I ride a Neversummer Ripsaw and Union Contact Pros. I bought new Burton Photon boots and for whatever reason the Contact Pro toe strap keep sliding on top of my boot. Anyway, I'm looking to upgrade my binding.
Any comments on whether to get the Genesis Regular or X? I like charging, but am slowly starting to get into park stuff. Mainly jumps.
I rock the Genesis X on my Neversummer 25 which is generally a pretty aggressive directional free ride charger. I never tried the regular Genesis but I love the X version on that board.
Be prepared for a pretty stiff binding, but it's damn responsive and at the same time one of the most comfortable bindings I've ever used. I don't do any park stuff but I like hitting natural kickers and so far haven't had any issue with the stiffness there. That said, I love stiff bindings so I'd recommend the X but it's all personal preference of course.
I have both and they're awesome, but will depend on what it's paired with.
I use the regular Genesis when I'm doing more park laps/freestyle type riding. And the GenX when I want to rip around and charge more. I know the Ripsaw is a charger board but don't really know how stiff it is, never rode it. But for example, the GenX on my Custom wasn't as much fun to freestyle/park with as it felt too much for the board imo. But when I paired the GenX with my Flight Attendant, which is stiffer, it was a perfect match and had tons of fun on jumps etc with it when paired with the stiffer board. And likewise, the regular Genesis were perfect on the Custom for me and I felt it brought out it's attributes way better and didn't overpower it too much. Hope that helps a little.
I ride a 154 Proto HD and have it paired with some 2015 Diodes. Think it may be a bit overkill for that board and am interested in the Genesis. What are ya'll's thoughts on that pairing the Genesis with the Proto for free ride? Don't charge hard, but free ride all over the mountain.
Sorry if this is hijacking the thread, but how would the Malavitas compare to the Gen x? They are both a bit stiffer than the genesis, so I am unsure what the gen x has over the malavitas that makes it worth the extra $$$. Could be worth considering for the OP?
I actually own both the Malavita and Genesis, and if the Gen x is the perfect in-between, maybe I'll sell both for the X.
Malavita is stiffer than the regular Genesis but Genesis is slightly more responsive.
Gen X is quite a bit stiffer than both but not significantly more responsive than the regular Genesis.
My Genesis are a yr older so they have the older toe cap and the GenX has the new all rubber toe cap. But the ankle is exactly the same.
What this means is that the Genesis have a bit more response than their softness suggests. But the Genesis X have a very good response with a stiffer feel. Many people dont like too soft or too stiff... so the GenX is there. The normal Genesis can feel too soft for some people.
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