The Official Union Bindings Thread

It was actually because of your info on Union as a company, and their tech, that led me to by the Atlas this year.  So if your Union rep catches you and is po'ed, send him to me. :)

Only one day on the Atlases thus far, but man I'm stoked on them.  They are just made differently than other bindings.   Lack of adjustments? No biggie, because the bindings conform to your boot so much right out of the box.  Comfort? How about the lack of a baseplate, and the highbacks that flex right up to you, no matter how your boot is in them.  Weight?  Can't even feel them... a noticeable reduction from my Ride SPi.  Responsiveness? I rode on hardpack/ice in the am, and 4 inches of fluff in the pm... with zero forward lean adjustments needed.  The bindings quite literally conformed to the conditions and my style.

Thanks spenser, and I hope you don't mind me bombarding you with questions! 

stoked you're stoked on the binders, and feel free to ask any questions you have.. here to help

i haven't gotten to ride my atlas teams yet really.. one night time pow run but i won't count that.  may get on them this weekend though, probably will have a bunch more new snow and i wanna ride charlie

pics!

Do you have any info on this year's SL's. I've been looking at them and am not sure what to think about them. Last year they were force sl's this year i'm not sure what its based off of or how different they are. Care to enlighten me about them. I was really interested in last year's force SL's but they sold out super quick, so was waiting for this year, but since they don't seem to be based off the forces, i'm not sure what to think. 

Can you explain the stage 3 baseplate to me, i've been researching what that means in for a little bit and i still have no idea. 

same binding model, but it was called the force SL up until this year, it was a stage 2 (force) baseplate that was cored out and injected with carbon instead of fiberglass and also had a different highback.  the binding just got an upgrade and since the base is not stage 2 anymore, they can't call it the force so now it's just the SL.  technically yeah those are two different bindings now just cause the 2012 has an upgrade, but it's like saying the cartel is no longer the cartel since they switched the highback or changed the baseplate or whatever.

the purple rains are just a limited binding, it's not an SL.  it's a force baseplate with the old SL highback though, yes.

 

have force footbeds always been the same or do they change them every year?

lotta talk about the others in the line. I'm curious about the Flites...just spend the extra $50 and go forces?

Hahah sick. So if the team forces had the same technology as this years forces but just the graphic change. Which would you like the most?

Yeah thats exactly what i was asking. But did they make team forces this year or only team atlas?

i just drew a template and cut them with a band saw. then i sanded them with a circle sander (not sure if that's what it's called) to make them wedges