Bataleon Snowboards 2015/16

24 new Bataleon snowboards and 1 surfboard

Bataleon 2015–16

Designed and produced in Europe with our patented triple base technology

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Fig 1.1 Checking the 3BT angles Here we are having a check after grinding to see if the 3BT sidebase angle is perfectly straight.

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Fig 1.2 Woodcores In a special room with controlled temperature and humidity our woodcores are waiting to be turned into magic boards

FORWARD

Could you imagine if we still all believed the world was flat? What a bland land. Snowboarding is not a two-dimensional act, yet snowboard design is still stuck in a two-dimensional world. Over a decade ago we challenged the idea, like Pythagoras did with spherical earth, that a snowboard should have three-dimensional shaping. We dissected surfing hydrodynamics and the art of the turn, we thought of boat hulls and how they plane in water, we thought of skateboard deck concave. All these things relate to how a snowboard behaves in snow. So we tinkered and engineered then rode a whole hell of a lot. Heck, we’ve been riding and refining our three-dimensional Triple Base Technology board shaping for over a decade and we’re pretty proud of how it performs. We’ve learned a lot over the years and it’s given us the most 3D shaping knowledge in the industry. It’s our ethos and how we’ve built boards since day one. Rather than ship off all of our years of hard work to some random foreign factory, we hired some of the best snowcrafters in the world to handbuild our boards in a mountainous land called Austria. Yes, the Austrian mountain folk have been building snowcraft for a very long time and they’re highly skilled at board building. For 2015–16 we pushed Triple Base Technology shaping even further. We sculpted it into an asymmetric form for dedicated freestyle folk, developed our smallest 3BT boards yet for the youngins, crafted a 3BT Twin Powder shape from our Whitegold development lap and created a new Proto board here as well, designed a new performance park board for the ladies and even got into surfing by taking our collaboration with surfing legend Bill Stewart to the swell. We’re not sure where everyone is headed, but we’re plowing our way to one hell of roly, poly, curvy, swervy land of snowy mountains.

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Fig 1.3 The Press This is one of the presses that brings the whole sandwich construction together.

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Shayne Pospisil

photo: Cole Barash

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WHY TRIPLE BASE TECHNOLOGY AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? Your snowboard may appear simple and flat, but the subtle changes of sidecut, flex, shape, core and more come to life when you ride. When you lay it on edge, snap it off a lip, mash it through a down flat down or bury the tail in pow the board tweaks and becomes a dynamic tool for the rider atop. The board is a complex mix of materials that reacts with your inputs and the snow, metal, wood—whatever you happen to shred it through. Pressures are exhibited here, lessened there. The glass fibers flex and rebound.

The core compresses. The edges bend and bite. That simple piece of wood is not so simple anymore is it?

Triple Base Technology is a design that looks at how the shape, materials and the board as a whole reacts with the snow whether it’s turning, pressing, sending, or any other contorted form you happen to make with it. This is what we spent a long time studying and tinkering with and it’s what led to our signature 3BT designs. 3BT boards are built with tip-to-tail positive camber and base concavity near the tips, with the proper materials to match.

This fusion delivers all the awesome benefits of camber, rocker, flat and hybrid designs without the downfalls of each. 3BT is it’s own breed, something completely unique.

Tip to Tail Camber, Rocker Rail to Rail We design boards with tip to tail camber because it gives them a powerful backbone. Camber’s spring and rebound is what creates lively turns, offers suspension, and helps keep you balanced and in control when you’re flying down a mountain. It allows you to load up pop instead of looping out like V, U, moustache and mushy banana shapes. Think about it: ollies are derived from crouching down, rocking back and loading up the board’s tail.

You want as much spring as possible, right?

Camber also offers suspension. Yes, like a racecar from front to back and side-to-side. The board’s bent shape absorbs forces at the tips instead of directing that impact to your feet. And when you lay down your board for a tasty carve, your weight and the added forces applied through your momentum flex the heart of the board from the tips or contact points inward. This leaf spring like reflex gives you response, power, control and zing unlike a pre clapped-out profile (i.e. rocker). Camber is good, but it’s highly concentrated around the board’s contact points, which dig into the snow, tend to dive in powder, and are far from your center of gravity and foot control. When you’re just a bit off, camber will send you for a slam, scorpion, or tomahawk before you can even utter the “O” of “Oh shit!” Camber is awesome, but it’s temperamental.

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Tip-to-tail rocker and reverse-camber designs eliminate aforementioned harsh edge pressures by lifting the tip and tail contact points off the snow and moving them inward. The edge pressure of rocker and reverse camber shapes is concentrated in a small area around your feet giving you half the control you used to have. Save for a bit of added float in powder and easy presses, this renders your tips nearly useless and eliminates the benefits of snap, suspension, edge hold, control—all the good things of a positive camber profile. Sure, these designs deliver a playful and forgiving ride, but they make the board far less predictable, prone to looping out, give it weaker edge hold and no suspension.

A Whole New Breed 3BT’s genius lies in fine-tuning the pressure and place of contact points in a camber profile by introducing base and edge uplift, think of it as targeted rocker from edge to edge. When turning, pressures drive the edges into the snow with the most concentrated part at the contact points. In fact, such pressures actually push upward against the base. By gradually curving the base profile towards the tips it changes the game by dispersing this pressure over a larger, more controllable area. Suddenly there’s a smoother transition when initiating turns, transferring from edgeto-edge, and sliding through transitions, yet the board doesn’t lose its foundation of grip. It now has a more natural arc and contact with the snow that creates smoother turns, easier edge control and stronger edge hold. The base uplift offers forgiveness without losing power steering.

The flat or centerbase section of 3BT serves as a large, stable area underfoot and in the tips. It’s a steady place to press, pop, land or point it without the added drag of camber and uncertainty of edge catch. When it comes to butters, 3BT’s tip curvature spreads it like margarine. Kinked jibs? Wallrides? No problem, the 3BT edge uplift is like a huge bevel that helps you grease those kinks and awkward angles. 3BT also shines on landings by offering a big, flat stable area to stomp as well as loose tips that won’t penalize you if you’re a bit off on your rotation. 3BT’s concavity is inherently better at planing and floating in soft snow, too, since it acts like a ship’s hull. No matter what board in the line, it will naturally float and carve better than a board with flat tips.

We’ll step off our soapbox now, and you don’t have to believe all we preach, but if you ride one of our boards you’ll feel the difference.

Gradually Increasing side base uplift

Flat Base Bewteen the bindings

Rail to Rail Rocker

Flat between the bindings

Accelerated Tip Uplift Rail to Rail Rocker

Full tip to Tail Traditional Camber in the center base

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3BT How it Works and What it Does

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Triple Base Technology divides the nose and tail in 3 sections: A left sidebase section, a centerbase section and a right sidebase section.

The uplifted base areas make initiating turns easier and faster, with less effort. The total uplift distance starts at zero under the bindings and gradually increases towards the widest points of the board.

As you initiate a turn, edge’s contact and grip grows outward from your bindings and along an

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arc to form a complete effective edge when fully committed.

The uplifted sidebases make your board forgiving when going straight, but when you tilt the board just a few degrees the edge fully engages without the torsional stress or pressures of a traditional camber and sidecut array.

Because the board has no edge-to-edge concave between the bindings and full tip-to-tail camber

down the center, it keeps all the performance and control of a traditional cambered board. At the same time, the angled sidebases give you the playfulness, forgiveness and powder float we have come to appreciate from rockered designs.

