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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 them out, [...]

Location: Timberline, Oregon Snow Conditions: Slushy, bumpy snow softer in spots with some hardpacked icy areas. Overcast skies to fog. Setup: I rode the Union Contact bindings on the Black Death Inc with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Quicker than average Fit: I really had the time to get [...]

I’m always in awe to step into the snowboard offices where the thinking behind snowboard products is done…you get to see the work environment and the people who are there that create it all.   Yesterday I had the chance to stop by Capita located in Seattle and here’s what came of it. It’s grown [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with mixture of groomers to powder runs. Setup: I rode the Union Trilogy bindings on the Black Death Inc with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Quicker than average Fit: I didn’t take a photo of my boot in the binding but the Trilogys [...]

Update 7/25/08: Check out The Tackledbox to see late release Union bindings. Didn’t get to spend much time checking out the Union Bindings for this upcoming year which bums me out since now looking at the catalog I wish I had looked at the bindings more up close. New for women is the trilogy binding [...]