2013/2014 Thread

I looked and didn't see a thread yet so here it is.

Snowboardermag.com
Seen at SIA 2013 - Day One
Seen at SIA 2013 - Day Two
Seen at SIA 2013 - Day 3

Transworld Snowboarding
2014 Snowboarding Gear Preview From SAI Snow Show


Some 2013/2014 Catalogs
zuzupopo


Post pictures if you have seen any!

2013/2014 Drake Team Board

2014 Drake (L to R)
Lowdown, DF2, DF2 wide, Team and DF1

Another shot of the Drake Team with 2013/2014 Drake Reloads

Antti Autti with the 13/14 Green Battle

hows that bananna shaped board going to work... that should be super interesting. i wonder what its purpose will be...

Looks like a pretty cool year, might have to retire the old 09 sierra crew.

Lib Tech


Burton





K2


Smith/Poler Colab


Union

Slash

More Union

Capita

Nitro

DC

Thanks for the post chillwill!

Not sure if this is true but some 2014 Forum boards

@woodhomie 2nd row that can't be the 2014 line up for the Contracts? though production would cease cause of Burton decision and they got the word Hoe as a gardening tool instead of using the word "Ho". thought I point that out.

Nitro

Burton

Polar

Click-in binding systems are back! Well, at least for 1 splitboard model. Here's what turned up when I searched for that K2 UltraSplit http://business.transworld.net/117611/features/meet-k2s-kwicker-the-step-in-split-board-binding-system/





Apparently the kit comes with boots, bindings, crampons, and the board and skins

Analog catalog is up! http://www.zuzupopo.com/xe/index.php?mid=catalog&category=50346

If they want to make them hardboots, then make them hardboots and eliminate the plates!  Did you do your baldface trip yet scorer?

The Kwicker system is interesting.  You can't say that K2 did not put a lot of thought into it.  As far as skinning goes I don't really see that being a problem with what I saw.  The boot seems to be fairly neutral.  It doesn't have a big stiff high back shank in it either. 

The biggest problem is that you are stuck with the forward lean of the boot.  There are not any options to change it.  That and you are stuck with one boot.

As far as the interface itself goes.  The clicker platform has been modded and looks much more burly and better at snow clearing than before.  As far as the interface to the board itself goes, it's awfully damn simple.  Super quick and easy to to change out.  It should be the easiest and quickest system to use.  Once you are practiced with it.  You also can't step into the bindings until they are properly set.  Which I think is a great way to design it.

Not sold on the system, but you can't say K2 is not trying to up the game here.  A lot of how that interface works would work as a more traditional binding too.

Other interesting products they had.  A shovel that you can convert the shaft into a full strength Ice Axe.  That was pretty slick.  they also had three section poles that were slam collapse and collapsed to a very small length  Good for those of us rocking air bags.  Of course the slam feature worked great on the floor at the convention center.  Not so sure about deep powdery snow.  I like what they are trying to do, not entirely sure about in the field use on that one. 

I might get lucky and get a chance to demo the step in system.  We'll see.

Overall, I really liked what Spark is doing with their Magneto binding.  Uses the best features of the Edison, but works with the Voile pucks.  Simple.  The new heel risers and pinless setup is really nice.  Will is starting to really shine with his gear designs these days.

Originally posted by killclimbz The Kwicker system is interesting.  You can't say that K2 did not put a lot of thought into it.  As far as skinning goes I don't really see that being a problem with what I saw.  The boot seems to be fairly neutral.  It doesn't have a big stiff high back shank in it either.  The biggest problem is that you are stuck with the forward lean of the boot.  There are not any options to change it.  That and you are stuck with one boot. As far as the interface itself goes.  The clicker platform has been modded and looks much more burly and better at snow clearing than before.  As far as the interface to the board itself goes, it's awfully damn simple.  Super quick and easy to to change out.  It should be the easiest and quickest system to use.  Once you are practiced with it.  You also can't step into the bindings until they are properly set.  Which I think is a great way to design it. Not sold on the system, but you can't say K2 is not trying to up the game here.  A lot of how that interface works would work as a more traditional binding too. Other interesting products they had.  A shovel that you can convert the shaft into a full strength Ice Axe.  That was pretty slick.  they also had three section poles that were slam collapse and collapsed to a very small length  Good for those of us rocking air bags.  Of course the slam feature worked great on the floor at the convention center.  Not so sure about deep powdery snow.  I like what they are trying to do, not entirely sure about in the field use on that one.  I might get lucky and get a chance to demo the step in system.  We'll see. Overall, I really liked what Spark is doing with their Magneto binding.  Uses the best features of the Edison, but works with the Voile pucks.  Simple.  The new heel risers and pinless setup is really nice.  Will is starting to really shine with his gear designs these days.