TBT combines camber and rocker into one shape, and it actually works.

One To Go Straight, Two For Turns

Two to three degrees of lift is all it takes to engage the complete edge. When engaged it has the same shape and contact as a traditional cambered board, but the pressure is equal along the whole edge and no torsional stresses are introduced.

With a tiny amount of pressure and angle, the sidebases start to engage near the bindings, but the pressure remains constant along the contact edge.

When riding on a flat base, only the centerbase section is in the snow, so the board travels in a swiftly in a straight line.

With a tiny amount of pressure and angle, the sidebases start to engage near the bindings, but the pressure remains constant along the contact edge.

Two to three degrees of lift is all it takes to engage the complete edge. When engaged it has the same shape and contact as a traditional cambered board, but the pressure is equal along the whole edge and no torsional stresses are introduced.

The Best of Both Worlds When you stand in your bindings the camber is loaded

While the Camber is loaded the edges are lifted

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While the Camber is loaded the edges are lifted

Lots of Advantages No Disadvantages Haulin’ When pointing it or navigating sketchy traverses the board accelerates faster and holds more speed since the uplifted edges don’t drag.

Controlled Bite/Catch Less Edges The uplifted edges make for a more forgiving board without sacrificing performance.

Ollies Ollies are more powerful than a cambered board because the concave shape from rail to rail in the tips loads up even more pop when compressed.

Powder The hull-like shape of the tips has inherent floating and planing properties. Enough said.

Turns When laid on edge, the uplifted sections along the edge form a truer more cohesive arc with the snow surface.

Landings With less initial edge bite at the contact points, you can ride away from not-so-perfect landings rather than eating shit. And if you happen to put it down perfect, the stable centerbase locks in stomps.

Park & Jibs The flat centerbase provides a large area to lock in presses and the uplifted edges around the bindings need little to no beveling. Glide through kinks, wallrides, boxes, transitions and more with the extra forgiveness of uplifted edges.

3BT offers more speed and control whether you’re creeping along a flat cat track or pointing it into the big kicker. The base uplift creates a shorter total edge contact when pointed straight. Less edge drag means less friction and more speed.

And when you straight line it the board will simply go straight and feel stable, not twitchy. Positive cambered boards tend to dig and drag, forcing the rider to always be on edge to maintain control which diminishes speed. On a 3BT board all you have to do is simply sit back, relax, and let ‘er rip.

Because 3BT design lifts the edges near the tip and tail—the areas where the most pressure is exerted into the snow—the board does not have the volatile pressure points of a traditionally shaped camber board that digs into the snow and causes edge catch. Instead, 3BT shaping reduces pressure around the nose and tail by dispersing it, therefore allowing for a smoother, more controlled ride that’s less prone to violent edge catches and scorpion slams. The forgiving tips are easier to butter and more lenient on landings.

Camber gives more pop than a rockered shape because you can store more elastic energy, but when you add 3BT to the mix things get explosive.

Every board comes pre-loaded with extra pop thanks to the concave nose and tail profiles. When flexing the tail for an ollie the forces are directed and focused towards the center of the tail section where they seriously pop you out. It’s like snapping an ollie using a brand new skateboard on fresh concrete.

The concaved shape of the nose and tail are inherently designed to float in powder, rather than sink like a traditional cambered tips. Think about the shape of most watercraft, they have bellied bottoms that provide maximum float and allow them to plane on the surface of the water for less drag, more speed and control. The same goes for a snowboard shape in powder. This shape allows the front to rise up, but it makes it easier to sink the tail, offering a more comfortable riding position in deep snow that quells back leg burn.

When a 3BT board is laid on edge and into a turn the subtle concavity along the rails at the tip and tail form a more fluid, more complete arc between board and snow. Smoother, more cohesive arcs mean truer, more powerful turns. As the board is rolled side-to-side when turning, the beveled tips give the board a silkier transition of edge-to-edge as well. Slower turns are easier, faster turns are more predictable, and carving those full circles in corduroy just got easier.

3BT is a lot more forgiving on landings. On a conventional snowboard, an under rotation will often result in an out-of-control landing, or worse, an edge catch to scorpion. This is because the edges of our boards are raised at the widest points and are therefore far less likely to dig in. The board therefore tends to automatically track back to going straight on landings, even when the rider is off balance, since it is the centerbase section which hits the snow first rather than the nose or tail sidebase sections.

Conventional cambered snowboard shapes are difficult to navigate through transitions because the widest part of the nose ploughs into the wall and kills speed whether going up or down a transition. Rocker and reverse camber designs glide through transitions, but offer little control and loop out. The beveled tips of a 3BT board, however, have less drag and offer a smoother glide up and down transitions while still maintaining control.

This means faster, smoother and more predictable takeoffs on pipes, hips, lips, and landings, too.

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3BT is not as simple as just adding a bit of bend. We’ve been working on it for over a decade and have come up with specific blends of bends for all types of riding, riders and conditions.

True Twin

Jib 3BT

Park 3BT

Asym 3BT

Symmetrical nose and tail shape

Symmetrical nose and tail shape

Widest centerbase

Wide centerbase

Twin Pow 3BT

Asymmetrical nose and tail shape

Symmetrical nose and tail shape

Asymmetrical sidebase uplift

Narrow centerbase

Wide centerbase

Extra sidebase uplift

Our Jib 3BT shapes are tuned with true twin shapes, soft flexes and the widest centerbase in the range for locked in presses, stable slides and powerful ollies. These boards feature the longest section of edge uplift amongst the line that starts around the bindings and extends outward, offering a loose, buttery, forgiving feel and less hang-ups.

We developed our Park 3BT to be playful yet stable with a wide centerbase, slight camber and true twin shape to perform in terrain parks around the globe. The edge uplift areas start mid-binding and extend towards the tips for a loose feel with less bite. The wide centerbase on the other hand helps with stability off lips, on landings, in presses and at high speeds.

Our Asymmetric 3BT shaping is a twist on our twin design that better balances your body’s build on the board with a shorter edge uplift area on the heelside, which offers better heelside stability. The toeside edge, where you have more control and leverage over the board, has a longer uplift section for a loose, playful feeling. The board shape remains completely twin; it’s only the uplift that is asymmetrical.

Our new Twin Pow 3BT was inspired by our tapered pow and freeride designs, but put into a shorter, wider, twin frame that handles deeps as well as it pops and rides switch. The 3BT sections match this shape by being shorter and wider as well. The larger surface area means you can size down and ride a more maneuverable board, yet still get the same float and stability.

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Disaster, Disaster S, BTLNxSWBK

Airobic, Global Warmer, Evil Twin, Boss, Distortia, Minishred, She W

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Magic Carpet

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3BT Flavors Shapes

99% Twin

Directional

Freestyle 3BT

Freeride 3BT

Pow 3BT

Nose is significantly longer and wider than tail

Nose is significantly longer than tail and has more sidebase uplift

More sidebase uplift in nose

Inserts are set back

Nose is 1cm longer than tail

Inserts are set back Narrow centerbase

Even center to sidebase ratio

Narrow centerbase 3BT shaping is set back

3BT shaping is set back

Tapered tail

Tapered tail

Our all mountain freestyle shapes are the most versatile boards in the line.

Their twin-ish shapes, more aggressive camber profile, medium centerbase width, and longer contact length between the feet produce a powerful ride with freestyle tendencies and powder float.

Our freeride shaping features a narrow centerbase for swift edge transfer and smooth drawn out carves. The shape is slightly setback and tapered for backseat steering, high speed haulin’ and optimized powder float.

