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Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Union Charger on the Jones Flagship Carbon with my Vans Ferra Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: This was the second setup of the day and Parker took care of it, he’s a magician when it comes to demos and [...]

Location: Snoqualmie Summit, WA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to heavy leftover powder. Setup: I rode the Union Forces on the Capita Indoor Survival with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: The forces were easy to mount and only took a matter of minutes with adjustments. Fit: I normally [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Union Milan on the Jones Hovercraft with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: The milans were quick to set up on the Jones board and perfect fit to my boots without having to [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Union Atlas on the Capita Totally Fk’n Awesome with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: The atlas were the first binding of the day and had some adjustment to the heelcup to fit [...]

Seven years is the period of refinement and for Union bindings, it’s building on the development of the previous years but also showing remarkable changes to what will become the future of the bindings.  Moving into 2012, Union introduces a new Stage III base and the new open toe strap design featured on all bindings. [...]

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 [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Union Flite’s on the Capita Black Snowboard of Death (and other boards) with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: It was the first binding of the morning and we [...]

Union has begun it’s sixth year of bringing bindings focused around rider driven performance, no bells & whistles just stellar looks that ride solid.  For 2010-2011, they have listened to riders wanting new toe straps with two new toe straps designed to grip the boot better.  The Flite, DLX and women’s cadet features the toe [...]

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 [...]

Last week I had my gear stolen out of the back of my truck while in Summit County and as much as I believe bad karma will get the person, good karma also came my way in the form of a package yesterday.  The C3 family took care of me and sent me out a [...]