VOILE

For 35 years, the name Voilé (vò-lay) has been synonymous with backcountry winter adventure. Rather than the Alps, they are located minutes away from what they claim is the best snow on earth: the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

Their focus in the early 1980s was aimed toward backcountry skiing and the resurgence of the telemark turn. Then, in 1991, Voilé turned the snowboard world upside-down by introducing the much-needed design of a backcountry splitboard. The original concept was the brainchild of avid Utah rider and Avalanche Forecaster, Brett “Kowboy” Kobernik. He sought out the technical know-how of Voilé’s namesake and CEO, Wally Wariakois. The rest is history.

Today, their straps – orginally made 30 years ago to bind skis together – are big in the bikepacking and adventure cycling world. So much so, we had to have our own…