These boards are tapered, have setback stances, and feature the narrowest centerbase section and the most uplift out of all the shapes, making them the most surfy of the bunch. The nose has more uplift angle and overall area for maximum float, and the tail has a mellower uplift angle and smaller area for better backseat riding.

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Flyer, The Jam, Fun Kink, Whatever, Goliath+, Feel Better, Push Up

Omni, North

Camel Toe Stewart I & II, Shaka, Proto XV/VI 15

Ingredients

Woodcores This new core has added honeycomb compartments that reduce weight in the tip and tail area reducing the boards swing weight.

Our Split Core is a full-length wood core with a twist. We put a 23mm wide bamboo stringer down the centerline to create a powerful backbone, and for those inclined to do so it makes the board easy to cut into a splitboard since the bamboo acts like a sidewall and naturally seals out moisture and protects the core.

Made with a combination of Swiss poplar and paulownia wood for optimal strength to weight. Not only is this core light, it’s tough enough to handle the rigors of aggressive riding and abuse. Light enough to feel the difference when you loft an ollie or pick up your board, yet strong enough for high speed, high chatter riding.

Dual density full wood core composed of poplar with beech running tip to tail along the rails. This fortifies the board’s edges against impacts and delivers stronger, more precise edge hold and turns while also promoting reactive pop along the edges.

Dual density full wood core composed of poplar with beech running tip to tail along the insert packs. The added beech hardwood strengthens the board’s backbone under the bindings and produces more pop from tip to tail while still offering a comfortable lateral flex.

Our full-length wood V-Core Profile has material milled out between the inserts to create a highly maneuverable and natural flexing feel between the feet. Under the bindings and towards the tips is normal thickness for strength to load up pop and put down landings.

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Layups Our bi-axial or two-way fiberglass is a 90-degree weave of fiberglasses placed under and atop the core to strengthen and add pop to the board. We place our material at a 45-degree angle rather than a 90-degree angle to the edge so you get better overall board feel, flex and edging. Our bi-ax layups create a really maneuverable board, one that you can almost steer with your feet.

Our tri-axial or three-way fiberglass is a weave of fibers in three directions: 45, 0 and -45 degrees. It’s like our bi-ax layup, but with added fibers running tip to tail. This stiffens up the board and adds more snap, while also offering better edge control and grip. The added strands of glasses make boards more aggressive and more responsive overall.

Just like you put a fleece layer on for cold days, we add a layer of composite material around the inserts of the board for strength and more rapid and precise power transfer from your bindings.

Used with the same purpose as our composite fleece, yet Kevlar is lighter, stronger and even more powerful with energy transfer underfoot and edge to edge.

Extra Additives Carbon adds explosive snap, precise control, smooth dampening and it’s feather light.

We use it to enhance the ride of our high-end boards. By placing Carbon stringers in key areas of the board we are able to increase the connection between the rails of your board making it feel more responisive

Bases

Not your cheap, run-of-the-mill extruded base. We the highest quality extruded base money can buy with the highest molecular content. Our extruded bases are durable, fast, simple to repair and require little to no waxing to keep them gliding. We finish it with a proper hot wax before they leave the factory.

Hard and fast. Our sintered base material is tough stuff and its microscopic pores retain wax nuggets for a slick slide. To get the maximum benefits of a sintered base it needs to be waxed regularly. We finish ours with a proper hot wax before they leave the factory.

Kevlar can stop a speeding bullet and it can also make your snowboard lighter and snappier in a simular way as carbon does. By placing Kevlar stringers in key areas of the board we can control the way a board flexes and responds to pressure

Cork is put into the board to get rid of unwanted vibrations and smooth out your riding experience we use it in stringers placed under the core in combination with carbon on most Whitegold boards.

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by bataleon

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photos: manonthemoon int.

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Kevin Sansalone

photo: Erin Hogue

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SHAKA

FLYER

PROTO

“Whitegold represents the pinnacle of high- end all-mountain snowboarding. Researched and developed in Whistler, British Columbia and handmade in Austria with the best materials we can get our hands on to give you a next level snowboarding experience.

The Whitegold line is focused on all-mountain snowboarding because at Whitegold we believe in riding the whole mountain with one board that works everywhere.”

—Kevin Sansalone

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We wanted to create a stubby, but powerful board. Something that could float like the best of them, but haul ass like the rest of them. So we crafted a directional board that’s not boring in a powdery shape that’s not too fishy. It has a shorter and wider shape with a bigger nose and tapered tail. We like to launch our protos with new design ideas. In this one you will find our new honeycore a special woodcore which has ultra light weight honeycomb areas embedded in the core.

We think we created a monster.

We invite you to join the board building process with our +U Program.

The +U Program is a brainstorming bowl where we ask you—our loyal riders—how you think we should design our new boards. Shape, flex, materials—nothing is too simple or too far out for us to consider. We take all of your input and our design expertise and mash it into a new Proto board each year. Some of these boards turn into full-fledged Bataleon models like the Magic Carpet, some of the technology finds its way into other boards in the line. It’s your way to shape the design process, reflect current trends in board design and create a cooperative pro model per say.

What’s more? If you provide feedback on the performance of your own +U Proto board, we’ll give you a voucher for 35% off next seasons’ board you were involved with. How does that sound?

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112

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

298/288

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

255

SETBACK (MM)

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SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

8.8/8.3/8

INSERTS

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STANCE WIDTH (MM)

470-630

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The Shaka is our surfy, high-end Camel Toe, kind of like the camel toe one might find along the shores of Rio, Monaco, Southern California or exotic locales in the Caribbean.

It builds on the 3BT powder shape and design characteristics of the CT, but adds in a bevy of high-end materials for a more robust ride. Its triangular carbon stringers in the tip and tail make it highly playful without compromising the soft and supple feel around the mid-section. It also has Portugese cork slabs atop the core to disperse rude chatter and bamboo sidewalls for more lively response and strength along the edges. With a flyweight Very Light core, fine German steel edges and a hidden bamboo center stringer for DIY splitboard operations, it’s lean and ready to lay down lines.

The featherweight Swiss wood core and added carbon fiber triangles in the tips make it light and lofty. We also added a bi-plane blend of Portuguese cork stringers lengthwise along the heels and toes, as well as a cork topsheet to ease any turbulence. With a tough and fast sintered base belly and hardened German steel edges it’s ready to charge through bumpy runways and even rougher landings.

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

153

158

121

126

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

308/288

313/294

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

257

261

SETBACK (MM)

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SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

9.3/8.8/8.3

9.6/9.1/8.6

INSERTS

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STANCE WIDTH (MM)

490 - 650

490 - 650

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For heading into the cold, deep and steep of northern lands only the very best snow sword will do. We crafted the North with our highest-end materials and chiseled it into a directional 3BT shape. It bears fine German steel edges to slice through any snow condition and our Swiss wood Very Light core for the utmost strength to weight ratio. There’s more beneath its cloak though, it has two carbon strips running lengthwise near the rails for precise edge bite, power and potent pop, and Portuguese cork slabs atop the core to smooth out high speed vibration.

We also put a 23mm wide sealed bamboo stringer down the center so you can create a DIY splitboard without damaging the core. It’s finished off with reactive bamboo sidewalls and a super tough sintered base to excel in the cold climes and terrain of your journey.

The featherweight Swiss wood core and added carbon fiber triangles in the tips make it light and lofty. We also added a bi-plane blend of Portuguese cork stringers lengthwise along the heels and toes, as well as a cork topsheet to ease any turbulence. With a tough and fast sintered base belly and hardened German steel edges it’s ready to charge through bumpy runways and even rougher landings.

