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View Poll Results: Do you click it? Or strap it on?
Step ins 4 21.05%
Bindings 15 78.95%
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Old Jul 24, 03
Cubed
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Do you click it? Or strap it on?

I am riding Flows this year...so I'm not sure; they are kin of a step in with the convenience and confort of a soft boot and the conrtol and love of a full binding. Plus no strap bite.

So what is up does the majority like to click it or strap it on?
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Old Jul 24, 03
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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There is no specific reason of why I am against step ins.. I just dont like them.
I feel more in one with my board when I'm strapped to it.
Don't ask. I'm weird.
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Old Jul 24, 03
Cubed
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Lostcause is an unknown quantity at this point
thats the oposite way my wife is but she can't explain it either
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Old Jul 24, 03
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fuck yeah
 
Join Date: May 2001
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I like the simplicity of strap in bindings. If they break I can use a zap strap on the spot rig them up and finsh the day. If a step in breaks it's off the the repair shop and you get to waste a good chunk of your day waiting around while they get fixed... IF they can be fixed.
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Old Jul 24, 03
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Join Date: Apr 2003
D-LoCz is an unknown quantity at this point
Strap in bindings.
I heard something about Step-ins being bad for your ankle..
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Old Jul 24, 03
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yeah, click in bindings just don't give me the ankle support I need, they can also be a pain to get into if you have any kind of snow accumulated in them.

STRAP INS 4 LIFE YO
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Old Jul 24, 03
my boo
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
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i use strap ins as well.
they give me a sense of comfort when i ride.
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Old Jul 24, 03
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I use strap ins because I feel safer and supported...With step ins I feel like I have no support what so ever!
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Old Jul 24, 03
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
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strap it on.
mainly because i *heart* my boots, and thats whats on my board.
i dont really like step ins though... theyre moody.
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Old Jul 24, 03
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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STRAP INS 4 LIFE!

i just like 'em better. i don't feel* as secure with step-ins...so yea...
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Old Jul 24, 03
Cubed
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Yo....Does anyone on this board Flow?
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Old Jul 24, 03
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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i got the click ins. they're not like regular ones though, the reg ones suck, mine actually have a back, so i actually have support. they're dope. :)
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Old Jul 24, 03
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^^^
In a way you sorta don't have full support though...
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Old Jul 24, 03
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i'm all about the strap-in bindings. way more comfortable and defenately way more support and no needs of worrying about ice blocking the click ins with strap ins. fuck, now i want to go boarding.
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Old Jul 25, 03
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Sue Bitch is an unknown quantity at this point
straps
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Old Jul 25, 03
hosehead
 
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i thought this was about something else...
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Old Jul 25, 03
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^^

same! LOL!

but i definitely prefer strap-in bindings. hate having to deal with ice blocking the click-ins and it's also more comfortable and supported.
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Old Jul 25, 03
Gravity Slave
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
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I use Clicker's and the only reason I do is that I can't find a pair of boots to get rid of the foot pain when I strap in nuclear tight.

Clickers also have a heel/toe connection which I prefer and don't ice up as I have the carbon fibre model.

The Burton system sucks IMO (recalled in their first year) and uses way too much plastic which can crack under stress and the Rossignol SIS side pin system is retarded as it ices up so fast.

Flows would be the best step-in alternative but they were not as well designed back when I looked at them as they are now. Current Flow models are so stiff that my friend ripped the inserts and binding off his board when he bailed on a jump.

As for ankle support issues, my Nitro (www.nitrousa.com) step-in boots (Aura) offer more ankle support than any soft boot on the market. That being said, they are probably a hell of a lot stiffer than what you peeps would wear... it's almost like a soft flexing hardboot.

Most people that do park/pipe prefer strap in bindings due to the fact it offers more flexibility and give in the ankle region to do tweaks and grabs.

I do steeps and speed and I want the support and the confidence the direct connection to the board my bindings give me. I have never popped out of my binding accidentally.

This is the ultimate step in that I use on the race boards.
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Old Jul 25, 03
eat shit
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
simplify is an unknown quantity at this point
i use dope liquid step-ins. they've got a back, and the clickers aren't on either side of the foot; there's one beneath the boot near the toes, and one on the heal, gives full support, and no hassle with straps.
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Old Jul 25, 03
Gravity Slave
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
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^^^ What you have are boots that are designed with the Device step in system which has a peg on the back of the boot that snaps into the highback.

Another system that looked good was the Morrow E3 but too bad the company went under.
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Old Jul 25, 03
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I like bindings.
I like you ^^^^^ :moon:
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Old Jul 25, 03
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strap in...i used step ins once and i hated them...
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Old Jul 26, 03
my jungle needs no king
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
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click it, so much faster - i never thought of support but ive never had any problems
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Old Jul 26, 03
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True dat it is faster but not good enough support is my problem...
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