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/2012/02/binding-review-12-13-union-charger.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/binding-review-12-13-union-charger.html#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:55:04 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=19463 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/binding-review-12-13-union-charger.html/feed 4 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/binding-review-11-12-union-force.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/binding-review-11-12-union-force.html#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:59:46 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=16671 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/binding-review-11-12-union-force.html/feed 8 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/industry-profile-c3-credit-customer-service-manager-jessica-placek.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/industry-profile-c3-credit-customer-service-manager-jessica-placek.html#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:31:42 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=16620 Job Title: Credit and Customer Service Manager Employer: C3 Worldwide; home of Capita Snowboards, Union Bindings and Coal Headwear Years on snow: 10 non-commited, 2 committed Days on snow: not enough, but I managed to get in around 20? last season Currently Riding: 154 Capita Indoor Survival FK, Union Atlas Bindings, 32 Lashed boots, Bern [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/industry-profile-c3-credit-customer-service-manager-jessica-placek.html/feed 4 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/02/union-bindings-2011-2012.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/02/union-bindings-2011-2012.html#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:02 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14590 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. [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/02/union-bindings-2011-2012.html/feed 44 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/binding-review-10-11-union-force.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/binding-review-10-11-union-force.html#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:20:31 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=10352 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/binding-review-10-11-union-force.html/feed 18 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/binding-review-09-10-union-contact.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/binding-review-09-10-union-contact.html#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:23:55 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8817 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/binding-review-09-10-union-contact.html/feed 7 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/thank-you-union.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/thank-you-union.html#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:38:08 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8746 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/thank-you-union.html/feed 15 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-forces_24.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-forces_24.html#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:30:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-forces.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-forces_24.html/feed 22 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-trilogy.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-trilogy.html#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:54:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-trilogy.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/binding-review-09-10-union-trilogy.html/feed 1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/union-bindings-2009-2010.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/union-bindings-2009-2010.html#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:20:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/02/union-bindings-2009-2010.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/union-bindings-2009-2010.html/feed 8