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

158

161

162W

163

117

119

121

121

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

249/292

298/296

310/308

301/299

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

253

255

267

258

SETBACK (MM)

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20

20

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

8.75/8.45/8.15

8.85/8.55/8.25

8.95/8.65/8.35

9.0/8.7/8.4

INSERTS

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STANCE WIDTH (MM)

490-650

490-650

490-650

490-650

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photo: Andy Wright

Kevin Sansalon rides all Whitegold boards all the time because that is what he does. He rides the heck out of the prototypes to the final models and every board in so they are just perfect by the time they make it under your feet. Whistler, British Columbia is his home mountain and every Whitegold has to be able to rip here from top to bottom. Because that’s also what Kevin does.

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All-terrain freestyle performance in a flyweight S-class package. The Flyer takes off with our All-Mountain 3BT shaping with a twin-ish shape, more aggressive camber profile, medium centerbase width, and longer contact length between the feet for a powerful ride with freestyle tendencies and added nose length for powder float. The featherweight Swiss wood core and added carbon fiber triangles in the tips make it light and lofty. We also added a bi-plane blend of Portuguese cork stringers lengthwise along the heels and toes, as well as a cork topsheet to ease any turbulence. With a tough and fast sintered base belly and hardened German steel edges it’s ready to charge through bumpy runways and even rougher landings.

The featherweight Swiss wood core and added carbon fiber triangles in the tips make it light and lofty. We also added a bi-plane blend of Portuguese cork stringers lengthwise along the heels and toes, as well as a cork topsheet to ease any turbulence. With a tough and fast sintered base belly and hardened German steel edges it’s ready to charge through bumpy runways and even rougher landings.

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

153

158

161

162W

163

115

117

119

121

121

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

291/291

294/292

298/296

310/308

301/299

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

249

253

255

267

258

SETBACK (MM)

20

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SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.7

8.75/8.45/8.15

8.85/8.55/8.25

8.95/8.65/8.35

9.0/8.7/8.4

INSERTS

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STANCE WIDTH (MM)

470-630

490 - 650

490 - 650

490 - 650

490 - 650

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Mitch Richmond

Mitch is 5’2� (1.57 m) and weighs 155 lbs (70 kgs) Mitch laps the park and lurks in the street until the wee hours riding atop a Disaster or Global Warmer 148.

photo : Drew Smalley

portrait Kevin Westenbarger

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TWINS

All of the models in the following section are twin in shape and flex with centered stance mounting options.

Freestyle performance is their core trait whether it’s tearing through the urban environment, the local terrain park or backcountry booter. The flex, profile and 3BT shaping varies amongst the group to fit all freestyle riders and riding styles.

M.C. 151

Boss 154

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STIFFNESS

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156

152

154

ETA 156W

05

STIFFNESS

157

159W

153

G.W. 156

05

STIFFNESS

148

151

154

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STIFFNESS

156W

157

Evil Twin 150

152

154

156W

Airobic 157

159W

148

151

Disaster 154

156

142

144

DISASTER S

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STIFFNESS

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STIFFNESS

145W

148

134

138

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Minishred 151

STIFFNESS

153

155

110

120

130

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STIFFNESS

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Magic Carpet Fig 1.6 The Woodcore

From the remote stretches of the Whitegold Mountains we weaved together a rare and beautiful ride. The Magic Carpet is a new board to the line with a twin powder design. Its featherweight Very Light Swiss wood core is composed of poplar and paulownia that hovers atop snow and strikes mean ollies and slashes with ease. Its fine German Steel edges can slice through all mixtures of frozen water and rarely need honing. The rubberized cork sidewalls handle turbulent skies and even rougher landings by dampening impacts and vibrations along the edge.

Its massive twin tips are freakishly floaty thanks to their large surface area and generous edge uplift. The shorter, wider tip shape also means you can ride a smaller length board, but get the same amount of float in a more maneuverable package.

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FREESTYLE

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POWDER

After the base, edges and bottom glass fiber layups are applied the wood core goes on top, making it the center of the sandwich construction.

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STIFFNESS

By placing vertcial carbon slabs in the nose and tail. Ollies get maginified and the flex pattren feels nice and soft between the bindings but snappy at the ends of the board.

This reduces chatter and enables us to keep the flex relatifly soft but still deliver all the performance you want.

New Model !

Ride it Shorter!

This Board you can ride shorter than a traditionalsnowboard because of teh short and wide shape. Try it at least a couple of cms less than your normal freestyle board.

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

151

154

156

105

107

109

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

298/298

300/300

303/303

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

258

260

262

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.4/6.8/7.4

7.5/7/7.5

7.7/7.2/7.7

INSERTS

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

480-600

490-610

500-620

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This new Bataleon model was first launched as a prototype under the Whitegold label. Then it was further developed and finetuned in the +U Program with feedback from everybody that tested the Proto XIV/XV. Go online to bataleon.com/whitegold/plusU and learn how you can help develop our next Bataleon models by particpating in the +U Program.

151

154

156

39

Boss Fig 1.4 The Base is layed up

The Boss was made to elevate your white powder game like The Real Rick Ross. Built on the foundation of the ever-popular Evil Twin, we laced up The Boss with crossed carbon fiber slabs under the bindings to boost ollies, steady landings, and add torsional stability. The carbon additives offer the benefits of a stiffer flex, without sacrificing the comforts of that medium tip-to-tail flex and feel of our Core Core and tri-axial fiberglass layup. The Boss is shaped with a tweak on our Park 3BT that has a smidge less flat centerbase for more response and more aggressive turns. Basically, it’s built for boss riding.

07 JIBS

09

10

PARK

08

FREESTYLE

ALL MTN

07

The board building process starts by putting the base on the bottom mold lid and applying glue and edges. Rubbers are places over the edges to help the bonding.

05

POWDER

STIFFNESS

By placing carbon slabs in an X shape under the bindings it magnifies ollies, strengthens the binding area for big landings and gives more precise foot control without overly stiffening the board torsionally or longitudinally.

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

152

154

156W

157

159W

114

116

118

119

120

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

288

291

305

296

308

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

249

251

264

255

266

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.80

7.90

8.05

8.10

8.15

INSERTS

24

24

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

500 – 620

505 – 625

510 – 630

510 – 630

520 – 640

40

For the graphics we once again teamed up with our favorite wild women of photography: Petrovsky & Ramone. More here @petrovskyramone

152

154

156W

157

159W

41

42

Ethan Morgan

Ethan is 5’9� (1.75m) and weighs 154lbs (70 kg) Ethan Morgan can put it down from video part enders to contests and street sessions. When he heads to jib he runs the Airobic 151. For bigger park riding he hops on The Boss 157.

photos: Cyril Muller

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Evil Twin Asymetrical Fig 1.5 Putting in the edges

If humans were symmetrical we would look a hell of a lot different than we do. Although we’ve adapted our bodies to ride symmetrical snowboards, we created an asymmetrical shape to better balance the ride. We developed this board with Ethan and Halldor to be more stable on big ‘ol nasty booters and steep, icy landings. But it also works for regular humans on regular jumps, too. The asymmetrical design takes the popular traits of the Evil Twin—the Core Core, tri-axial layup, medium flex—and wraps it into an asymmetrical 3BT shape. We give the board a shorter heelside uplift area since you have less control and leverage on this edge. The toeside, however, has a longer base uplift area since you can precisely control this part of the board. Better boarding through science!

