Highback Bindings are Holding Snowboarders Back

Death to Highbacks!

I had never thought much about the highback binding system growing up… in fact, I embraced them. Crank up the forward lean and hit the mountain. It wasn’t ’til I got into slashing powder stashes and carving freshies that I began to wonder…

Ever since getting more into snowboarding in the backcountry, I have toy’d with the idea of removing the highback from my binding.  I tend to snowboard in a “surf-style”… and the highback seems to go against the whole concept. I was “free” on one side (toe side), but completely locked in and rigid on the other (heel side). I enjoy riding POW because of the freedom you enjoy. So, doesn’t the highback binding stand in the way of true freedom?!

After reading a blog post on Transworld Snowboarding‘s website by Mike Ranquet (“The Theory of No Highbacks by Mike Ranquet“), I am conviced that this is the way to go!

Next season, I will free my mind and  free my body… by clipping my highbacks (or removing them… whatever).

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