Will everyone please step away from the step-ins....
They are like elastomer shocks. They worked(ish), but why have them now?
They are like elastomer shocks. They worked(ish), but why have them now?
Snowboards, bindings, clipless?
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Hunh.
Where do I begin.
Let's see, at the beginning!
I have been riding for 30 years (pre-fvcking pussy bindings, b!tches!)
I worked in the industry for ~20 years, owned a snowboard shop in a REAL ski town for 10.
My take?
Step ins were a great concept, but when faced with the reality of performance, they ultimately failed, sadly. They sucked to hike BC in, your feet wanted to pull out of them, the interfaces were unreliable, they just didn't pan out.
Oh, well, move on.
As to carving boards, they definitely have their place, too. I have certainly had fun on an 'alpine-free-carve' board in powder (and trust me, I have WAAAY more powder days under my belt than most of you).
A lot is the rider, and not the device under their feet (and that goes for skis, Tele, whatever).
It's just a bunch of white people sliding downhill, if aliens were watching ski resorts from the skies, they wouldn't really see much difference...
So that being said, how about those fvcking snowlerbladers, eh?
Where do I begin.
Let's see, at the beginning!
I have been riding for 30 years (pre-fvcking pussy bindings, b!tches!)
I worked in the industry for ~20 years, owned a snowboard shop in a REAL ski town for 10.
My take?
Step ins were a great concept, but when faced with the reality of performance, they ultimately failed, sadly. They sucked to hike BC in, your feet wanted to pull out of them, the interfaces were unreliable, they just didn't pan out.
Oh, well, move on.
As to carving boards, they definitely have their place, too. I have certainly had fun on an 'alpine-free-carve' board in powder (and trust me, I have WAAAY more powder days under my belt than most of you).
A lot is the rider, and not the device under their feet (and that goes for skis, Tele, whatever).
It's just a bunch of white people sliding downhill, if aliens were watching ski resorts from the skies, they wouldn't really see much difference...
So that being said, how about those fvcking snowlerbladers, eh?
Those new skoolers got NOTHIN' on the mononski, b1tches!!<snip>
So that being said, how about those fvcking snowlerbladers, eh?
Ugh. I got stuck behind one the other day at Alta...Those new skoolers got NOTHIN' on the mononski, b1tches!!
I use strap in bindings. The clip ones are s**t if you ask me!
Bindings have come a LOOONNNGGGG way from what they used to be.
Idk, it could be just be but I feel that I have a lot more control over the board when I'm strapped in vs clips.
Bindings have come a LOOONNNGGGG way from what they used to be.
Idk, it could be just be but I feel that I have a lot more control over the board when I'm strapped in vs clips.
Wait a minute...
Those new skoolers got NOTHIN' on the mononski, b1tches!!
I just got diarrhea when I saw this.