07 JIBS

09 PARK

10

08

FREESTYLE

ALL MTN

07

After the base is laid in the mold the edges are put in. Special magnets mounted into the mold lid make sure the edges are always in the right position and angle.

05

POWDER

STIFFNESS

ASYM 3BT NOSE/TAIL

While your toes are very good at keeping you balanced in all sorts of crazy angles your heels are not.

We now introduce ASYM

fact.

TOESIDE

3BT Shape based on this

HEELSIDE

3BT a new Asymmetrical

More 3BT on your toeside than on your heelside.

where you need it and even more playfulness

NOSE/TAIL

Giving you more control

where you can handle it! carbon stringer placement

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

153

156

115

118 294

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

290

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

250

253

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.80

8.00

INSERTS

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

505 – 625

510 – 630

44

Alpha and Omega, Start and Infinity. The circle is without beginning or end. The circle is perfect.

153

156

45

46

photo: Ryan Taylor

Jaeger Bailey

Jaeger is 5’2” (1,57m) and weighs 150lbs (68 kg).

Jaeger continues to impress. Just look at this photo for example. It’s nuts! Whether he’s flying off building or just crusing the park he chooses the Disaster 144 and Global Warmer 148.

portrait: Kevin Westenbarger

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Global Warmer Fig 1.8 Extra Layups

A real park pressure cooker this one. We prepare it with soft bi-axial glass for velvety flex, dent deterring sintered base to stand up to rocks and jibs and dual-density wood core for a reactive flex. We finish it off with carbon slabs perpendicular to the rails right around the bindings for some underfoot zing in ollies without messing up that smooth longitudinal flex for presses. We pack all these ingredients into our Park 3BT shaping that has a wide centerbase for stability in jibs and general ripping, with just enough rail uplift for a playful forgiving ride. It’s ready to turn your simmering shred skills into a rolling boil.

09 JIBS

10

10

PARK

08

FREESTYLE

ALL MTN

07

Here is a board that is receiving an extra layup of horizontal carbon stringers.

03

POWDER

STIFFNESS

Horizontal Carbon Stringers improve your pop, reinforce the binding area while still allowing for smooth presses.

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

148

151

154

156 WIDE

157

113

116

118

120

120

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

289

291

293

307

297

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

250

250

252

264

255

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.45

7.60

7.70

7.80

7.85

INSERTS

24

24

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

505 - 625

510 - 630

515 - 635

520 - 640

520 - 640

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Top to bottom: umbrella, Koi (nishikigoi) fish pair, endless knot, wheel of dharma, treasure, lotus flower, conch shell, victory banner

148

151

154

156W

157

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Evil Twin Fig 1.7 More Glue

The Evil Twin is our staple and most universal twin tip board.

Unlike evil twin Wi-Fi that will rob your bank account and identity, you can trust this Evil Twin’s network of wood, fiberglass, steel and plastic goods. It features our poplar wood Core Core that has additional hardwood stringers from tip to tail along the insert packs to increase strength and channel more power and pop.

We then wrap it in tri-axial fiberglass for a more aggressive flex from edge to edge and tip to tail. It’s shaped in our Park 3BT profile with a bit less flatbase for swifter turns, truer carves and a bit more give when putting down lofty airs.

07 JIBS

09

10

PARK

08

FREESTYLE

07

ALL MTN

05

POWDER

STIFFNESS

150

152

154

156 WIDE

157

159 WIDE

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

112

114

116

118

119

120

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

285

288

291

305

296

308

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

246

249

251

264

255

266

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.65

7.80

7.90

8.05

8.10

8.15

INSERTS

24

24

24

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

495 – 615

500 – 620

505 – 625

510 – 630

510 – 630

520 – 640

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Between every layer of the sandwich construction we put a thin spread of glue. We use a special polyurethane-based glue, which allows us to press our boards at a lower heat, which causes less stress to the base in the manufacturing process. Glue is essential for snowboards to hold together and until someone figures out a natural glueing agent we will unfortunately not be able to make a true green snowboard.

“Hello, will you come and play with us? For ever and ever and ever?” RIP SK

150

152

154

156W

157

159W

51

Airobic Fig 1.9 The topsheet is applied

It’ll make you move, but not like a Richard Simmons’ aerobics class. We put our full poplar wood Pop Core in the middle and sandwiched it with bi-axial fiberglass for a buttery smooth flex and proper press and pop properties. The core profiling offers maximum underfoot feel and board control with the right amount of stiffness for jumps and jibs. It has our Park 3BT shaping—a wide, flat centerbase, subtle uplift and subtle camber—for an overall polished park ride.

09 JIBS

10

08

PARK

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

05

FREESTYLE

ALL MTN

04

03

POWDER

STIFFNESS

148

151

154

156

113

116

118

120

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

289

291

293

297

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

250

250

252

255

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.45

7.60

7.70

7.85

INSERTS

20

20

20

20

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

525 - 605

530 - 610

545 - 625

560 - 640

52

After the top fiberglass layers are laid on the core, the sandwich is finished off with the topsheet. Now the board is ready for the press.

Artwork for the Airobic was provided by Mr. Karl Grandin from Sweden. Learn all about his art at karlgrandin.com and also check out his beer project at omnipollo.com

148

151

154

156W

157

53

54

photos: Cyril Muller

Gulli Gudmundson

Gulli is 5’8” (1,72m) and weighs 154lbs (70kg) When Gulli’s not tending that beard of his he usually riding the Disaster 148 or Global Warmer 151 and crushing it in the streets.

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Disaster and Disaster S Set Fig 2.0 The inside of a 3BT mold top lid.

The Disaster is down to smash it up. Rails, boxes, concrete, brick—The Disaster will help you destroy whatever jibs and jams you may find in the urban or park arena. It’s constructed with the widest flat centerbase and the longest uplift section out of all our 3BT shapes, making it rock-steady stable on presses and slides and super easy to butter around at the same time. With the softest build of our poplar wood Pop Core and pressed with bi-axial fiberglass it has a nice fluid flex with no surprises. We give it an extruded base for easy repairs and for when things get disastrous, you know?

10 JIBS

08

07

PARK

03

FREESTYLE

04

ALL MTN

In our special 3BT shaped molds is where all the magic happens. This is where our boards go from a regular, flat board to a patented 3BT board. The molds themselves are impressive pieces and are milled out of huge blocks of solid aluminum.

02

POWDER

Disaster S Set

STIFFNESS

This is a mini version of the Disaster.

The Disaster S is spec’d up like its bigger brother, but these boards are meant for smaller, lighter riders (132 lbs/60 kg or below).

+ The Disaster S Set comes as a readyto-shred package with a matching set of size small Switchback Bindings.

142

144

148

151

153

154 WIDE

155

134

138

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

108

110

114

117

119

119

121

100

103

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

280

285

290

291

293

305

297

270

276

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

245

248

250

250

252

263

255

238

242

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.2

7.25

7.35

7.45

7.55

7.60

7.70

6.8

7

INSERTS

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

16

16

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

490-570

490 – 650

495 – 655

500 – 660

500 – 660

500 – 660

505 – 665

420-580

430-590

56

142

144

148

151

153

154W

155

57

Mini Shred Fig 2.1 The snowboard press

Forgo the skis and start them off right. Our new pint-sized Minishred board is designed to get groms linking turns and tearing it up in no time thanks to 3BT shaping. The 3D-profiled nose and tail shape reduces edge catches and makes linking turns even easier. Rather than squirrely rocker and reverse camber designs 3BT keeps camber for little ones to learn proper board control.

