Forums Bindings Spark R&D New Spark Binders at the OR Show Viewing 20 posts - 1 through 20 (of 116 total) 1 2 … 6 → Author Posts January 25, 2013 at 5:12 am #578151 buckchow 356 Posts Sorry if this has already been posted, but soft booters, check these new droolworthy pinless binders that Dave Downing was sharing at the Burton booth at OR: January 25, 2013 at 5:16 am #665203 philip.ak 679 Posts Wow. I love it. :guinness: January 25, 2013 at 5:49 am #665204 MHolmes 190 Posts Solid! :headbang: January 25, 2013 at 6:21 am #665205 jcocci 699 Posts Looks pretty good. January 25, 2013 at 6:39 am #665206 ieism 298 Posts Smart ideas again, no more pins. No more climbing wires on your board. So I’m guessing the Edison only needs the 3 inserts for the touring bracket now, that makes DIY a very good option. http://flatlandsplitfest.com/ January 25, 2013 at 7:12 am #665207 Splitinbend 242 Posts Hard to tell from the pics, but are they still sliding onto pucks? January 25, 2013 at 9:45 am #665208 forcierer 2 Posts here’s another pic from TWSnows instagram. shows also a burton landlord split with channels! January 25, 2013 at 3:42 pm #665209 TEX 2486 Posts Wow, that looks great. I really want a set of those and one of the New Burton Nug Raduction Boards. better start mining for dollars. I have the sudden need for new gear :drool: January 25, 2013 at 3:44 pm #665210 chimp 64 Posts They look sweet. A couple of observations: 1. Looks like Burton has adopted EST for their Splits, that’s cool! 2. The interface doesn’t use pucks, it’s an evolution of the Edison that interfaces with EST. Hoping there is a mount that works for factory splits and DIY and solids. 3. With the climbing wires attached to the binder, there is no need for a Voile product on the board, aside from the hooks. If they made clips and hooks then you could have an entire Spark R&D setup. 4. The Edison also had that front toe release mechanism, I wonder how it moves the pin into place to hold it to the touring bracket? The future of Splitboarding looks bright! January 25, 2013 at 3:53 pm #665211 provotrout 130 Posts I played around with it a bit and it does use voile pucks. Noticed a bit of play shifting the locked binding in ride mode fore and aft. Could be an easy fix but something I noticed. Aside from that it looks pretty easy and lightweight. Seems like a solid binder option. January 25, 2013 at 3:54 pm #665212 bcrider 4149 Posts Looks amazing. Super impressed with Will’s designs and innovation. Still build around voile pucks. Just not pins. EST tracks. Bout time, I only told JG that 5,6, or 7 years ago. 🙂 Re the touring brackets. It looks like the pins on the bindings might interface into the bracket from the inside. :thatrocks: Can’t wait to check all the new gear out next week! January 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm #665213 bcrider 4149 Posts Tex, if you’re coming up for the donner split party you’re welcome to demo my Spliff (split version of the nug). January 25, 2013 at 4:02 pm #665214 802smuggler 369 Posts @forcierer wrote: here’s another pic from TWSnows instagram. shows also a burton landlord split with channels! Looks like two pieces of hardware between the bindings. Do the heels lock? January 25, 2013 at 4:06 pm #665215 bcrider 4149 Posts ^^^ guessing since the climbing bars come from the binding to board, the extra piece on the board is for them to come down on, vs directly to the topsheet. January 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm #665216 802smuggler 369 Posts Makes sense…Nice stoke. Really is great to think of life without pins! January 25, 2013 at 4:35 pm #665217 wjb 163 Posts This still uses pucks. I assume the the Edison which looked great on paper was having problems with icing? January 25, 2013 at 4:40 pm #665218 philip.ak 679 Posts Both the pin stubs face to the right. Presumably you slide the stubs into the touring bracket from the left side, and then folding down the toe plate prevents the binding from sliding back to the left. Hopefully it will use the current LT tour bracket because I have a lot of those. The same fold-down toe plate keeps the binding from sliding back off the pucks. So nice. :disco: January 25, 2013 at 5:02 pm #665219 chimp 64 Posts I must have had some hope in my eyes on first glance, but now I see it works on Voile pucks. Damn, I hate those things. Seems if we are evolving into channeled boards we could evolve beyond that puck. I guess it must have been icing too much with the Edison interface. Still a cool looking binding, but it only solves the problem of the pin. If it has a heel lock mechanism then that’s enough innovation to sell me, but the way it stands I’m not sure I want to invest. January 25, 2013 at 5:03 pm #665220 ShredLife 85 Posts @forcierer wrote: those look like a newer touring bracket… looks like less material thru the barrel, so you might be SOL phillip… does anyone know if they actually dropped the Edison for this system or is it just something like edison for puckers? January 25, 2013 at 5:16 pm #665221 KennyG 63 Posts Maybe the channel is to wide for the Edison interface and this is a different binding and we will see the Edison soon. (Wishful thinking!) Viewing 20 posts - 1 through 20 (of 116 total) 1 2 … 6 → You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
