BATALEON / WHITEGOLD 1516

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24 new Bataleon snowboards and 1 surfboard

Bataleon2015–16

Designed and produced in Europe with our patented triple base technology Low Pressure Studio

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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.

4Fig 1.2 Woodcores

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

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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-dimen-sional 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 hand-build 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.

FORWARD

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This is one of the presses that brings the whole sandwich construction together.

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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 be-comes 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 wheth-er 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 cre-ates 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.

Tip-to-tail rocker and reverse-camber designs eliminate afore-mentioned 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 concen-trated 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 edge-to-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 forgive-ness 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 uncertain-ty 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 offer-ing 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 natu-rally 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.

WHY TRIPLE BASE TECHNOLOGY AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?

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3BTHow it Worksand What it Does

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.

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.

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

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.

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While the Camber is loaded the edges are lifted

The Best of Both Worlds

When you stand in your bindings the camber is loaded


One To Go Straight, Two For Turns

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Lots ofAdvantagesNo Disadvantages


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 short-er 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 tran-sition. 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 predict-able takeoffs on pipes, hips, lips, and landings, too.

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 cam-bered 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 proper-ties. 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 con-tact 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 uplift-ed edges around the bindings need little to no beveling. Glide through kinks, wallrides, boxes, transitions and more with the extra forgiveness of uplifted edges.

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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.

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Disaster, Disaster S, BTLNxSWBK

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.

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

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.

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ETA

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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Magic Carpet

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

Symmetrical nose and tail shape

Widest centerbase


Wide centerbase

Asymmetrical nose and tail shape

Asymmetrical sidebase uplift

Wide centerbase


Narrow centerbase

Extra sidebase uplift

Jib 3BT Park 3BT Asym 3BT Twin Pow 3BT

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3BTFlavors Shapes

Directional

Our all mountain freestyle shapes are the most versatile boards in the line. Their twin-ish shapes, more aggres-sive camber profile, medium center-base width, and longer contact length between the feet produce a powerful ride with freestyle tendencies and powder float.

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

99% Twin

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

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Omni, North

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

Nose is 1cm longer than tail

Even center to sidebase ratio

Nose is significantly longer than tail and has more sidebase uplift

Inserts are set back

Narrow centerbase

3BT shaping is set back

Tapered tail

Nose is significantly longer and wider than tail More sidebase uplift in nose

Inserts are set back

Narrow centerbase

3BT shaping is set back

Tapered tail

Freestyle 3BT Freeride 3BT Pow 3BT

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This new core has added honeycomb com-partments 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.

Ingredients

Woodcores

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 compos-ite fleece, yet Kevlar is lighter, stronger and even more powerful with energy transfer underfoot and edge to edge.

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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.

Extra Additives

Carbon adds explosive snap, precise con-trol, 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

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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FLYERSHAKA

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NORTH

“Whitegold represents the pinnacle of high- end all-moun-tain 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 snowboard-ing 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 em-bedded in the core.

We think we created a monster.

We invite you to join the board build-ing 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 Car-pet, some of the technology finds its way into other boards in the line. It’s your way to shape the design pro-cess, reflect current trends in board design and create a cooperative pro model per say.

What’s more? If you provide feed-back 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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CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 112

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 298/288

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 255

SETBACK (MM) 20

SIDECUT RADIUS (M) 8.8/8.3/8

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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.

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CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 121 126

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 308/288 313/294

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 257 261

SETBACK (MM) 20 24

SIDECUT RADIUS (M) 9.3/8.8/8.3 9.6/9.1/8.6

INSERTS 24 20

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 high-est-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 length-wise 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 with-out 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.


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CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 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) 20 20 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 24 24 24 24

STANCE WIDTH (MM) 490-650 490-650 490-650 490-650

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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, me-dium 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 hard-ened German steel edges it’s ready to charge through bumpy runways and even rougher landings.

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CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 115 117 118 119 120

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 291 293 306 297 309

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 249 251 263 254 265

SETBACK (MM) 0 0 0 0 0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M) 7.70 7.80 7.90 7.95 8.00

INSERTS 24 24 24 24 24

STANCE WIDTH (MM) 490-650 490-650 490 - 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 ur-

ban 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.

