Patent ID: 8764043

Claim:
A splitboard binding for a splitboard having a left gliding board configured to be releasably attached to a right gliding board, the splitboard binding comprising: a base plate configured to releasably engage both the right and left gliding boards in a snowboard mode and to releasably engage only a corresponding one of the left and right gliding boards in a ski mode, wherein the base plate includes a first circular hook portion; and a toe bracket attached to the corresponding gliding board, the toe bracket defining a first circular channel, wherein the first circular hook portion is configured to slidably engage the first circular channel such that the base plate is pivotably attached to the toe bracket when the base plate is configured in the ski mode; wherein the first circular hook portion is releasable from slidably engagement with the first circular channel only when the base plate is disposed at a release angle measured with respect to the corresponding gliding board that is at least 75 degrees.