Good info Gary. I have not seen the system in person so i'm obviously just speculating based on a few small videos and what i've interpreted in reading about it.

Totally agree on the Sparks!!!!

Dragon Nike coloab

Burton

Capita

Flux Whitesnake


Some GNU boards


GNU Street


Holden Jackets


Jones Hovercraft


Jeremy Jones Splitboard Binding System


Kwiker step in boots/bindings from K2


World Wide Weapon, Raygun, Playback and Brigade snowboards from K2

Binder designs and colour ways looks sick this year.
That rome 390 is looking baws~~! 

Originally posted by robnezz23 re: the Kwicker K2 system, and hardboot splitboarding in general, after my recent backcountry trip I got talking with the buddy I went up with. (Disclaimer up front: he's a skier) Anyways he got to talking about how he sees splitboarding going the way of hardboots in the future. What are your thoughts? He mentioned that a current top-of-the-line skiing backcountry setup is much lighter, versatile, quicker, and easier than the current best offering splitboarding setup. To which I replied that yes that's probably true because of the soft boot and heavy binding combination, because snowboard boots are way more comfortable than ski boots. His response was Well, yep that's what snowboarding has always been about: style and comfort. Meanwhile, a small plastic ski binding-type thing is efficient, light, durable and doesn't get snow jammed in it. Essentially, his viewpoint boiled down to the fact that since snowboarders care so much about comfort and style, we sacrifice a lot in terms of weight, simplicity, and efficiency. (Sidebar: then he capped it off by saying if I wanted to partner with him and come up with a ski-binding type of snowboard setup, he'd be down to invest!) It seems to make sense to me, but just wanted to throw it out there to see what others thought, esp those who have been backcountry riding more than just once (me)

There are already hardboot set ups for splitboards, so that is not a new concept. I have not tried hardboot set-up so i can't comment too much, perhaps KillClimbz has...
The only real benefit i see from a hardboot set-up is while side-hilling. Being able to use that extra support to set your edge could be a nice thing. But hardboots... yuck! If you read over on splitboard.com, many of the guys who have converted from soft to hard have nothing but high praise to say in favor of hardboots.

Oh, sorry didn't mean to sound like it was a new concept because yes I know that there are hardboot splitboard setups out there. We were just looking to improve drastically on the current design. Anyways, if it's not a typo, it's interesting what you say: "If you read over on splitboard.com, many of the guys who have converted from soft to hard have nothing but high praise to say in favor of hardboots." That really interests me, enough to want to try it out one of these days.

(sorry I can only quote the last post still, so have to do the " " workaround)

The new Ride Buckwild snowboard, RFL boot and Rodeo binding


Ride Rock Boa snowboard boot


Ride Buck up snowboard


Hawaii print inspired Rome 390 snowboard bindings


Rome Butterknife snowboard


Rome The Stomp snowboard boots


Rossignol snowboard bindings

man that k2 lifted baseline is weird, kinda curious as to how it will ride. seems like the center section would just press down to the snow and create a huge non-contact section out of the flat on the tips.

Originally posted by woodhomie1996 Do you think that it will hurt or help Nitro with the change of Raiden bindings to Nitro?

I think it would probably be a little better for business for the bindings.  Just for the simple fact that more people are familiar with the Nitro brand. 

I would think that some people would be hesitant to buy Raiden bindings, thinking it is a smaller company,  because they don't know Raiden is Nitro.

And the people who are already a fan of Raiden aren't going to stop liking the bindings just because of the name change.

Maybe it will be easier and cheaper for Nitro as far as promoting and advertising their bindings.

Might be similar to Burton getting rid of Forum as a means to restructure the Burton brand.

KS Snowboards



Switchback Bindings


Burton

Originally posted by cds4288 I have been looking everywhere for Ride's new line up but i can't find anything. I am ecpecially looking for the Buckwild and Machete designs for 2014. Where would those be at? I didn't notice them on here yet.

Could only find a couple pics of Rides new lineup.

Ride top sheets, left to right..Ride Crook 152, Ride Machete 155, Ride Machete GT 154, Ride Baretta 145

Bases


Buckwild

The ultralight Union Gigi Rüf Contact Pro snowboard bindings


Union

The new Capita decks are looking pretty dope. Are there any better shots of the Union line?