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Location: Mammoth Mountain, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Stilettos on the Burton Lipstick with my Vans Ferra Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: This was an easy set up for my boots. Probably one of the easier bindings to get going and didn’t require much [...]

Location: Mammoth Mountain, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Escapades on the Burton Fortress with my Vans Ferra Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: This setup took the longest time because of the demo guy not knowing how to properly. Halfway through I noticed the bindings were [...]

The first snow has fallen, resorts around the US are opening up and all the 2011/12 gear will be hitting the slopes soon!  Each year before the season begins, I get to test and try out different bindings to review.  Eventually this list will be expanded but here’s the collection of bindings I was able [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Flow Prima bindings on the Flow Drifter with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: One of the big components with Flow bindings and rear entry is making sure they are adjusted properly to [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the K2 Auto Agogo on the K2 Fastplant with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: The K2 auto bindings definitely need to be adjusted to your boot so it takes [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Overcast with hardpacked groomers to a mixture of conditions. Setup: I rode the Ride Bandita Contrabands with the Ride Crush and my Rome Vamp size 8 boots. Time to set up the binding: The contrabands are one of those bindings you need to adjust properly to your boot…if you don’t, [...]

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Burton Escapade EST on the Burton Love, hero, eco-nico, Uninc, Supermodel and Feelgood with my Vans Omni Focus size 8. Time to set up the binding: Average time for any binding. Fit: I [...]

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Salomon relay-elite bindings on the Salomon Sick Stick and Salomon Sanchez with my Vans Omni Focus boots. Time to set up the binding: Average time Fit: The ankle strap was centered and adjusted [...]