Boss

STIFFNESS05

152 154 156W 157 159W

ETA

STIFFNESS05

153 156

M.C.

151 154 156

STIFFNESS04

G.W.

148 151 154 156W 157

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Evil Twin

STIFFNESS05

150 152 154 156W 157 159W

Airobic

148 151 154 156

STIFFNESS03

Disaster

142 144 145W 148 151 153 155

DISASTER S 134 138

STIFFNESS02

Minishred

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JIBS 05

PARK07

FREESTYLE08

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POWDER10

STIFFNESS04

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CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 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

Magic Carpet

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 feather-weight 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 rub-berized 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.

Fig 1.6 The Woodcore 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.

This new Bataleon model was first launched as a prototype under the Whitegold label. Then it was further developed and finetuned in the +U Pro-gram 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.

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.

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tail. Ollies get maginified

and the flex pattren feels

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Boss

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 tor-sional 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.

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.

Fig 1.4 The Base is layed up 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.

JIBS 07

PARK09

FREESTYLE10

ALL MTN08

POWDER07

STIFFNESS05

152 154 156W 157 159W


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 288 291 305 296 308

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 249 251 264 255 266


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

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

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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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JIBS 07

PARK09

FREESTYLE10

ALL MTN08

POWDER07

STIFFNESS05

153 156

CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 115 118

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 290 294

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

Evil Twin Asymetrical

If humans were symmetrical we would look a hell of a lot dif-ferent 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!

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

Fig 1.5 Putting in the edges 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.

ASYM 3BT

While your toes are very

good at keeping you bal-

anced in all sorts of crazy

angles your heels are not.

We now introduce ASYM

3BT a new Asymmetrical

3BT Shape based on this

fact.

More 3BT on your toeside

than on your heelside.

Giving you more control

where you need it

and even more playfulness

where you can handle it!

HEEL

SIDE

TOES

IDE

NOSE

/TA

ILNO

SE/T

AIL

carbon stringer placement

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46 photo: Ryan Taylor

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Jaeger Bailey

Jaeger is 5’2” (1,57m) and weighs 150lbs (68 kg).Jaeger continues to impress. Just look at this pho-to 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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JIBS 09

PARK10

FREESTYLE10

ALL MTN08

POWDER07

STIFFNESS03

Global Warmer

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 re-active 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.

Horizontal Carbon

Stringers improve your

pop, reinforce the binding

area while still allowing

for smooth presses.

148 151 154 156 WIDE 157


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 289 291 293 307 297

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 250 250 252 264 255


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

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

Fig 1.8 Extra Layups Here is a board that is receiving an extra layup of horizontal carbon stringers.

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154

156W

157

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

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

Evil Twin

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 pro-file with a bit less flatbase for swifter turns, truer carves and a bit more give when putting down lofty airs.

JIBS 07

PARK09

FREESTYLE10

ALL MTN08

POWDER07

STIFFNESS05

Fig 1.7 More Glue 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.

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152

154

156W

157

159W

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JIBS 09

PARK10

FREESTYLE08

ALL MTN05

POWDER04

STIFFNESS03

Airobic

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 pol-ished park ride.

148 151 154 156


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

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

Fig 1.9 The topsheet is applied 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.

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157

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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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JIBS 10

PARK08

FREESTYLE07

ALL MTN03

POWDER04

STIFFNESS02

142 144 148 151 153 154 WIDE 155

CONTACT LENGTH (CM) 108 110 114 117 119 119 121

TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 280 285 290 291 293 305 297

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 245 248 250 250 252 263 255

SETBACK (MM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SIDECUT RADIUS (M) 7.2 7.25 7.35 7.45 7.55 7.60 7.70

INSERTS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

STANCE WIDTH (MM) 490-570 490 – 650 495 – 655 500 – 660 500 – 660 500 – 660 505 – 665

Disaster andDisaster S Set

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 soft-est 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 disas-trous, you know?

