We’re in the process of designing the 2010/11 Union Superpro Binding and we are looking to involve the people who’ve participated in the program for input. We asked readers of The-Tackedbox last March for suggestions and the idea for this years binding emerged out of the back in forth’s. The blogging readers this year ended up building a kick ass Force SL in purple.So we’re looking for idea’s on anything you’d like to see for our Superpro Binding offering for NEXT YEAR. Would you like us to continue on that platform with the Force base and SL high back? Color schemes / themes? Ran-dumb assorted wild style coloring or some euro flouro color scheme? Mix and match or solid? Should we use the Contact base plate instead to make an ultra light clamp? The sky’s the limit, so let it rip. Email me back if you’d like of leave a comment on the site, as this question is being blogged once again. Useful input is appreciated, and the person with the idea that kick starts our heart into next years deal will win a pair of the Force Teams, a binding that only our team dudes and rep riders have.
Thanks in advance for the suggestions.
American Bindings for the American Shop kid. One red and white striped, the other Blue with stars. Charge $25 bucks more and have them made in the US. Contact baseplate, force highback, force straps and buckles.
ReplyDeletecontact binder with a SL highback. mix and match colors.yellow and red,purple and green,green and blue,green and white.personal faves are green and white and dark blue and green. maybe a tie in with Capitas ten year mark and their color scheme for next year? decal the baseplate like you did the force high back last year.
ReplyDeletei think the little things really set these off. buckles, graphic, combo of parts. something that is really unique.
Force baseplate and SL highbacks made from recycled materials to help stop the snow from melting. earth friendy hippie tones. left binding Green Tea, right binding Petrulli oil. Hell make the binding smell like Petrulli. Stiffer ankle straps for laying into the slashes.
ReplyDeleteEco friendly and light weight is a good start.
ReplyDeletePut a cable lock in that shit. Drop one of them little cable lock things in the side of the base plate. Retracto style of course. Cable comes out of one side, combo lock on the other side. Boom! Just enough staying power to deter middle school punks from liftin your shit while you drain a cold one. Probably wouldn’t do much good against a meth head with a philips…but it’s a start.
ReplyDeleteI think using the force/sl combo is still a great fit. As far as theme goes maybe something like high end liquor bottle and packaging (not beer) inspiration to it, like take the purple of this year to the next level and put it in some Crown Royal color trimmed out in gold and ship with one of those crown bags. Then the binding is dialed out in gold and purple and the high backs could have that velvet like material on it as well as some of the straps.
ReplyDeleteI AINT SAYING SHIT AKA F.U.P.M. SUCKA
ReplyDeleteI love the bases of the contacts, that should be used, the problem with the binding is the high backs are super limp and should be beefed up. Also the straps arnt beefy enough to have them be truly pressure point free.
ReplyDeleteAs for colorways ive always been a fan of metallics, not chrome, but metal-esque
Make them joints NINJA TURTLE! All green with a half shell high back and blue, purple, red, orange as the straps. Now I can chugg some ooze and shred like a mutant.
ReplyDeleteyou know what i want bitch!
ReplyDeleteNorthwest edition. One binding Washington, the other Oregon.
ReplyDeletei actually really like jason's idea
ReplyDeleteI think shop kids demand the most out of there bindings so blast them with the most tech features UNION BINDING COMPANY has to offer. The strength of the Force with the board flex of the Contact.
ReplyDelete-Contact Baseplate
-Force/Date Highback Overwraped.
-Extruded Aluminum Heelcup.
-Magnesium Buckles
-Contact Toe Straps
-PU Leather Heel Straps
-Aluminum Hardware
Please do not pick some hippie shit. There are already the Rasta, the Re-Union, and POW’s. For colors just use some OG UNION ORANGE AND BLACK colors, they look good on any (CAPiTA) deck. All black with Orange buckles, EVA foam, hardware, and orange Union logo on heelcup and toe strap. Either that or an all over print of call girl ads.
look deep in the capita archives. maybe something from the first catalog.. who knows.
