Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums banner

Switchback Bindings?

51K views 99 replies 25 participants last post by  CheoSamad 
#1 ·
Switchback Bindings Unveiled
Switchback Bindings

What do you guys think of the new switchback bindings?
Have not heard much about them until today but they look pretty interesting.
Never a bad thing to have the Helgasons on the time backing a product in my opinion.
It looks like an interesting concept.
Is anyone else thinking about putting together a pair?
 
#54 ·
The samples aren't the finished products. At SIA those were still samples with only a handful or so for the demo and tweaks are happening. Tooling/molds for a binding aren't exactly cheap or something you can make over night. I should have a pair coming my way in the near future and I fully intend to drop them off my balcony to see if they explode from being a full snap together binding. The concept of a totally tool-less binding minus your disk is a good one, no backs that's whatever, the bugger piece to fill it in so your foot doesn't sink further back in the heel cup solid. First year bindings always have issues, ALWAYS! I'll bet there will probably only be a handful of actual non rep reviews on these by next year before Thanksgiving.
 
#60 ·
Seriously are you all fucking retarded?

What is not to understand?

1)A company puts out a cheap, dime-store looking binding. \
2)Yes there are a few things I find intriguing about it.

Still with me? I'm going to use some sophisticated natural progression of logic now.

3) The guy, we'll call him uber pro (since using his name somehow makes me obbsessive) who is set to gain the most out of promoting them won't even ride them. He'll actually go buy something else before he rides the product he's personally invested in.
4)Did I mention they look like you'd find them on a snowboard they sell at home depot?

Now obviously I haven't ridden them, and to get me to purchase them,(which is about the only way normal people get to try things) I'd have to be fully convinced they're worth $200-300. I'd have to see them actually perform, as I have with other binding companies, (say at the xgames, snowboard world championships, or Toyota Big Air). Then, and only then, would I even begin to consider them as a viable option to snowboard with. That's how it works with us in the market, there seems to be some disconnect by the people who get to ride new shit for free.

Dano, if there's a demo here on the east coast (which will probably never happen) I will gladly take the chance to see what these things can handle.
 
#61 ·
Seriously are you all fucking retarded?

What is not to understand?

1)A company puts out a cheap, dime-store looking binding. \
2)Yes there are a few things I find intriguing about it.

Still with me? I'm going to use some sophisticated natural progression of logic now.

3) The guy, we'll call him uber pro (since using his name somehow makes me obbsessive) who is set to gain the most out of promoting them won't even ride them. He'll actually go buy something else before he rides the product he's personally invested in.
4)Did I mention they look like you'd find them on a snowboard they sell at home depot?

Now obviously I haven't ridden them, and to get me to purchase them,(which is about the only way normal people get to try things) I'd have to be fully convinced they're worth $200-300. I'd have to see them actually perform, as I have with other binding companies, (say at the xgames, snowboard world championships, or Toyota Big Air). Then, and only then, would I even begin to consider them as a viable option to snowboard with. That's how it works with us in the market, there seems to be some disconnect by the people who get to ride new shit for free.

Dano, if there's a demo here on the east coast (which will probably never happen) I will gladly take the chance to see what these things can handle.
first OFF the bindings are NOT cheap, that is only your opinion based on what you have seen
secondly the PRO probably did not buy those bindings, he used them because he was in a pinch, this happens believe it or not. i guarantee you will see him going big very soon and stomping tricks in SWITCHBACK soon enough which might sway your decision
home depot does not sell bindings ;)and once again you are entitled to your opinion

i will personally make some inquiries into the rep from where you are and see where and when they will be doing DEMO's so you can make an honest review of SWITCHBACK
 
#67 ·
About 2 weeks ago out of the corner of my eye I saw a guy at my hill had switch backs... I was like WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE his story was he made friends with the guys at SIA Colorado and they gave him a pair! . Which he rides on a fun kink. He says they are awesome. My friend asked to ride them ( who rides 2012 contacts )and instantly wanted a pair. heck he offered to sell his contacts right then and there! and my friend has been saying the contacts are the best bindings ever all season. I would say that the reason haldor isnt riding these in big air is because he needs something a bit more responsive. What im thinking is the people who buy these are people who just want to have fun!!!!!:cool: True these bindings dont seem to have alot of features, but in my opinion they look sick! Its going to be awesome trading colors with my friends. For guys that are riding park/street and like riding pow these things just seem fun! With TBT and no backs you have one playfull powder slaying machine! plus think about how strong your feet are going to get riding no backs! All I can say is these are going to be crazy popular in Edmonton next year. Im going to get a pair of these with my jib board and try out union with some chargers for my t.rice's with my lovely cartels my binding situation will be pretty sweet.....

And BTW
You need to stop trying to look at what you think are the negatives and start thinking how awesome it would be if these bindings are awesome. think about that... it will make everyone of us a better person... Destroy the walls between your hopes wants and desires and create... hopantires :cool:

:+: ???? :+: ???? - Switchback
 
#68 ·
Holy shit!! It's like retarded group think going on here.