Combined with softer flexes and smaller waist widths this deck might end up on more than a few holiday wish lists.

08 JIBS

08

07

PARK

FREESTYLE

07

04

ALL MTN

POWDER

The 3BT mold with the sandwiched board goes into this press. Here, under great pressure and heat, the board takes its shape and all the layers are compressed and glued together.

02

STIFFNESS

Minishred Set

+

New Model !

The Mini Shred comes as a ready-toshred package with matching grom bindings 110

120

130

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

76

86

96

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

244

255

266

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

219

226

233

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

5

5.6

6.2

INSERTS

12

12

12

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

340 – 420

380 – 460

400 – 480

58

110

120

130

59

ALL MOUNTAIN FREESTYLE We like to think of this collection of boards as a grip of Swiss Army Knives, or rather Austrian Anything Boards.

They’re the most versatile, capable boards in the line. They have twin outlines and all that touches the snow is twin, yet we add a bit of length to the nose to help pow float and steady the front for high speed cruising. Our 3BT shaping is tuned to all-terrain riding with a medium-to-wide centerbase, more aggressive camber profile and longer contact lengths between the feet for a powerful ride with freestyle tendencies and powder float. Think of them as your do-it-all wondersticks.

Goliath+

The Jam 156

159

161W

07

STIFFNESS

60

162

154

156

157

158

158W

160W

161

163W

05

STIFFNESS

Whatever 151

154

156

04

STIFFNESS

157W

Fun.Kink 158

148

151

154

157

159W

160

03

STIFFNESS

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The Jam Fig 2.2

It’s that one hot track where everything clicks—the bass line, hooks, rhythm—it’s all there in synchronicity. We layer this Jam with all the goods that you can’t help but groove on. We build it up with our Reactor Core that has hardwood stringers along the edges to maintain grip and control at speed and in chop. Layered on top of that are Kevlar and carbon hits for explosive pop and power for takeoffs, landings and high tempo riding. We give it a medium stiff flex and more pronounced camber for aggressive riders, but balance it out with the subtle edge uplift for forgiveness and lightning quick turns. Go ahead put it on repeat and press play.

05 JIBS

07

08

PARK

FREESTYLE

10

ALL MTN

09

When the boards come out of the mold the excess material are trimmed off.

07

POWDER

STIFFNESS

We place carbon and Kevlar stringers lengthwise from tip to tail to lighten the load and give the board precise control and explosive pop. This stiffens up the board on all fronts, yet makes it more damp, more powerful, and more bad ass.

156

159

161 WIDE

162

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

117

119

121

122

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

294

298

311

302

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

251

254

265

257

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

8.05

8.20

8.25

8.35

INSERTS

24

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

500 - 620

515 - 635

520 - 640

525 - 645

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The optically trippy topsheet is printed using a special rough structured effect print technique.

156

159

161W

162

63

Tor Lundstrom

Tor is 5’10 (1,79m) and weighs 59lbs (70kg) When Tor isn’t popping bottles of bubbly on babes or globetrotting, he’s tossing triple cork 1440s on the Jam 156 or Boss 154. Just kidding. Kind of.

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portrait: Kevin Westenbarger

photo: Lucas Nilsson

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Goliath+ Fig 2.3 Fine trimming

We call it Goliath+ because it’s a beast on all fronts. The core of its strength comes from the Core Core—poppy poplar wood with hardwoods running tip-to-tail along the inserts for a forceful flex.

We lace it up with carbon fiber armor, two strips running lengthwise just outside the inserts for beefed up ollies and underfoot power. Then we coat it in a tri-axial weave of fiberglass for tuned response and edge hold at speed. It’s all carved into our All Mountain 3BT shaping for the perfect mix of big mountain performance and freestyle finesse. Be David and slay this Goliath+ all over the mountain.

07 JIBS

08

08

PARK

09

FREESTYLE

08

ALL MTN

After the excess material os trimmed off, the board gets a nice grind and polish along the sidewalls.

05

POWDER

STIFFNESS

We place carbon and Kevlar stringers lengthwise from insert pack to insert pack near the edge to bolster torsional strength, edge hold and add a boatload of snap. It gives the board a powerful underfoot feel while still offering playful ends.

154

156

157

158

158 WIDE

160 WIDE

161

163 WIDE

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

115

117

118

119

118

120

121

123

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

291

293

295

297

306

309

301

313

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

249

251

252

254

263

265

256

268

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.70

7.80

7.90

7.95

7.90

8.00

8.05

8.15

INSERTS

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

485 – 605

490 – 610

495 – 615

495 – 615

495 – 615

500 – 620

500 – 620

505 – 625

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Spread across the different sizes you will find one of these epic animal scenes inside the Bataleon hand logo

154

156

157

158

158W

160W

161

163W

67

Whatever Fig 2.4

What’s it good for? Whatever. Where can you ride it? Whatever.

What kind of snow does it prefer? Whatever. Is the world ending?

Whatever. Wait, forget that last one. This board really doesn’t need a description because it’s truly capable of whatever. Its medium flex, juiced up Core Core, bi-ax fiberglass and All Mountain 3BT shaping will please even the crustiest rider. The twin outline and added length in the nose make it just as comfortable from park to off-piste. Ride it whenever and however you please.

08 JIBS

08

09

PARK

08

FREESTYLE

151

ALL MTN

154

08

04

POWDER

156

STIFFNESS

157 WIDE

158

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

114

117

118

120

121

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

289

293

296

310

300

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

248

251

253

266

256

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.60

7.75

7.85

7.95

8.00

INSERTS

22

22

22

22

22

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

525 - 605

540 - 620

555 - 635

560 - 640

560 - 640

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Now the board goes into the grinding line where the base surface is smoothed out. Our boards receive a special base treatment where the side bases in the nose and tail are ground separately from the centerbase.

The graphics for this season’s Whatever have been lifted from a single piece of artwork created by our good friend and artist Robert Rosenau. Check out @o.r.r.o for more.

151

154

156

157W

158

69

Fun.Kink Split?

Fig 2.4 Topsheet edge sanding

Made for the extreme rigors, grueling conditions and far off features of your local park. The Fun.Kink’s easy riding shape and soft flex make it ideal for progressing in the park with minimal slams. Its medium-wide centerbase makes it super stable from jumps to jibs and the torsionally soft bi-axial fiberglasses offer relaxed underfoot feel and control. The subtle directional shape and more sidebase uplift than our twin boards give it an edge in all-mountain riding with better powder float, more agile turning and more forgiveness. It’s fresher than that Clif bar at the bottom of your bag and your pile of dirty baselayers. Trust us.

08 JIBS

09

09

PARK

08

FREESTYLE

07

ALL MTN

03

POWDER

STIFFNESS

148

151

154

157

159 WIDE

160

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

113

114

117

118

120

121

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

286

289

293

296

310

300

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

245

248

251

253

266

256

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.45

7.60

7.75

7.85

7.95

8.00

INSERTS

20

20

20

20

20

20

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

520 - 600

525 - 605

540 - 620

555 - 635

560 - 640

560 - 640

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We carefully sand of the edges of the topsheet at an angle to prevent your topsheet from chipping.

WARNING! This not an actual splitboard. It just looks like one. Look in the Whitegold section if you are looking for a unique 3BT board to split.

148

151

154

157

159W

71

Shayne Pospisil

Shayne is 5’9� (1,75m) and weighs 170lbs(77kg).

