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coleslawed wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:47 am

jota wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:13 am hidden in the video, mark's boots without ankle strap

no visible lacing either, wonder if it's a SO version of the double tongue boots? or maybe just a powder flap.

casjcade wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:12 pm Maybe it's one of those boots with a stiff plastic tongue in the front and party in the back entrance.

jsil wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:24 pm

jota wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 11:34 am
That’s why I think about step on, I think that just as we look for a better response in skate tech, step on can contribute something in that direction… they say that Jake wanted these bindings to not only be something automatic but bindings with a different behavior or response… that calls my attention even because as Fawcett says you turn without pulling the straps up and since you don’t have the straps on your boots, I think that it could end up generating a sensation quite similar to surfing… Maybe it’s just a desire to try new things.
I remember when B toe straps came out over the tip of the boot, a friend said to me: do you know that feeling of holding a long frontside and not being able to do it on the backside? Well now you can do it… That change, opened up a path of enjoyment for me that has never ended and I wonder if now step on can open up some new path… or not…

I've posted on the step on thread, but the way Fawcett explains it is the way I used to explain it to people until he came out with the video. Now, if anyone asks, I just send them the timestamped link to fawcetts tribute lounge video. No one else comes close to describing why they are great. Sollors is coming close with his new content though. Most people just assume that you give up something to get the speed...not the case whatsoever. Give me skate tech + step on and I would be in heaven... I am hoping that is what the new EST Genesis will be like.

The other thing about step on that no one really talks about is that they are just simple and clean looking on a board. Outside of the Genesis highbacks occasionally ripping off from misuse (too easy to do though and looks to be rectified with the new Genesis est design), and the rare toe clip snapping (cold weather or degraded early plastics -- hasn't happened to anyone I know) these things truly have less failures than standard bindings. I have one old pair of Union Strata that I keep for friends and five step on bindings. And I'm not Burton fanboy, I have never owned one of their boards, but that may change based on the EST Genesis performance.

jota wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:40 am We will continue with this thread…

Fawcett explains well, just as you have also explained some important things well… and thats cool

It may also be that many riders can understand step on as an automatic system, which brings you closer to the philosophy of ski,…

When I have the chance to test it, I will review. But it ‘s true that I can’t compare it with the step on genesis reflex cos i don’t have them.

Is the new genesis going to be released next year? I suppose they will copy the EST hiback, which are very different…

C.Fuzzy wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:55 am Guys. I did it....

I bought a Pair of Clew bindings.

... or actually I bought a snowboard from a kid that said the money was going to buy him a pair of clew bindings. I thought about trying to talk him out if it but I didn't, so, I'm counting it.

SJF_NH wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:33 pm

C.Fuzzy wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:55 am Guys. I did it....

I bought a Pair of Clew bindings.

... or actually I bought a snowboard from a kid that said the money was going to buy him a pair of clew bindings. I thought about trying to talk him out if it but I didn't, so, I'm counting it.

That was a close call, your EL status was in real jeopardy there for a minute...