Weasley

Hey guys, so I decided that i wanted to build a more park oriented board set up. I have been riding a Lib Tech T.Rice with some Cartels and although I love the set up I really wanted a more flexible/playful set up for those park days. I got a Lobster Park board mainly cause I wanted to support the Helgasons and really wanted to try out TBT. Now I am looking for a little bit softer binding for more tweakablity and playfulness. Now this will be my park setup and I want a park/freestyle oriented binding. I hit mostly kickers but do a few rails and jibs whenever they are there so I dont want something too soft. I have been looking at a few different binding and this is what I came up with.

Ride Maestro and Rodeo
Burton Malavitas
Flux DMCC Light and DS30
Possibly Switchback Halldor Pros
Union Contact

Now I am looking for something just a bit softer than the Cartels and on a scale of 1-10 something around a 4 at the least and a 6 at the most, preferably around a 5. Both the Rides and the Malavitas seem like the best choice for me but I've been hearing good stuff about Flux too. I just want to get yalls opinion on these binding and personal views. Please don't comment unless you have personal experience riding a pair of these. But yea what do you guys think of the Maestro and Rodeos? Are they a fun, flexy, playful freestyle park binding like they are made out to be? And what about the Fluxs? Anyways thanks a ton for the info

Rookie09

I don't really like Ride for park bindings since their baseplate is aluminum and really stiff. Burton Malavitas will be a really nice mid flexing binding. DMCC Light is an excellent mid flexing binding as well, pretty expensive if I remember correctly though. Contact is a good soft flexing park binding. I would also consider looking at the Raiden Zero bindings. Excellent mid-soft binding.

Personally I would rank what you have listed:
1) Flux DMCC Light
2) Burton Malavita
3) Flux DS30
4) Union Contact
5) Ride Maestro
6) Ride Rodeo

I haven't heard of the Switchback Halldor Pro bindings before. I would probably put the Raiden Zeros betwee the Malavitas and DS30s.

Nivek

I'd vote for the Switchbacks or DMCC Lights for that deck personally, from your list. Ideally I'd say get Salomon Holograms. Soft side to side for park but still super responsive. Other than my Flows which are on my Rush, those are what I ride.

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scotty100

I have this year's malavitas (restricted) and they definitely are not what I would call soft/flexy. I'd say med-stiff. Some say they are stiffer than the cartels this year, although I have not ridden the cartels.

Weasley

Awesome sounds good. Have you ridden the switchbacks? How are they and are they worth the 250 bucks? what about the normal version of the switchbacks? And thanks for the reply ill give those solomans a check out!

Weasley

The restricteds arethe winged back correct? I believe those are a stiffer binding than the normal version. Those ones were a little softer than my cartels but i'd still prefer a little bit softer but i'm still considering it. But yea thanks for the reply!

Extremo

I vote contact pro. Even though the baseplate is carbon infused it's still pretty flexy because of the limited board contact.

scotty100

Yes, they have the winged backs and that's what probably makes them a little stiffer/more responsive. Great binding but probably not what you are after.

Nivek

When I rode them I kinda just figured they'd be worth the price if they were bomb proof. So far from all the dudes I know rockin em they have been. One is park crew at Breck. So at this point I'd say yes. And one nice thing if anything does ever break, completely tool less. They have a lot of ride adjustability too. It's a product I back.

I have only ridden the Standards. The wings would be rad, rock em on the inside.

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Weasley

why would you want the wings on the inside?