drake bindings
 

whatever happened to northwave and drake bindings as a leading company in the industry? i happened to noticed a pic of allesandro boyens rocking the drake 50's on his evo..

http://neversummer.com/files/2010/10...ndroBoyens.jpg

has anyone ridden the newer models of these bindings?

I've still riding a pair of northwave decade boots and i love them.

iv got a set of mickey lablac Irish editions that i got from my cousin for $50!! one miss matched strap not to bad tho!!

I just saw this post! The are still a great binding and I am not sure why people dont use them anymore. I do and a few of my buddy and they are so good, really supportive, nice toe cap and super responsive!

My first pair of boots was a Northwave circa 1995 that were retard-soft compared to today's boots but I liked them at the time. I had a pair of Drake SuperSports that lasted me 4 or 5 seasons, comfy, and built to last.

But you're right, you don't hear much about Drake/Northwave anymore. I thought I heard they are targeting the European market and kinda scaled back in the North American market.

a guy at a shop told me that some of the designers from Drake went to uninon. I'm not sure if it is true but the unions i have do have similar features to my drakes.

This is exactly what happened.

haha nice, got some solid info out of a shop guy. thats always fun.

Used to ride 2001 Drake Podiums and they had way too many parts and options and fell apart. I paid like $300 for them and they were so uncomfortable. The early Unions were very similar to drakes just with HUGE upgrades. I bet drake is kicking themselves for not allowing the engineers to make the improvements they wanted to. C3 gave them an opportunity and it has clearly paid off.

yeah whatever the union guys are doing it is working.

I had top of the line Drake LTD's in 2003-2004. My girlfriend had the Drake Lady Matrix.

The head guys at Drake left and formed Union in 2004. It was downhill for Drake/Northwave from there.