Disaster S SetThis 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 ready-to-shred package with a matching set of size small Switchback Bindings.

134 138

100 103

270 276

238 242

0 0

6.8 7

16 16

420-580 430-590

Fig 2.0 The inside of a 3BT mold top lid. 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.

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144

148

151

153

154W

155

142

58

110 120 130


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 244 255 266


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

JIBS 08

PARK08

FREESTYLE07

ALL MTN07

POWDER04

STIFFNESS02

Mini Shred

Forgo the skis and start them off right. Our new pint-sized Min-ishred 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.

Fig 2.1 The snowboard press 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.

+

The Mini Shred comes as a ready-to-shred package with matching grom bindings

Minishred Set

New Model !

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120

130

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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.

The Jam

STIFFNESS07

Goliath+

STIFFNESS05

154 156 157 158

158W 160W 161 163W

156 159 161W 162

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Whatever

151 154 156 157W 158

STIFFNESS04

Fun.Kink

STIFFNESS03

148 151 154 157 159W

62

JIBS 05

PARK07

FREESTYLE08

ALL MTN10

POWDER09

STIFFNESS07

156 159 161 WIDE 162



WAIST WIDTH (MM) 251 254 265 257


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

The Jam

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 forgive-ness and lightning quick turns. Go ahead put it on repeat and press play.

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.

Fig 2.2 When the boards come out of the mold the excess material are trimmed off.

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

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159

161W

162

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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.

portrait: Kevin Westenbarger photo: Lucas Nilsson

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JIBS 07

PARK08

FREESTYLE08

ALL MTN09

POWDER08

STIFFNESS05

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

Goliath+

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 length-wise 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 per-formance and freestyle finesse. Be David and slay this Goliath+ all over the mountain.

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.

Fig 2.3 Fine trimming After the excess material os trimmed off, the board gets a nice grind and polish along the sidewalls.

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

STIFFNESS05

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156

157

158

158W

160W

161

163W

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JIBS 08

PARK08

FREESTYLE09

ALL MTN08

POWDER08

STIFFNESS04

151 154 156 157 WIDE 158


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 289 293 296 310 300

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 248 251 253 266 256


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

Whatever

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 me-dium 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.

Fig 2.4 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.

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156

157W

158

70

JIBS 08

PARK09

FREESTYLE09

ALL MTN08

POWDER07

STIFFNESS03

148 151 154 157 159 WIDE


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 286 289 293 296 310

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 245 248 251 253 266


SIDECUT RADIUS (M) 7.45 7.60 7.75 7.85 7.95

INSERTS 20 20 20 20 20

STANCE WIDTH (MM) 520 - 600 525 - 605 540 - 620 555 - 635 560 - 640

Fun.Kink Split?

Made for the extreme rigors, grueling conditions and far off fea-tures 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.

Fig 2.4 Topsheet edge sanding 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.

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Shayne Pospisil

Shayne is 5’9” (1,75m) and weighs 170lbs(77kg).This Jersey froth puppy has built a reputation on crush-ing park features in Mammoth, waves around the world and big backcountry freestyle riding. Shane shreds the Jam 159 and Camel Toe 158.

portrait: Crispin Canon photo: Crispin Canon

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ALL MOUNTAINFREERIDE

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 ToeStewart Edition I

STIFFNESS04

Omni

STIFFNESS05

156 158 161 162W 163153 158 162

Camel ToeStewart Edition II

STIFFNESS04

153 158 162

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JIBS 00

PARK02

FREESTYLE02

ALL MTN09

POWDER11

STIFFNESS04

153 158 162


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 308/288 313/294 318/298


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

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 ground-breaking 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-churn-ing galactic fireball graphics airbrushed by Bill.

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.

Yes we are F$#%^ stoked on this project! First 3BT surfboard ever.

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.

“This unique board has flat

nose entry for easy pad-

dling. 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 con-

cave for speed and quick

rail to rail surfing.

This board is more fun than

Christmas.”

Bill Stewart

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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.