ReplyDeletebut seriously... let your kids design them.
No I'm not. Fuck off.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see a union binder that has a canted footbed option. My knees hurt. do it do it!
ReplyDeleteLet the kiddies do the graphics. Let 'em get all hopped on caffeine and sugar while wacthing a horror movie, sit em down in front of a nice big piece of paper with crayons/pencils/markers, throw on some metal and tell em to go for it!
ReplyDeleteadjustable cant beds would be killer, as would a contact base paired with the sl h-back and a data/force strap system.
ReplyDelete-j.
Unless the highback can be rotated to be parallel with the board edge for more flexibility when you run angles greater than 15*, I wont even look at another binding besides Burton. That is the single most important feature of Burton bindings and thats what all the other companies are lacking. Make the highback side to side adjustable! Kids--dont waste your time with new bindings just get some 4 yr old Burtons--you'll be better off.
ReplyDeleteur an ass go back to school , the highbacks can be rotated if u want on these so shows u know nothing about snowboarding or bindings, burton sucks ! anyway if u run greater than 15 u should probably learn how to snowboard its just wasted lateral movement makings less powerful movements, unles for alpine on old school boards which is rad , just because u saw shaun white with burton doesnt mean its the best snowboard company ever . wham !
Deletewhat the fuck are you talking about-rotating highbacks is right up there with fwd lean from '88.
ReplyDeleteburtons are recycled shit-the minute it gets cold, their straps crack, buckles jam/break. union is a working man's binder-fuck your euro carving ass.
-j.
nah dude rotating highbacks is ALL THAT FUCKING MATTERS EVER
ReplyDeleteAND COaL DOESNT SEEM TO HAVE ANY JESTER HATS IN OTHER WORDS FUCKEM
AND CAPiTAH HAS ZERO DICKSHAPED BOARDS SHALL I CONTINUE?
FUCK EM ALL FUCK ALL YALL
THE FUTURE IS SHIFTIES AND CARHARTTS AND LEIN DRACULAE NOT DRESSING LIKE DRACULA I AM FULLY WITH GARAGE GUY
CD'S GET SCRATCHED TOO EASY STICK WITH TAPES KIDS
GARAGE GUY KNOWS THAT IF YOU DONT ALIGN YOUR GOD DAMNED HIBACKS WITH THE MOTHER FUCKING EDGE OF YOUR COCK SUCKIN BOARD THAT YOUR SHITTY FUCKING LEGS WILL SNAG ON THE HIBACKS DURING MO THER FUCK ING TWEAKS
AND TWEAKING IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT ISNT THAT RIGHT DAMIAN
YES IT IS
NOT SURE WHAT I WAS DOING IN THOSE HARDBOOTS LAST YEAR SALLBOUT TWEAKING
FUCK
WAIT I'M SORRY DID YOU SAY YOUR BACK BINDING IS LESS THAN 15 DEGREES? YOU FOOL. YOU GOD DAMNED FOOL.
WE NEED HIGHBACKS WE CAN LINE UP WITH OUR FUCKING EDGES WHILE WEARING TRIGGERMITTS AND HEYYYYYYYYYYYY KIDS SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING
FORGET ABOUT STRAPS
FORGET ABOUT THEM BUCKLE SHITS
IT IS ALL I REPEAT ALL ABOUT YOUR HIGHBACKS
KIDS
DO YOU HAVE A GARAGE NO YOU DONT
YOU ARE KIDS
YOU NEED SOME FUCKING MAN SHIT YOU NEED A GARAGE
RESPECT YOUR ELDERS
GARAGE GUY FOR PREZ IN 88
what the fuck are you talking about-elders?
ReplyDeleteyou can take the pj out of my basement and rotate the highbacks on that asym piece of shit that was given to me by the joker (mike's a good dude for the record).
elders... wow, that's ''core cute".
