Comments on: Binding Review: 12-13 NOW IPO

By: dalton

dalton — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:58:09 +0000

Hi,
I m planning to change my old 2009 cartel bindings, but i dont have very clear what new binding to get. I ve a TR board form last year and on a begining i thought that the Union Contact would suit very well to the board. Now after doing some research i see a lot of comment and then i find out this NOW new binding tech. Any recomendatios on what to do ?
Are the Union contacts too soft to use them across all the mountain ? I m an intermediate rider who would like to improve my ground and park tricks, as i only do 180s and some small jumps …. but i am not a fan to be all day in the park neither ! What binding would you recomend me ? Contact, the Pro ones ? or to wait for the NOW ?

thanks
br

By: Francis

Francis — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:05:19 +0000

Also if I win the Shredsole contest with the taper (canted) sole will not need canted footbed bindings 😉

By: Francis

Francis — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:16:11 +0000

I was sceptical, but after reading more about it… Solution on cant foot bed is to put softer bushing inside and harder outside… so you will still have the benefits of kingpin response with a bit of more flex inside for natural crazy duck style… like the idea…
Plus they won ISPO innovation of the year… not bad…

By: Shay

Shay — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:47:30 +0000

Zac, awesome to hear your input on the binding!

Martin, they are 2013 bindings so they won’t be available till later in the summer/fall when most 2013 gear is released.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:49:10 +0000

I’m super keen to try these, I’ve been riding with no highbacks for the past couple of seasons and find that once you’ve either removed or hacked of your highback the cup on most bindings sits far to low, these however have a flush highback as well as a raised cup, I also like the fact in your review that the response came from much lower down in the binding – ideal for no highbacks!! Are these on sale yet and if so how much and where??

By: Zac

Zac — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:14:25 +0000

I had a chance to demo these bindings at Vail this weekend. I wouldn’t say it’s so much about the bushing and shock absorption, which it does perfectly fine with. These really excel like shay said in the amount of energy it takes to get the board up on edge. It almost seems effortless from edge to edge and super responsive. After going back to my cartels you can really feel the difference.

By: Francis

Francis — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:10:27 +0000

humm
I am sceptical… I prefer the approach of canted foot bed with EVA padding… like Ride, Flow 2013 (good for 2013), even Salomon in 2013 will have a nice approach… if not canted than Union, Flux and Burton are doing good too…

By: L.E.D.

L.E.D. — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:45:31 +0000

What’s under that footbed?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:45:49 +0000

I can’t help but feel these are a solution to a problem that didn’t exist. It seems like lots of binding companies are already working with using bushings to allow for binding/board flex (Union, Rome, etc…). If, as you say, most people wouldn’t really fee the difference, it just can’t be a game changer.