I'm set in terms of boards and bindings, and quite pleased what what I have. Plus, I'm getting a Never Summer EVO-R in the mail tomorrow with some Ride Nitranes! Come hell or high water, I'm going to find a non traditional binding that's comfortable for me and my ridiculous feet! We'll see.
Anyhow, I'm interested in Burton's channel system just from a curiosity standpoint. And I also like to hear about people's experiences, in general. Feel free to not comment if you think the thread is pointless, I just love to talk about anything snowboarding.
So I was reading some older threads, mostly from last year, and it didn't seem like there were many people on the board who have the channel system. That or not many came out of the woodwork. So I have a couple of questions: For the people who have ridden it for two seasons now, what are your impressions having had more experience with the channel system? Are any of you riding both a channel setup and a non channel setup? And finally, for those of you who've ridden last year's and this year's Burton boards with the channel system, has it improved for 2010?
Another thing I'm wondering just out of curiosity-, based on what I've read, the channel system kind of gives the boards "more" board feel and different flex characteristics. This makes me wonder if they have to take their stiff boards and actually make them stiffer to compensate for the loss of rigidity that the channel may create?
Like I said, this stuff is just something for me to chew on until I go boarding again in a couple of days. I find it interesting.
Anyhow, I'm interested in Burton's channel system just from a curiosity standpoint. And I also like to hear about people's experiences, in general. Feel free to not comment if you think the thread is pointless, I just love to talk about anything snowboarding.
So I was reading some older threads, mostly from last year, and it didn't seem like there were many people on the board who have the channel system. That or not many came out of the woodwork. So I have a couple of questions: For the people who have ridden it for two seasons now, what are your impressions having had more experience with the channel system? Are any of you riding both a channel setup and a non channel setup? And finally, for those of you who've ridden last year's and this year's Burton boards with the channel system, has it improved for 2010?
Another thing I'm wondering just out of curiosity-, based on what I've read, the channel system kind of gives the boards "more" board feel and different flex characteristics. This makes me wonder if they have to take their stiff boards and actually make them stiffer to compensate for the loss of rigidity that the channel may create?
Like I said, this stuff is just something for me to chew on until I go boarding again in a couple of days. I find it interesting.