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Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies.
Setup: I rode the Union Force bindings with the Never Summer Evo and Smokin PYT with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: Average time for the Forces. I grabbed them from Union and set [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies.
Setup: I rode the Technine Elements bindings on the Technine Re-enforcer with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: Average time to set up the binding.
Fit: I rode the women’s mediums which fits [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies.
Setup: I rode the Rome 390 Boss’s with the Rome Garage Rocker snowboard with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: We did adjust the canting to moderate canting so it took a little longer [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies.
Setup: I rode the Rome Struts with the Roxy Ollie Pop C2 snowboard with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: Average amount of time to set them up, no bells and whistles to worry [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to bumpy to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the Ride Bandita bindings on the Stepchild Salary Man with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: These bindings require effort to make sure they are adjusted properly before you even get [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the Salomon Celeste bindings on the  Salomon Pop Star with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: I think I made the guy nervous because it took a lot longer than normal to set [...]

Location: Loveland, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Bluebird sunny skies and hardpacked groomed runs.
Setup: I rode the K2 Auto Agogo’s on the K2 Slayblade with my Bonfire Geo boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: Little longer than average, to make sure the auto strap was adjusted properly.  Props to K2 reps for making sure it is.
Fit: [...]

Location: Loveland, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Bluebird sunny skies and hardpacked groomed runs.
Setup: I rode the Union Contacts on the Rome Postermania with my Bonfire Geo boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: I set it up so it was normal time since I’m familiar with the Contacts.
Fit: I just had to make sure the [...]

Location: Loveland & Copper, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Mixture of Conditions.
Setup: I rode the Union Forces (size M/L) with the Capita Ultrafear FK and my Bonfire Geo Boots
Time to set up the binding: Average
Fit: My Bonfire Geo’s fit snugly into the heelcup and conform fine to the highback.  I have a small bit of extra width between [...]

Now that my site is a bit more organized with the reviews, I still felt I should bring back the review list but expand on it with a collection of overall & honest opinions so it’s easier to see the whole collection and get a feel for how I liked each one.  This year I [...]