Comments on: Binding Review: 08-09 Flow NXT-AT

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By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:07:00 +0000

Wow sorry to hear you are injured. I’d contact the place where you got them and contact Flow with photos of the bindings. Were you riding the NXT-AT model?

By: flyer

flyer — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:01:00 +0000

I recieved a set of flows for christmas and this past weekend coming through a turn the foot plate tore out and i broke my leg. needless to say i was p#ssed. when i looked at the plastic base it had bubbles it and basically broke along the bubbles. hopefully i will be healed enough to ride next year. no more flows for me!

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:05:00 +0000

Thanks Joel!

Awesome on your experience with Flows! Yeah I hate when people hate with no experience on the product.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:15:00 +0000

First off sweet site!

Second, I've never understood the large prejudice towards Flow. I frequently hear negative comments from other boarders to which I ask if they've ridden them and most often they say no. I've been riding my Flow M11's in some bigger terrain, Big Sky Tram, Bridger Bowl Ridge, for years and never had a problem. Plus I can keep up with my skiing friends off the lift.

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:34:00 +0000

Yep when I’m sitting down with flows, I have to be on my knees to get in. I usually stand up to strap in for most bindings, regardless of flows or not.

By: Markos, Timon

Markos, Timon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:36:00 +0000

what kind of binding doesn’t allow you to strap in while sitting down. ..Flow. they are light weight but their build is chincy at best. Flow is at the bottom of the list.
good review, but next time try sitting on your ass and strapping in, its a wrestling match.

By: Snowboy

Snowboy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:10:00 +0000

I will say this, Flows aren't for everyone. But I would say 80% of riders would find them better than the alternatives.

Setup is a lot with Flows. I've found that the living room rug session very important with Flows. I actually count the "clicks" on the little strap ratchets when I set a pair up to get them tight enough on the foot but still able to get my foot in. Its a 20 minute or so process. The offset to this is that you never have to touch them again.

I've not had the issue described above, though I will say that on my "loaner board" ('00 Burton Custom with 03 Flow F2) my friends have had the "snow buildup" issue. This is where snow gets on the base plate of the binding. That causes it to be hard to get your foot in and strapped in. Don't have this issue with my "everyday board" (08 Arbor Draft with 08 Flow M9) though, or when I've ridden my "loaner". See, at the bottom of the hill, while I'm in the line, I always bend over and wipe out the base of the binding. So who knows if its a user error or the difference in the baseplates.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:27:00 +0000

I have been snowboarding since about 1989, last year I finally gave the Flows a shot, I thought they looked good, improved over the older flows. lighter, and had heard good things. I got a pair of the NXT’s. It is supposed to be convenience, but I found that I could not easily get my back foot in the binding every time because I like my straps to tight. I would literally have to adjust the back straps every time, it was a total pain in the ass. I think if you like your straps looser you would not have this issue as you could get right in and out without having to tighten every time. With the strap adjusted to where I liked, you could not easily slide your back foot in and out while strapping in, I had to loosen, then tighten every time. I ended up selling my NXT’s, and went back to good ol fashion straps and I am much happier.

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +0000

Flows definitely I should ride for a couple days, I'll work on getting a demo to borrow this season. By the time I get used to them, it's time for another demo so that's the tough part. I used to own the nxt-at's as well and each year get more impressed with the progress.

Hopefully Arbor in the future. They are harder to demo here, but I'll work on it.