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MY FUCKING TALKING ABOUTS? I AM URGING YOU TO FOLLOW THE GOSPEL OF GARAGE GUY. HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE KIDS. LIKE TRICK DADDY AND OL DIRTY. THE FUCK? ELDERS BRO: RESPECT EM. GARAGE GUY.
ReplyDeleteI ALWAYS HAD JACOBY AS THE ROB ROSKOPP OF SNOW. NO IDEA WHY. WAS IT THE VOICE? MY ONLY CONTACT WITH HIM WAS WHEN HE DID A FARMER SPIT SNOT ROCKET ON A CAT TRACK AND WE WERE GOING THE EXACT SAME SPEED (I DIDNT NEED NO ASYM SHIT BUT I WILL CHECK WITH GARAGE GUY TO SEE IF I SHOULDA HAD IT) AND WE JUST HAD TO KIND OF STARE STRAIGHT AT EACHOTHER. WE BOTH REGULAR BUT I WAS FAKIE. CANNOT GO FAKIE ON A PEEJAY. CARVE CARVE CARVE NO SLIDE EVEN IF ITS ICY, SURE, BUT NO FAKIE. IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR BOTH OF US. FARMER SPIT IS LIKE SMELLING YOUR UNDERWEAR I THINK WE ALL DO IT BUT NOBODY LIKES TO BE REMINDED.
I DO NOT FORGET THESE THINGS. JACOBY: FARMER SPIT ON A CAT TRACK TO 2 MINUTE STARING AT EACHOTHER.
BUT BACK TO THE LECTURE AT HAND: IF YOU ARE AT ALL INVOLVED IN HIGH MOTHERFUCKING BACKS WHAT DO NOT FUCKING ROTATE TO ALIGN WITH YOUR EDGES YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME BECAUSE THAT IS THE SINGLE. MOST. IMPORTANT FEATURE OF A GOD DAMN BINDING. HOLES FOR MOUNTING BOLTS?--WORTHLESS. RATCHETS?--RETARDED MASTURBATION. IT IS ALL I REPEAT ALL ABOUT THE FUCKING ABILITY TO ROTATE YOUR FUCKING HIGHBACKS. EXPECIALLY IF YOUR REAR FOOT IS MORE THAN FIFTEEN DEGREES. MCGILL TUCK KNEESTYLE. FUCK. WHY DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THIS?
GARAGE GUY. FAMILIARIZE YOURSELV. HE IS THE GOD DAMN GUY IN THE FUCKING GARAGE. FUCK.
haha... dipshit. i rotate by backs-chill the fuck out. and ease up on the drink while cap us all out on your font.
ReplyDeleteGARAGE DOORS. GARAGE DOOR GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT HIGHBACK, GARAGE DOOR GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT HIGHBACK. FAUX MINI-NEIGHBORHOOD-VANDAL-SPRAYPAINT SAYS "OVER FIFTEEN DEGREES" WITH AN ARROW POINTING TO THE SIDES. REST OF THE BINDING PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE A GARAGE...SIDES HAVE A HEDGE, STRAPS HAVE ASPHALT ROOFING, SIDING PAINTED ON THERE.
ReplyDeleteFor extreme pleasure: My version of super pro Union Bindings are: Contact Baseplate, Force SL Highback, Force straps (leather, super cushy), data footbed(cushy) add some rad new ratchets(like the inverter logo ratchet. As far as appeareance goes. Use the default UNION STICKER LOGO pasted all over. Just go with the stock UNION orange (classic)... You can call these the SUPER LOGOS! peas... make em!
