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Ride Slimebacks

Ride Slimeback 2013 Snowboard Binding: Ride is officially making our Innovation Watch for 2013. Ride is going all out with a feature they have deemed their "Slimeback." Basically this is a binding featuring a full urethane highback. This allows for a super flexy and soft highback. A park riders dream binding, the Ride Slimebacks are only part of Ride Snowboards 2013 innovations. They are also featuring a "slimewall" sidewall and "pop rods" in some of their 2013 snowboards. Below is a photo of the Ride Slimebacks, you'll have to check back later for more info on the Nitro Slimewalls.

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Gnu Impossible Asym Snowboard

Gnu A.S.S. Impossible 2013 Snowboard: As Gnu and the people at Mervin have been driving innovation more than almost any company it almost seems silly for us to have to mention them on our Innovation Watch but we just can't help ourselves. They continue to simply put out unbelievable products. 2013 will see Gnu releasing the Asym Sym Sync, aka Impossible aka A.S.S. Pickle. The 2013 Gnu Impossible is a truly asymmetrical board designed with how riders move in mind. The board features an elongated toe side edge and shortened heel side edge along with deeper heelside sidecut and a mellower toeside sidecut. These features make edge transitions a breeze. This board is designed to practically steer for you. Check this video from WWSRA.

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Gnu 2013 Mutant Backdor Binding

Gnu Mutant 2013 Snowboard Binding: We realize it would have made sense to put all our Gnu Innovation Watch posts together but getting a new blog every day is just so much more exciting. Here we have the 2013 model of the Gnu Mutant Snowboard Binding. Featuring a two strap system with a toe cap while keeping rear-entry functionality, these bindings are sick. They have full ratchets allowing you to use the binding however you want. The toe strap also received some modifications making it more conforming and comfortable to ride. It's the 2013 Gnu Mutant binding and here's a video!

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Gnu Metal and Velvet Guru

Gnu Metal Guru and Velvet Guru: Here is yet another Gnu innovation Watch. These guys just keep killing it year after year so we're gonna keep exploring their new product lines. These boards are the Gnu 2013 Metal Guru and the Gnu 2013 Velvet Guru. We could tell you all about their hybrid camber and Gnu's EC2, how they make riding them a dream and how you would be crazy to not check them out. But instead, we'll let you watch a video from one of the Gnu reps.

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Rome Targa Bindings

Rome Targe 2013 Snowboard Binding: Time for an Innovation Watch on the 2013 version of the Rome Targa Bindings, a perennial favorite in the snowboard binding world. This year they are all about the cant. These bindings actually have three canting options in three different degrees including a pre-installed cant. Even their footbed is pumping out the cant sporting their motto "yes I cant". If puns aren't enough to make you like a binding, how about one of the only bindings around that actually pays attention to the little things like your straps being in the way when you try and put your boot into the binding. Rome once again has rubber straps to pull the ankle strap out and away from the binding leaving nothing in your way to quickly throw your boot in and tighten the straps back down. Oh and of course they come with ankle strap inserts to adjust stiffness. The tech on these bindings just doesn't seem to stop. Lots of photos inside the blog, take a look!

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Flow M9 and M11 Binding

Flow M9 and Flow M11 2013 Snowboard Binding: It's time for another Innovation Watch with Flow. Here we are looking at the 2013 Flow M9, M9 se, and M11 bindings. The 2013 Flow M9 se will feature the new two strap system with toe cap which is an absolute killer design, the 2013 Flow M9 and Flow M11 will feature the traditional strap design by Flow with a few marked improvements. Check out the video, it covers the differences between the highbacks, baseplate construction and strap design on the Flow M9, M9 se and the Flow M11. Needless to say we are very excited about the 2013 Flow binding line!

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2013 Snowboard Products

We got to see so many different and exciting products coming out in 2013 that we decided we should simply put out a collage of some of the most exciting stuff we saw. In this photo you'll spot things like the 2013 Flow Maverick with ABT, 2013 Lib Tech Horsepower, 2013 Flow NX2 geaturing their new strap design, 2013 Rome Hammerhead and so much more. It's looking like 2013 is going to be an exciting year for the snowboard industry!

 

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Rome's The Shank 2013 Snowboard

Rome is debuting The Shank 2013 snowboard this coming year and this thing is loaded with new tech. That means it's time for an Innovation Watch. This board will keep you killing the park and streets all day and night. Highlighting Rome's new "No Hang Ups Rocker" design, this board is a scary fun new combination of flat rock with an odd twist on rockered contact points. Get the full break down of Rome's 2013 Shank snowboard here!

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Gnu's 2013 Snowboard Line

As part of the Wiredsport team I was lucky enough to be able to attend the 2013 SIA Show in Denver, CO and Winter Park, CO at the end of January. This is where companies debut all of their new products for next season and allow retailers to demo the gear and decide what they would like to carry for next year. As a huge supporter of Mervin Manufacturing I dedicated a fair amount of my time to their tent. Let me just say this was time well spent. Check out a review on a couple of their new products in this blog.

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Wakeboard Boots: Open Vs Closed Toe

Wakeboard Bindings, a product that has been the subject of an explosion in technological advancements in recent years. One of these is the rise of the closed toed boot. But what's the advantage of these, or is there even an advantage to them? Just like with most alternate designs there are indeed positives to the closed toed boots, but there are also positives to the traditional opened toed boots as well. This will quickly break down a couple of the main advantages and disadvantages of each.

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