Dano is completely SPECULATING why Halldor wasn't riding them. I'm speculating he prefered a real binding, considering he's been riding cobrasharks for 2 seasons now, and I've never seen any footage of him on SWITCHBACKS. Look at them, they're 100% plastic, even the straps, like the hundreds on clearance at HOME DEPOT which sit right next to the shovels. I mean, if there was any info on them, say on a working website, maybe it would reveal they're 100% carbon injected.

I have nothing against them, other than they look like cheap shit (which they may not be), there is zero info on their construction and material, and only a few people have ridden them (most of whom are shit-head hard-ons who diddle themselves as they brag about riding all of next years gear on their whack ass review sites). I don't give a fuck what you thought of them for a day or even 2. I want to know what they're like after 100 days.

Dano, I look forward to the demo info, but I highly doubt there will be anything around here.
 
#72 ·
NOTHING AGAINST THEM? seems like all you want to do is spew negativity on the bindings, and the pros and anyone that HAS tried them!
and everyone is retarded except you
TECH INFO WILL BE RELEASED SOON so we can put all the rumours to rest
for now i will let people speculate.............................

i have given the info that we want released, stay tuned our website will be LIVE very soon!
 
#71 ·
there are many aluminum bindings. but most are plastic.

i chose to distance myself from this thread for a while, it's getting a bit ridiculous, but both sides have some points. the way they look is a matter of opinion, they could be nice. but the main thing being marketed is the color changing, which is a complete gimmick to me. sure, it's not a bad added feature if the bindings are nice in the first place, but it's just an added feature to me, not an important one. sales rep guy... can you tell us anything about the other technology in the bindings? damping? stiffness? etc. It would be a lot more intriguing to me if you could switch out different stiffnesses of high backs and straps.
 
#74 ·
FWIW:

1) to the sales rep - seriously?? i can't believe the idiots that get the rep jobs... if i was in charge of switchback i'd fire you. you come off like an ignorant little kid with a hard-on for your company. blind loyalty is worth less than nothing it and does not serve your cause.

your words have zero influence here, in fact it just makes switchback look desperate and stupid. you have a dog in the fight, the dog pays you, we already know a dozen very good dogs, and no one has ever seen your stupid fucking dog.

2) switchback bindings bring basically nothing new to the table. fuck em. fuck any company who's prime objective is to cater to little kids and their lack of knowledge and ability.

no highbacks is nothing but a gimmick, and anyone who buys a pair of bindings so they can mix and match - and trade colors with their friends - is an idiot and a fucking pussy. stop looking at yourself posed with your snowboard in the mirror and learn how to ride it. Burton has had toolless bindings for years

3) Union Bindings are a goddamn joke. i'm sorry, but if at this stage in the game your bindings-only company can't and WON'T make a decent toe-strap - and all you do from one year to the next is change up the colorways while ignoring rider feedback - for all i care you can go out of business.
 
#92 ·
thanks for the feedback
i will do my best to keep my job

and pretty sure i have not been agro towards anyone, just making sure that you try them before you bash them!
we are not trying to proclaim we have changed what a binding will do for you, we are just making it easier for you to have options. whether it be colour, highback or no back, forward lean. all by snapping the piece into place!

HAVE FUN its snowboarding!
 
#77 ·
Dano, you sound like a tool (not to be insulting, that's objectively how you come across) and you aren't really selling me on these bindings. I hear them defended as not being cheap but no one has indicated as to why I should choose them over Burton, Flux, Raiden, Union, T9, Ride, K2 ... Ok, they're solid, so are my Malavitas and RK30s, they are tooless, so are my Malavitas and RK30s and I don't even use that feature.

What is it that they do BETTER than those bindings that will make me want to risk my $250 with a new company? If you say color and Halldor Helgason, I don't care if I can choose between Dinoshit green or dog dick red and I don't give a shit about Halldor or RP either. I'm going to ride what feels good to me and unless you can demonstrate why these would be better for me, I'm not going to bother trying them.

NOW bindings, for what they are, bring something new to the table where I'd demo them. Switchback, other than being "solid", which is vague and something I already probably have with my bindings, haven't even sold me on anything technical.
 
#80 ·
TECH INFO WILL BE RELEASED SOON so we can put all the rumours to rest
for now i will let people speculate.............................
i have given the info that we want released, stay tuned our website will be LIVE very soon!
i predict switchback will be making board wax and leashes in two years after they've burned through half of bataleon's capital.

now binders- ftw
 
#94 ·
these should be great. not buying any new bindings soon but if i did. these would prob be it if the price isn't outrages. nothing new here to me. i always thought and have said it before. some of our boots where so stiff its harder than the highbacks....but if you're one heavy mofo and carves hard, then highbacks can be useful. imo
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top