This Jersey froth puppy has built a reputation on crushing park features in Mammoth, waves around the world and big backcountry freestyle riding. Shane shreds the Jam 159 and Camel Toe 158.

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portrait: Crispin Canon

photo: Crispin Canon

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ALL MOUNTAIN FREERIDE

Riding powder fucking rules. So does hauling ass and treating the whole mountain like one big wave. But submarining, tomahawking, washing out, back leg cramps and getting stuck in the flats totally sucks. Boards built for the deep, steep and spee can overcome these struggles and let you chow more pow and more mountain.

Not just that, they offer a creative way to slash, slide and charge soft snow and all the crud in between. With a mix of setback stance options, tapered shapes, big noses and spooned out tips these boards hover with ease, yet handle chunder and corduroy carves.

With the most generous edge uplift in the line these boards roll from edge to edge fluidly, charge like tanks and float like feathers.

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Camel Toe Camel Toe Stewart Edition I Stewart Edition II 153

158

04

STIFFNESS

162

153

158

04

STIFFNESS

162

Omni 156

158

161

162W

163

05

STIFFNESS

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Camel Toe Stewart I & II Stewart 3BT Surfboard You never know what people may hoard and forget about, it’s like a ticking time capsule. For legendary surfboard shaper Bill Stewart it was a prototype snowboard he built in 1981 that was way ahead of its time. The local resort wouldn’t let him ride it so he tossed it in the shed, where it sat for over 30 years. When we discovered it a few years ago we thought it was a pretty groundbreaking design and awfully similar to our 3BT shaping. So we introduced our pow-slaying Camel Toe Stewart Edition board last season with Bill’s original graphics as a tribute. The board is back again this season, with insane speeding earth wave-churning galactic fireball graphics airbrushed by Bill.

00 JIBS

02 PARK

02

FREESTYLE

11

09

ALL MTN

But there’s more...

We’ve taken things to a whole other level by working with Bill on a new surfboard. We pooled our 3-dimensional design expertise with Bill’s surfboard building knowledge and created a one of a kind surfboard with 3BT shaping elements. With a blunt nose, half-crescent tail, 3BT shaped nose and the same insane airbush graphics it’s like our Camel Toe for liquid water.

04

STIFFNESS

POWDER

“This unique board has flat nose entry for easy paddling. The rails on the side of the nose are beveled up to be forgiving, same as the snowboard triple base. This nose is perfectly blended into double concave for speed and quick rail to rail surfing.

This board is more fun than Christmas.”

Bill Stewart

Ride it Shorter!

This Board you can ride shorter than a traditional powder board try it at least in the same size as your regular freestyle board size.

153

158

162

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

121

126

128

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

308/288

313/294

318/298

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

257

261

264

SETBACK (MM)

20

20

20

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

9.3/ 8.8/ 8.3

9.6/ 9.1/ 8.6

9.8/ 9.3/ 8.8

INSERTS

20

20

20

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

510 – 590

520 – 600

530 - 610

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Yes we are F$#%^ stoked on this project!

First 3BT surfboard ever.

153

158

162

5’2 20 2,25

5’6” 20,25 2,25

5’8 20,5 2,375

153

158

162 Top to Bottom: Camel Toe tail, Bill in the shaping bay in San Clemente, Shayne Pospisil waxcing up in BC, Shayne throwing out the tail, Sayne tuckin’ in....

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David Bertschinger Karg Swiss shredder DBK is a multi talented man. He’s been putting out artsy, self-made video edits from what he sees on his travels while chasing pow like a fiend. He rides the Camel Toe 153, 158 and Omni 158.

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photos: Lorenz Richard

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Omni Fig 2.5 More edge tuning

Omni is the Latin prefix for all or every, but the Omni for us is a freeride cruiser for all conditions and every mountain thanks to its directional shape and medium flex. Its thee-way weave of tri-axial fiberglass bears utmost precision and control from tip to tail and edge to edge. The hardwood stringers of the Reactor Core along the sidewall promote drawn out carves and full rail stability at speed. Our Freeride 3BT shaping has a narrow centerbase, which promotes swift edge transfer and velvety turns.

The setback 3BT shaping, combined with optional Backseat Inserts puts you in the driver seat on deep days, too.

07 JIBS

08

08

PARK

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

09

FREESTYLE

ALL MTN

08

05

POWDER

STIFFNESS

156

158

161

162 WIDE

163

115

117

119

120

121

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

291/289

294/292

298/296

309/307

301/299

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

250

253

255

266

258

SETBACK (MM)

20

20

20

20

20

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

8.6/8.3/8

8.75/8.45/8.15

8.85/8.55/8.25

8.9/8.6/8.3

9.0/8.7/8.4

INSERTS

24

24

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

460 – 620

470 – 630

480 – 640

480 – 640

490 – 650

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After base grinding the edges get tuned again.

We have to thank the talented Floor van het Nederend for this season’s Omni art. Follow him @fffffloor

156

158

161

162W

163

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WOMENS

We love our ladies. That’s why we build them boards to suit their size and riding style and not just package them kids boards with pink and purple graphics. They’re not simply shorter men’s boards, the cores, waist widths and flexes are custom build around the smaller foot sizes and lighter weights of women for a reason. That reason? To have more fun shredding.

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She-W 140

143

Push Up 146

03

STIFFNESS

149

143

146

149

04

STIFFNESS

Distortia 152

140

143

146

Feelbetter 149

03

STIFFNESS

152

138

143

146

149

152

02

STIFFNESS

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She-W Fig 2.6 Belt Grinding the Base

For ladies that prefer park laps over purses our new She-W board is here to please. It takes a hint of design from our popular men’s Global Warmer model by adding carbon fiber Xs under the bindings for explosive pop and underfoot power without screwing up the nice, soft to medium flex it has from tip to tail and edge to edge. It also comes packed with our Reactor Core, which features beech wood stringers atop the inserts from tip to tail to amplify those ollies and and power for lips and landings. All wrapped in a true twin shape and Park 3BT shaping the She-W, not that designer purse, night become your new prized possession.

09 JIBS

10

10

PARK

FREESTYLE

08

ALL MTN

07

The 3BT base receives a belt grind treatment with a machine that has three different pressure wheels that can be controlled independently. The board’s base is polished smooth in 3 passes--one for each base section.

03

POWDER

STIFFNESS

“ I’m so excited about the arrival of the She.W! This women’s specific 3BT is designed to help all the ladies out there take their riding to the next level. “

Horizontal Carbon Stringers improve your pop, reinforce the binding area while still allowing for smooth presses.

Danika Duffy

New Model !

140

143

146

149

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

105

107

110

112

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

269

273

276

281

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

233

236

239

242

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.2

7.4

7.5

7.7

INSERTS

20

24

24

24

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

490-570

480 – 600

490 - 610

500 - 620

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Top to bottom: umbrella, Koi (nishikigoi) fish pair, endless knot, wheel of dharma, treasure, lotus flower, conch shell, victory banner

140

143

146

149

85

Push Up Fig 2.7 Edge angle tuning

You don’t need to be G.I. Jane to enjoy this board. Simply a lady who likes to rip the entire mountain is all it takes. The Push Up’s medium flex and more pronounced camber make it the stiffest in the ladies line and give it a responsive and reactive feel. It also has a more narrow centerbase section for swifter edge-to-edge action and truer turns. Built with solid poplar wood in the core and balanced bi-axial fiberglass give it a steady platform. Its slightly tapered outline and added length in the nose make it ready for all-mountain ripping and ready to weather the storm.

