Kyle Miller and the history of my Splitboarding

Who

My name is Kyle Miller and I was born and raised near Seattle Washington where my family immigrated from Finland back in the 1880’s and was the third generation to call that corner of the world home. Growing up I was the exact opposite of sporty with a life filled with video games, television and more video games until I turned 20. After experiencing a fatal car crash and developing PTSD I was introduced to snowboarding. What was supposed by be a quick fix became an obsession as I bought a seasons pass to my local ski hill (Crystal Mountain) after the first few days of snowboarding not realizing that this would forever change my life. After a single season of riding the resort daily a friend had bought a splitboard and basically said if you want to keep riding with me you need to get one too. At the time (2001) Splitboards were unheard of and through the kindness of the local Burton rep he gave me one that was collecting dust in his storage and I was off on yet again another life changing sport.

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Making it into the Pages of BC Magazine

It gives me great pride and honor to announce that both Kip Garre and myself were featured in the February issue of Backcountry Magazine. Not only is it cool to be included but we stole the show by being the main article (Kip got the cover shot) where they presented us as “The New Guards … Read more

Kyle Miller featured in Backcountry Magazine

We are proud to announce that Kyle was featured in the September issue of Backcountry Magazine’s gear guide. What could make this any better, you ask? The fact that he stole the show with two double page spreads, one of which is the cover shot for the titled piece, “The Year of the Splitboard”. Both … Read more

Silver King Attempt at Breaking the Record

It had been a while since Crystal had opened its “Southback” (or lift accessed southern backcountry), the crowned jewel of which is the Silver King Peak, a 7000′ peak with north-facing laps to be had back to the base of the chairlift. The hike out to the top of the peak can take anywhere from twenty minutes to over an hour, depending upon the individual and snow conditions, and consists largely of traverses and some bootpacking.

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