kusanagi 0 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I am gonna buy a fish or a cheetah for riding powder. Should I get stiff/responsive bindings, e.g. the Diode, or softer ones, e.g. the malavita, for them? Or sth in between like the Cartel? I enjoy more speed and stability, and I am somewhere between an intermediate and an advanced. and i need the EST bindings instead of the ReFlex ones, rite? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 U can buy a separate disk to convert ur bindings to fit the channel system Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I use the Cartels on my supermodel, and I have found them to be very good. For powder, I don't think you need super stiff bindings really, but I think a lot of it comes down to personal preference. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Pretty much anything will be good for those boards in powder. I ride a Fish with Mission bindings because I like the responsiveness of the toe-cap / high back combination. Link to post Share on other sites
BoredRider 2 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I use the Cartels on my supermodel, and I have found them to be very good. For powder, I don't think you need super stiff bindings really, but I think a lot of it comes down to personal preference. I have the Cartels as well (mostly bolted to an Arbor Element), can't fault them. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Cartels. Dont get diodes they break far too easily. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I have Cartels as my back up bindings......a fine set of bindings they are. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Cartels FTW Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Ippy, where are you? I need some reading material, and I was hoping that it might be a 3000 word essay on why I should buy no-back bindings (or whatever the latest bindings craze is) Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I road my Fish with Customs (good price) and they were fine but what would I know Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Customs work perfectly well, I rode them last season with no dramas at all unlike my top of the line diodes which self destruct every 12 hours. Also cheetahs eat fish. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Ippy, where are you? I need some reading material, and I was hoping that it might be a 3000 word essay on why I should buy no-back bindings (or whatever the latest bindings craze is) i dont do bindings dude. First real bindings i picked up were forces. Didnt feel a need to switch out so my opinion advising other people on bindings is 100% irrelevant. Actually you could make the same case for boards, but i researched the shit out of them. ETA: i did ride contacts for a day. Kinda loved them. Felt really malleable and giving compared to my forces. Didnt feel so locked in. Its probably for this reason im picking up the wswitchbacks/nobacks. Ill get back to you when ive had a few days on them. ETA2: i should add that the forces have true fit tech from 2012 on, which means they fit teh channel system. Still, if i was specifically picking a burton board and wanted those, i might as well just pick up the cartels. Link to post Share on other sites
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