http://www.shayboarder.com The World of Snowboarding Through Fembot Eyes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/01/binding-review-08-09-union-force.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/01/binding-review-08-09-union-force.html#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/01/binding-review-08-09-union-force.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/01/binding-review-08-09-union-force.html/feed 6 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/12/binding-review-08-09-k2-cinch-vette.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/12/binding-review-08-09-k2-cinch-vette.html#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:51:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/12/binding-review-08-09-k2-cinch-vette.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/12/binding-review-08-09-k2-cinch-vette.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-union-force-sl.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-union-force-sl.html#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:18:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-union-force-sl.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-union-force-sl.html/feed 6 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-salomon-relay-elite.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-salomon-relay-elite.html#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:58:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-salomon-relay-elite.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/binding-review-08-09-salomon-relay-elite.html/feed 9 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/10/binding-review-raiden-tigre.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/10/binding-review-raiden-tigre.html#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:07:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/10/binding-review-08-09-raiden-tigre.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/10/binding-review-raiden-tigre.html/feed 1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/09/binding-review-08-09-union-contact.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/09/binding-review-08-09-union-contact.html#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:13:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/09/binding-review-08-09-union-contact.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/09/binding-review-08-09-union-contact.html/feed 30 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-k2-virtue.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-k2-virtue.html#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:24:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-k2-virtue.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-k2-virtue.html/feed 8 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-drake-muse.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-drake-muse.html#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:14:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-drake-muse.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/binding-review-08-09-drake-muse.html/feed 1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-salomon-absolute.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-salomon-absolute.html#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:34:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-salomon-absolute.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-salomon-absolute.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-flux-titan.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-flux-titan.html#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:34:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-flux-titan.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/03/binding-review-08-09-flux-titan.html/feed 4