79photos: Lorenz Richard

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JIBS 07

PARK08

FREESTYLE08

ALL MTN09

POWDER08

156 158 161 162 WIDE 163


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

Omni

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 cen-terbase, which promotes swift edge transfer and velvety turns. The setback 3BT shaping, combined with optional Backseat In-serts puts you in the driver seat on deep days, too.

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

Fig 2.5 More edge tuning After base grinding the edges get tuned again.

STIFFNESS05

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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

STIFFNESS03

Push Up

143 146 149 152 140 143 146 149 152140 143 146 149

Distortia

STIFFNESS04

Feelbetter

STIFFNESS02

STIFFNESS03

138 143 146 149 152

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JIBS 09

PARK10

FREESTYLE10

ALL MTN08

POWDER07

STIFFNESS03

She-W

140 143 146 149



WAIST WIDTH (MM) 233 236 239 242


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

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

Fig 2.6 Belt Grinding the Base 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.

New Model !

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 posses-sion.

Horizontal Carbon

Stringers improve your

pop, reinforce the binding

area while still allowing

for smooth presses.

“ 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. “

Danika Duffy

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143

146

149

86

143 146 149 152


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 272/269 277/274 280/277 283/280

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 234 237 239 242


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

JIBS 06

PARK07

FREESTYLE08

ALL MTN10

POWDER09

STIFFNESS04

Push Up

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.

Fig 2.7 Edge angle tuning

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.

“Get up on this

Push Up to work

out all the terrain

you find on hill and

push it real good.”

Nirvana Cortez

“ 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

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149

152

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Madison Blackley

portrait: Kevin Westenbarger

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.

89photo: Lucas Nilsson

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140 143 146 149 152


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 269 273 277 281 284

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 233 236 239 242 245


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

JIBS 08

PARK10

FREESTYLE08

ALL MTN06

POWDER05

STIFFNESS03

Distortia

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 out-side 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.

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

FIG 2.8 Final hand wax finnish 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.”

Melissa Evans

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143

146

149

152

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138 143 146 149 152


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 278 274 278 281 284

WAIST WIDTH (MM) 240 235 238 240 243


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

JIBS 08

PARK08

FREESTYLE09

ALL MTN07

POWDER07

STIFFNESS02

Feelbetter

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 bet-ter pow float. You could buy Prozac or this board, your choice.

Fig 2.9 Removing the protective foil Before a final quality check the foil that protects the top-sheet 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

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138

143

146

149

152

94

Magic Carpet

Boss

ETA

Global Warmer

Evil Twin

Airobic

SwitchBack x Bataleon

Disaster

Disaster Mini

Mini Shred

148

150

148

148

142

134

110

157

157

153 155

153 156

151

152

151

151

144

138

120

159W

154W

154

154

154

153

148

130

152

159W

154 156W 157

156W

156W

156

151

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.

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

Twin

True Twin

1516 BOARDSTOTAL LINEUP

151 153 156

New Model !

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

True Twin

New Model !

95

Flyer

The Jam

Goliath+

Whatever

Fun.Kink

Shaka

Proto

North

Camel Toe Stewart I & II

Omni

She-W

Push Up

Distortia

Feelbetter

153 153 140

156 154 143

154 158 140

138151 153

148 156

158W 152

152158 153

159W 163

156 158 143

159 146

156 161 143

143154 158

151 158

160W

158

158W 146

161W 149

157 162W 146

146156 162

154 161

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162

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160W

149

162 152

158 163 149

149157W

157 162W

163W

FreerideFreestyle Womens

99% Twin

99% Twin

Freestyle99% Twin

99% Twin

99% Twin

Directional

Directional

FreestyleDirectional

Directional

Directional

99% Twin

True Twin

99% Twin

True TwinNew Model !

96

BTLN x SWBK

JIBS 10

PARK08

FREESTYLE07

ALL MTN03

POWDER04

STIFFNESS02

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.

148 151 153


TIP/TAIL WIDTH (MM) 290 291 293


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

HehehehThis collabo set comes with mis-matched 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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