would love to hear @Oldmanwinters8 thoughts on this as anything i’d say would just seem bias. i must say the buckle and ladders are engineered by the same technicians that designed the other rome, jones and nidecker buckles. also the toe buckle is the same as on the supermatic’s.

 

the other part i can’t figure out is why he inferred the rome had better damping compared to the bataleon. the ones i have are both indentical bases 🤷reminds me of the first transworld snowboarder board review. they loved the gnu and hated the K2. mike olson (gnu) had to point out they were both the same design.

 

I learned a long time ago, so I skate pushing on the toe side. That might be why I've never been concerned about highback position on my Flows (same issue in Supermatic). That's basically his second concern.

Honestly, I've never understood why they teach using heel side pushing nowadays. That strikes me as more unstable, especially if you're using larger front angles.

 

I don't think it's so much that "they" teach it, at some point you just realise it's more efficient with less issues, even if you actually skate. With these easier step in bindings, it might be easier to just take the board off though.

 

They definitely teach it this way now. I see instructors do this all the time at my local hills.

While small pushes work better heel side, you can definitely get a stronger push off the toe side. Some of our flat exit lifts get clogged at the top and I think part of that is snowboarders not being able to clear out quick.

 

Anyone in Australia know when the Bataleon Blaster FASE will be available at local retailers? I can see a bunch of places already have the Jones/Rome/ThirtyTwo available, but no one has the Bataleon.

 

i have always pushed on the toe side. being a OG snowboarder, as i ride with 21-24 on my foot binding. both my boys skate on the heel side and have never mentioned bumping into the FASE HB. the new zealand lift lines can be very congested with uneven ground. i found with having FASE i often took the board off and walked right up to the chair. no one ever noticed me stomping my front boot in just before getting on the chair. only needed one racket and i was ready to skate up to the chair.

 

i have always pushed on the toe side. being a OG snowboarder, as i ride with 21-24 on my foot binding.

Yeah, I typically ride 21 front foot.

 

I started out with the toe, but after a few years I realised that heel is usually better, never had a lesson. It doesn't work like in skating because the board is stuck on your foot, and will naturally be at a ~ 24 degree angle for me, right under my other foot. Pushing sideways with the back foot just feels natural after awhile, you can see the board, it's easier to control at speed or if you slide, and there's no counterrotating every step. Plus there's no need for bluetoothcontrolled kookswitches. In the liftline it doesn't matter much of course.

I guess nudging the highback into walkmode gets to be routine pretty fast.

 

I just read that Board of the World dribble. And it is dribble. I could go into details, and this is the only sample I've read from there, but hot damn was that an obvious demonstration of someone that has no business doing gear reviews. Clueless is really the best, and nicest way I can put it.

 

I have a feeling that with the introduction of FASE system bindings it will have a pretty strong effect on Clew binding sales worldwide. Supermatics, maybe as well? Not sure that much on Burton Step On as it is a completely different system altogether but it may have an impact?

 

That's why I sold my Supermatics at premium price a couple of months ago before the Aus crew became really aware of FASE