ReplyDeleteI ROTATE THEM SHITS SO FAR I HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE BOLTS OUT AND CRAM THE HIBACKS UNDER MY TOESTRAPS LOOKIN LIKE KOFLACH FUCKIN GNU SHIT ATTENTION KIDS ITS ALL YOU NEED YOU DONT NEED THIS SHIT KIDS
ReplyDeleteHEY KIDS COME HERE WANT SOME CANDY
I GOT A GARAGE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT
AND BY THAT I MEAN CRAMMING BODIES IN THE WALLS
KOFLACH-U YA YORKSHAJENSKS
FUCK
ReplyDeleteATTN KIDS I HAVE A CORRECTION:
JUST OUT IN THE GARAGE FIXING ON MY HAM RADIO AND BEATING OFF TO MY SUSANNA HOFFS* POSTER WHEN I REALIZED THAT KOFLACH IS THE PINK BOOTS AND THE BINDINGS IM THINKING ON IS ELFGENS. FUCKIN STUPID BASEBALLTONGUE PLASTIC SHOEHORN ASS FUCKIN ALWAYS ON THE STUPID TOMBSTONE IRONING BOARD GNUS: ELFGENS. I HOPE JONATHAN ELFGEN IS DEAD AND GONE BECAUSE THOSE FUCKING THINGS SUCKED. I NEVER HAD THEM BUT THEY SUCKED SO BAD TO LOOK AT. QUITE FRANKLY I WOULDNT EVEN CONSIDER A GNU BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS ON THERE. FUCK THOSE THINGS AND ANYONE WHO HAD THEM.
KIDS: UNIONS ARE THE NEW ELFGENS.
*MAY HAVE BEEN THE BURT REYNOLDS POSTER WHO KNOWS
Unions are the new Perogies.
ReplyDeletemake the highbacks look like a beer can, but of course with Union style...
ReplyDeletecheers! ;)
team up with fanta for some all orange fanta-ness, contact baseplate, sl highback, force straps with some more cush and make some buckles like the airpill ones, only the fanta leaf
ReplyDeleteyou know what i think? the sl back is working good, and keep the same binding structure. but as for color, charge an extra 50 bucks and let people customize them. any color(s) they want on the binding and straps
ReplyDeletefreddie kreuger graphic on an sl/contact combo
ReplyDeletelets see some wings and an ankle strap that doesn't fall apart in two weeks. i'm honestly considering switching out my union straps for burton and that hurts my soul.
ReplyDeleteanonymous posting is for pussieys.
ReplyDeletealso: it's crazy to read what one wrote when one was smoking sherm. Goddamn I'm on some SHIT sometimes!
yall aint knowing aka yallrsome knownots holy shit wtf study study learn learn
SAME AZIT EVERWUZ...
i have two pairs... in excellent shape! k.kwon83@gmail.com ill take offers..
ReplyDeleteMake a graffiti binding. Use bold colors - eg purple and orange with some red and purple thrown in. Take some cues from this sick background image here. The ankle straps and toe straps could be orange and purple, respectively, on one and purple and orange on the other, or blue and red on the other. Don't make the straps multi-color that would look juvenile. The union logo would look sweet all large and graffiti style on the back of a highback.
ReplyDeleteIf it's done well, it could look really good.
I like the Contact baseplate / SL highback combo. Leather straps of course. Magnesium buckles.
I'm a little confused by this contest because there's no dates on any posts... "NEXT YEAR" meaning 2011/2012? Did I just comment on a contest from a year ago? Gee I hope I win.
ReplyDeleteYear late, binding short chief.
ReplyDeleteWhere's this year's contest?
ReplyDeleteYear late, but worth revisiting to read those comments.
ReplyDeleteI vote for the garage theme, complete with shingles and hedges. Holy shit...
FK Throwback !? Love the bloggointerwebopsphear.
ReplyDeleteNever forget, regurgitate. I got permanent walnuts on my instep from those fuckn' Hellfgen Gayneu binders. Hoo needs highbacks? Screw 'em to your chain wallet or hold 'em in your hand for extra carve traction. Howbout a Elfgen replica torture model.
PS:AMan sumau best work. I'm stayn' nyon.
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