Softer Bindings on Stiff Board - Snowboarding Forum

double · 01-06-2012, 06:37 PM

I went to buy some Targas to match up with my NS Heritage but couldn't find them locally. The sales rep at the shop recommended Burton Missions as a great all mountain binding (basically last year's Cartels) and said the softer flex would work well with the Heritage and would't make me have to be on my game 100% of the time (as a stiffer binding might). That sounds reasonable but I am not sure if I am completely sold. Any thoughts?

Bayoh · 01-06-2012, 09:34 PM

I have Missions from '09 and to be completely honest... I hate them. But they're a hodgepodge of different parts from past year Cartels. This year's may be better though I haven't looked at them at all.

Another binding I was debating about getting over the Targas were Flux SF45's which is supposed to be very comparable. K2 Evers were also on my list, but I believe they're a bit pricier.

double · 01-07-2012, 05:41 PM

Any other thoughts here in general about soft bindings on stiff board? Leaving for first trip of the year next week and need to make a decision. Thanks.

lonerider · 01-07-2012, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by double

Any other thoughts here in general about soft bindings on stiff board? Leaving for first trip of the year next week and need to make a decision. Thanks.

I don't like my setups that way... at least a medium stiffness bindings on a stiff board.

eek5 · 01-08-2012, 01:09 AM

Personally I would match my bindings with my board. I had Flow Flite II's, which are the softest bindings I've owned, on my Palmer Carbon Circle and I didn't like it at all. I ended up upgrading to NXT-ATSEs and the responsiveness is so much better that I couldn't imagine riding with softer bindings than that on a stiff board anymore.

linvillegorge · 01-08-2012, 01:16 AM

Yep, try to match the flex. The Heritage isn't THAT stiff though. I'm not that familiar with Missions, but if they're a mid-flex binding they should be just fine.

I've rode my cambered '09 Heritage with Flux Titans and it's quite manageable and the old cambered sticks were a lot stiffer than the newer RC versions.

01-06-2012, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
double -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 34	Softer Bindings on Stiff Board I went to buy some Targas to match up with my NS Heritage but couldn't find them locally. The sales rep at the shop recommended Burton Missions as a great all mountain binding (basically last year's Cartels) and said the softer flex would work well with the Heritage and would't make me have to be on my game 100% of the time (as a stiffer binding might). That sounds reasonable but I am not sure if I am completely sold. Any thoughts?

01-08-2012, 01:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
eek5 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 57	Personally I would match my bindings with my board. I had Flow Flite II's, which are the softest bindings I've owned, on my Palmer Carbon Circle and I didn't like it at all. I ended up upgrading to NXT-ATSEs and the responsiveness is so much better that I couldn't imagine riding with softer bindings than that on a stiff board anymore. Last edited by eek5; 01-08-2012 at 01:17 AM.

01-08-2012, 01:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
linvillegorge Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Evergreen, CO Posts: 4,499	Yep, try to match the flex. The Heritage isn't THAT stiff though. I'm not that familiar with Missions, but if they're a mid-flex binding they should be just fine. I've rode my cambered '09 Heritage with Flux Titans and it's quite manageable and the old cambered sticks were a lot stiffer than the newer RC versions. __________________ "People say that marijuana smoking is going to get in the way of my career. I say to them that on the contrary, my fighting career is getting in the way of my marijuana smoking." -Nick Diaz

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01-06-2012, 09:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bayoh Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 280	I have Missions from '09 and to be completely honest... I hate them. But they're a hodgepodge of different parts from past year Cartels. This year's may be better though I haven't looked at them at all. Another binding I was debating about getting over the Targas were Flux SF45's which is supposed to be very comparable. K2 Evers were also on my list, but I believe they're a bit pricier.

01-07-2012, 05:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
double -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 34	Any other thoughts here in general about soft bindings on stiff board? Leaving for first trip of the year next week and need to make a decision. Thanks.