Posts Tagged ‘2008-2009 binding review’

Binding Review: 08-09 Union Force

January 21st, 2009

Location: Steamboat, Colorado Snow Conditions: Groomers to powder to icy days. Setup: I rode the Union Force bindings with a variety of snowboards but mainly the Infinity-R and Lotus-R and my Vans Omni Focus boots now wearing Rome Vamp boots. Time to set up the binding: Average Fit: It was easy to adjust them to [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 K2 Cinch Vette

December 30th, 2008

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the k2 Cinch Vette on the K2 Believer with my Vans Omni Focus size 8. Time to set up the binding: Average time Fit: In the width of the binding, it fit my boots [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Union Force SL

November 18th, 2008

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Union Force SL bindings with a variety of snowboards and my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Average Fit: At the time the fit felt fine, the toe strap [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Salomon Relay-Elite

November 14th, 2008

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Salomon relay-elite bindings on the Salomon Sick Stick and Salomon Sanchez with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Average time Fit: The ankle strap was centered and adjusted [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Raiden Tigre

October 29th, 2008

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked icy in the morning to soft bumpy in the afternoon groomers Setup: I rode the Raiden Tigre’s on 4 boards so far, the GNU B-pro, Never Summer Infinity, Lib TRS and Lib Phoenix Lando. Time to set up the binding: Average Fit: I’ve been rocking Rome’s so long that [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Union Contact

September 3rd, 2008

Location: Timberline, Oregon Snow Conditions: Slushy, bumpy snow softer in spots with some hardpacked icy areas. Overcast skies to fog. Setup: I rode the Union Contact bindings on the Black Death Inc with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Quicker than average Fit: I really had the time to get [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 K2 Virtue

April 9th, 2008

Location: A-Basin, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hard packed conditions Setup: I rode the K2 Virtues on the K2 Duchess with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Really quick. JP gets it done. Fit: I was able to get my boot in the binding, but I definitely would have sized [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Drake Muse

April 3rd, 2008

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Cold with hardpacked groomers and some choppy terrain. Setup: I rode the Drake Muse bindings on the Drake Player snowboard with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: It was very cold, so it did take a while to set up the bindings with it freezing [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Salomon Absolute

March 19th, 2008

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Cold with hardpacked groomers and some choppy terrain. Setup: I rode the Salomon Absolute bindings on the Salomon Loft with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Longer than average due to making the binding fit properly. Fit: It took about 3 tries to get the [...]

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Binding Review: 08-09 Flux Titan

March 17th, 2008

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Cold, overcast with hard packed groomed runs. Setup: I rode the Flux Titans on the O-matic Celebrity with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: A little longer but I give credit when it’s freezing out having to turn screws without gloves. Fit: The Titans were [...]

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