- #BINDING ANGLES FPR BIG MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARDING MOVIE#
- #BINDING ANGLES FPR BIG MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARDING FULL#
Why is the method air important for the sport of snowboarding?Ī good method is one of the best feelings in the world. Ya, a couple of times, one of the first times was in New Zealand oddly enough. Which turn has more meaning to you: Toeside or Heelside? Just ride what I want to with what I have. I try not to let the variables play a role. How do these variables affect your line selection and riding?
#BINDING ANGLES FPR BIG MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARDING FULL#
Plus, not only are your legs far more depleted than if you had a heli drop, but you’re also descending with a pack full of gear. To be a successful big mountain splitboarder, it takes an incredible amount of fitness, planning, riding experience, and a whole set of general mountaineering skills to survive. I also find the way Jake Blauvelt pops very inspiring. The way Temple Cummins turns is very inspiring to me. The focus I find when snowboarding is unlike any other and it’s something I really enjoy and strive to achieve the rest of my life.Īre there any particular riding styles right now that inspire you? Riding big mountains is very liberating for me. How would you say snowboarding and spiltboarding in powerful places has changed your life? Riding massive lines in wilderness environments can leave a truly lasting imprint on one’s character. Having your feet attached to your board is a pretty important part of snowboarding so having a binding that holds up is key. What in your eyes is the most important factor in high-performance binding design?ĭurability. The people creating the gear are the passionate people who enjoy using it. It’s the art form that is the foundation of snowboarding. It’s by far the best thing for our sport right now. What do you feel is the holistic impact of having a local Washington supply and manufacturing base, and riding bindings that are hand built in the USA by snowboarders with passion? In fact, it can be said that most our sport lays in the hands of large-scale foreign manufacturing. It is well known that almost 95% of snowboarding products are manufactured over-seas by non-snowboarders.
Having the ability to approach and ascend mountains on your snowboard basically just makes it easier to travel by foot in the mountains which gives us the ability explore and ride wherever we want for the most part. What role do you see splitboard technology playing in the long-term evolution of our sport? Snowboarding as a whole has been changing a lot within the past few years and it seems that more people are excited about the big mountain experience than ever. That was incredible to me, to have the creators of a brand make their product in front of my eyes and then pass it on to me to run off into the hills with. We came into the shop in early December and Bryce and Tyler literally made us bindings with their hands.
#BINDING ANGLES FPR BIG MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARDING MOVIE#
We made a movie this winter called Go! and Karakoram was nice enough to set us up with bindings. I had been interested in the bindings for a while before I had the chance to step into a pair this season. Hey Alex, how did you get involved with Karakoram?
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