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Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Overcast with hardpacked groomers to a mixture of conditions. Setup: I rode the Raiden Eris’s with the Nitro Carrara and my Rome Vamp size 8 boots. Time to set up the binding: Average time, the only time I’ve noticed Raiden bindings being longer than average is if the baseplate is [...]

Bringing the vibe and flow from Nitro snowboards, Raiden steps out with more air for 2009-2010.  Raiden airbag dampening reduces the weight of the baseplate as well as providing more dampening and shock absorption.  It works in your boots, in your shoes, even in your tires so Raiden is putting it in their bindings.   [...]

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 [...]

This year I switched it up with bindings, getting the Union Contacts and now the Raiden Tigre’s . Giving me both a men’s and women’s option for bindings. Last year at the on-snow demo’s I was able to try the Raiden Eris bindings and definitely wanted another chance at Raiden’s to see how they will [...]

I checked out L1 outerwear briefly at SIA. It’s the outerwear company owned by the same folks as Nitro and Raiden. I thought it was a nice breathe of fresh air…because they kept with the dark colors and not going into the retro neon 80′s/90′s look like some other companies. They definitely keep it more [...]

Congrats to my friend Seth in his new position at Nitro! West Lebanon, NH: Nitro Snowboards today announced it has promoted Seth Quackenbush to the role of National Sales Director for Nitro USA. “When I first met Seth, I was genuinely impressed with his in-depth product and market knowledge,” Said Co Owner and Founder of [...]

Here is the upcoming collection of Raiden bindings for 2008-2009. I have rode the Raiden Eris bindings and reviewed them here If you want to see Nitro snowboards click here Raiden Binding Technology Men’s Bindings Raiden Wiig Raiden BlackhawkRaiden Eera Raiden ChargerRaiden PhantomRaiden ORaiden MachineRaiden BoltRaiden StrikeRaiden R8 Women’s Bindings Raiden Eris Raiden TigreRaiden Lynx

One of the highlights of my trip back to Washington was being able to check out the Nitro Office in Redmond.  You’d never know there was a snowboard company office where it’s located.  Nitro has been a NW company since the early days and it was a great time to meet the staff and hang out. [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hard groomed to packed powder conditions on the runs. Setup: I rode the Nitro Eris on the Nitro Wiig snowboard with Vans Omni and Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Average time Fit: The Eris bindings were adjusted to fit my Vans Omni Focus [...]