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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 [...]

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 [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers to a mixture of conditions.
Setup: I rode the Union Forces with a variety of snowboards and my Rome Vamp size 8 boots.
Time to set up the binding: Average
Fit: My Rome vamps fit nicely into the Forces heelcup and the only big adjustment is just making sure the [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers.
Setup: I rode the Union Trilogy bindings with the Capita Indoor Survival FK and my Rome Vamp size 8 boots.
Time to set up the binding: Average
Fit: It was the perfect sizing for my boots, heel was fit nicely into the heelcup and minor adjustment to get the straps [...]

Union bindings comes back in 2009-2010 for year five.  It seems unlikely that it’s been only 5 years because they consistently come out with a dedicated binding to all levels of shredders, of all types and skills.  It’s not hard to miss a Union binding on the mountain, each year the brand grows stronger and [...]

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 my vans boots however [...]

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 seemed pretty big for [...]

George Kleckner is the man behind Union Binding Company. He’s the guy doing the branding, marketing and product design of the bindings.
So when I started getting questions regarding Union bindings, he’s the man I turned to for the down and dirty Q & A to elaborate on your questions.
Shay: Which binding is the lightest [...]

Here’s the latest on Danny Kass’s new union pro model binding coming out that showcases the Boned Age.
Danny Kass Pro Model Late Release by Union Binding Company!
Seattle, Washington (October 16th, 2008)—Union Binding Company is proud to announce the late release of the exclusive Danny Kass “Boned Age Pro Model.”
Four-time U.S. Open champ, two-time Olympic [...]

So when I was leaving town on Friday…I got the call from work that a package from Seattle arrived. Well that could really mean only one thing, my new Union Contact bindings. So I quickly stopped by, grabbed them and then since I was traveling to summit…had to wait 2 days before getting [...]