloppy Slushy So Cal

They Rule! Very easy to trim to size with handy trim tool supplied with skins. They make climbing almost as fun as descending.

Well I opened the package and said, "What? All this money for some carpet with glue?" But on the snow they grip very well, very impressed. The trimming tool is much more useful than it looks.

These skins are great, they're huge and climb pretty much anything I've thrown at them!

The "Cheat Sheets" by black diamond are a must for skins. I skinned to the summit of James Peak (13,249 ft). The splitboard is absolutely great, but the hardest workout of the day was pulling the skins apart. Once I bought the cheat sheets, it made pulling them apart a ton easier and I became envy of all my skier friends.

Skins work well. Trim tool is too flimsy, making trimming the skins difficult. Skins are extremely hard to pull apart when folded over - need to provide backing sheets which peel off easily, like what other manufacturers provide.

Yeah, the others will make you break trail, but be careful; some of the "skinnier" members of your party will blow out if you go too steep. BD "cheat sheets" are a MUST to get these things apart in anything but the coldest temperatures. My wife loves me again after I got her a set.

Just finished an epic three day assault on numerous unopened ski trails in North Central Vermont after receiving 30+ inches of super low density snow last weekend. Trailbreaking was absurdly difficult for many skiers, even w/ super fat skis and skins, but splitboard and tractor skins floated best by far. Got nominated to break trail most of the time. Nonetheless, have toured w/ these in Utah, Alaska and much of New England, and work extremely well in powder and variable conditions. New riveted tip clip much better than old stitching and fabric. Adding a tail clip would be nice, but no huge problem. Being 110mm wide, they are wicked sticky but seem to be more manageable the more you use them. Carry some extra glue and get out there.

These work surprisingly well except for a couple of shortcomings that I can see. They are truly a bastard to pull apart (as are most skins). But that comes with the territory. I wish they were made for each size of split board, instead of just two sizes that are too short on purpose. Also a clippable tail would be a cool addition, too. Other than that they work really well.

They work great. They make ascent on a "Split Decision" a breeze, easily outperforming snow-shoes in fresh, virgin snow (the only use I've had from the skins so far). The extremely sticky glue makes them tricky to handle when changing between board and ski mode (and pulled the excess epoxy (that I should have sanded away) right off the bottom of the home-built split board I made using the Voile Split Kit.

These skins are great. I would give them 5/5 except for the fact I had to have the tails modified. They have no hook to tension them at the back of the ski/board and so in spring conditions, snow gets underneath, they lose stick, and flap around.