Push-ups optional.

In this machine we can control the exact angle of the edges over the length of the board. We give our boards a slight edge bevel so the board is not too aggressive or hooky.

“ The Push-up has the perfect amount of flex with still being able to hit big jumps it’s an amazing all around snowboard. “ Melissa Evans

06 JIBS

07

08

PARK

FREESTYLE

10

ALL MTN

09

04

POWDER

STIFFNESS

“Get up on this Push Up to work out all the terrain you find on hill and push it real good.”

Nirvana Cortez

143

146

149

152

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

105

109

111

113

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

272/269

277/274

280/277

283/280

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

234

237

239

242

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.45

7.55

7.65

7.80

INSERTS

22

22

22

22

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

470 – 570

480 – 580

490 – 590

500 – 600

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143

146

149

152

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Madison Blackley

Madison is 5’6� (1,68m) and weighs 125lbs (57kg) Madison is one badass babe. She films, competes and goes her own way. From powder, park and the street she rides the Push-Up 146 and Feelbetter 146.

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portrait: Kevin Westenbarger

photo: Lucas Nilsson

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Distortia FIG 2.8 Final hand wax finnish

Terrain parks create a distorted reality. It’s one of transitions, tubes and foreign objects that are strange for most resort goers, but totally awesome for snowboarders. We built the Distoria for ladies that like to live in this world. It’s a soft-medium flexing true twin with a centered stance and our Park 3BT shaping, giving it a wide centerbase section that’s stable to jib, press, slide, snap and land. The full poplar wood core and bi-axial fiberglass are chock full of snappy positive camber. The 3BT edge uplift outside the bindings gives it a catch-free feel for greasy butters, putting down landings and avoiding scorpion slams. It’s slimmed down to fit the female frame and ready to turn park dreams into reality.

08 JIBS

10

08

PARK

FREESTYLE

06

ALL MTN

05

Here a board receives a final hand wax finish on top of the standard factory wax to make sure it’s fast and not furry or dried out when you tear it out of the plastic. We advise everyone to give their board a few good waxes after the first couple rides keep it waxed as much as possible, especially on sintered bases.

“The Distortia is an all around FUN board.

I love this board, I ride it most on sunny park days! With the 3BT on all Bataleon snowboards it makes it easier to get through the variety of rails while riding park.”

03

POWDER

STIFFNESS

Melissa Evans

140

143

146

149

152

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

105

107

110

112

114

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

269

273

277

281

284

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

233

236

239

242

245

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.2

7.35

7.50

7.65

7.80

INSERTS

20

20

20

20

20

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

490-570

500 – 580

510 – 590

520 – 600

530 – 610

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This season’s Distortia graphics are heavily influenced by traditional Japanese art. Also one of our favorite powder destinations of course...

143

146

149

152

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Feelbetter Fig 2.9 Removing the protective foil

We’ve all had a shitty day of snowboarding whether it’s cold boots, wet gloves, crashes or crappy weather. Well, we invite you to forget about the past and Feel Better. We know one board can’t change any of the above, but riding the Feel Better sure as hell will make the shitty times less shitty and the fun times more fun. We engineered the core and laminates of this board with a super soft edge-to-edge and tip-to-tail flex for easy control and consistent underfoot feel. We shaped it with our Park 3BT so it would have a stable medium-wide centerbase, plus the benefits of our edge uplift like less edge catches, smoother turns and better pow float. You could buy Prozac or this board, your choice.

08 JIBS

08

09

PARK

07

FREESTYLE

ALL MTN

07

02

POWDER

STIFFNESS

Before a final quality check the foil that protects the topsheet during the production steps is finally removed.

In this little series we hope you get a glimpse of our quality board building process. By no means are these all the steps, as it takes about 200 to make a Bataleon snowboard. But we hope that you get what it means when we say: Handmade in Austria.

“Whether you’re jibbing the park or slashing in the pow you can always feelbetter about your moves on the snow with this ultra-flexy, super playful board! never feeling good, always feeling better.”

Melissa Evans

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

138

143

146

149

152

104

107

109

111

113

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

278

274

278

281

284

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

240

235

238

240

243

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.10

7.20

7.35

7.45

7.60

INSERTS

20

20

20

20

20

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

440 – 600

460 – 620

470 – 630

470 – 630

480 – 640

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138

143

146

149

152

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1516 BOARDS TOTAL LINEUP This line up offers a board for every type of rider. However, choosing what is right for you is not always an easy task. There are a lot of factors to take into consideration like riding style, weight, height, boot size and more. In this catalog we do our best to make your choice easier. Don’t hesitate to ask your local shop or us for some help. Or visit our website where you will find even more info, reviews and answers to most of your questions.

Don’t take all the divisions on this page too seriously either. 3BT makes all of our boards super versatile. Our jib boards will still out-carve other non 3BT jib boards just as our park boards will float in powder better than flat park boards while our powder boards will tear apart slopes without worries.

New Model !

True Twin Magic Carpet

151

153

156

Boss

152

148

True Twin

154

156W

157

True Twin

Airobic

151

154

SwitchBack x Bataleon

148

151

156

True Twin

153

159W

ETA

True Twin

Disaster

True Twin

Whatever your choice, it’s always better than not choosing one of our boards...just sayin’.

153

156

True Twin

Global Warmer

148

151

154

156W

142

144

148

153

154W

155

True Twin

Disaster Mini

134

151

138

157

True Twin

Evil Twin

94

150

152

157

159W

Twin

154

156W

Mini Shred

110

New Model !

120

130

True Twin

99% Twin

Flyer

153

156

158W

159

Directional Shaka

153

158

New Model !

She-W

140

143

146

True Twin

149

160W

The Jam

156

99% Twin

159

161W

Goliath+

162

99% Twin

154

156

157

158

158W

160W

161

163W

99% Twin

Whatever

151

154

156

157W

158

Fun.Kink

148

Freestyle 99% Twin

151

159W

Freestyle

154

157

Proto

Directional

154

143

North

158

Push Up

Directional

161

162W

163

99% Twin

146

149

Distortia

140

152

True Twin

143

146

149

152

Directional

Camel Toe Stewart I & II

153

158

162

138

153

158

162

152

143

146

149

Directional Freestyle

Omni

156

99% Twin

Feelbetter

158

161

162W

163

Freeride

Womens

95

BTLN x SWBK

This board and binding collabo with Switchback Bindings pays homage to the Great Cornholio and his fart-knocking sidekick.

It’s based on the Disaster model and designed to crush it in the park, not on the couch in front of the face-melting TV. It might help you score and It might help you break the law of physics.

But it won’t help you find TP for your bunghole. Thinking sucks.

Go snowboarding.

10 JIBS

08 PARK

07

FREESTYLE

03

04

ALL MTN

02

POWDER

STIFFNESS

Heheheh This collabo set comes with mismatched left and right bindings that match the top and base and pay homage to those 90’s TV cartoon idiots. This collabo sucks! Now get us some nachos.

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148

151

153

CONTACT LENGTH (CM)

114

117

119

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM)

290

291

293

WAIST WIDTH (MM)

250

250

252

SETBACK (MM)

0

0

0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M)

7.35

7.45

7.55

INSERTS

16

16

16

STANCE WIDTH (MM)

495 – 655

500 – 660

500 – 660

96

144

148

151

153

97

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Brought to you by: Low Pressure Studio B.V. Johan van Hasseltweg 8C 1022 WV Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 (0)20 636 37 30 www.lowpressurestudio.com

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