[Cambered234]

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😎… been waiting for those bataleons to drop images. Boots are getting interesting again

 

[sam80911]

New Thirtytwo bindings???? Interesting

 

[sam80911]

Better shot

 

[Cambered234]

Better shot

Nidecker is coming through strong! Loving it!

 

[Nivek]

The 32 and Jones FASE binding share a frame. Different highback/straps.

 

[Nivek]

The Rome/Bataleon FASE stuff with the ALU heelcup look way better than the unibody nylon. Those look chunky.

 

[Kevington]

Binding straps on boots lol. That thing is bottoming out long before it makes contact with my skinny shins. There’s this crazy new stuff called Velcro, it’s a long shot but it might work even better.

 

[Kevington]

Looking forward to trying FASE for sure.

 

[Nivek]

I like the Nidecker strap. Makes more sense. And there is upper shell lacing it tightens as well as the strap. On both boots actually.

 

[Nivek]

 

[Demi9OD]

Damn that A-frame is fugly.

 

[NullR6]

That is a very different shape than the prior A-Frame. Kind of like how they dramatically changed the Coda.

 

[WigMar]

Oh hey- another swallow with a small sidecut… just what we all needed!

It’s interesting they’re going away from grip tech and uprise fenders.

 

[Surgeon]

Purely from the shape it looks more like a fancier Passport. Sage has talked a couple times on the Bombhole about a board he has been working on with JStone, accessible high end freeride from how he's talked about it. So similar build style and construction as the Alchemist with a more Passporty flex would be my guess. Which seems like a ton of overlap in their line. Nor was the Alchemist that stiff anyway. Seems to me like they should have just tweaked the Instrument and positioned it against the Alternator/Aeronaut rather than adding a board in the very small space between the Passport and Alchemist.

Cool. But yeah, the overlap is getting kinda out of hand with that series. Getting hard to pinpoint the ideal board for your needs when the answer is getting something like "any of the 3 would do but if you really don't dig the graphic these other 2 could also work".

 

[Nivek]

 

[Cambered234]

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I think this system will do well. I wasn’t able to find a downside in performance and the only negative is a slight increase in price. IMO

 

[dwdesign]

Looks like Rome keeps the pivot on the strap while Bataleon loses the kink on FASE?

 

[Nivek]

I think this system will do well. I wasn’t able to find a downside in performance and the only negative is a slight increase in price. IMO

When I talked to my Rome guy a month or so ago he indicated that the Katana was getting a price drop, and that Katana FASE was going to be the same price as the not FASE. Which surprised me, so maybe that wasn't right, or changed since his info came through.

 

[Etienne]

Woho, maybe I'm buying my Kita/Index next year after all...

 

[Cambered234]

When I talked to my Rome guy a month or so ago he indicated that the Katana was getting a price drop, and that Katana FASE was going to be the same price as the not FASE. Which surprised me, so maybe that wasn't right, or changed since his info came through.

That’s actually my understanding as well but I didn’t completely believe it, yet. I know there was pressure to get the regular stuff down a bit as the piece to piece pricing was roughly ~30% higher than the competition.
Good to know I’m not the only one that heard this about the pricing!