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New season, new Salomon boots and bindings

Saturday, 11. 7. 2009  –  Category: Snowboarding

Last season I picked up a new snowboard - the K2 Believer. I’ve just added to the new set-up with new boots and bindings - Salomon F22 boots and Salomon Relay Thruster bindings.

I realised last season that both boots and bindings were feeling quite soft and not giving me the precise control I was [...]

Salomon Dialogue snowboard boots

Monday, 11. 27. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

I got a pair of Salomon Dialogue’s last season, and having just given them another outing thought I’d review them here.
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Billed as a freestyle boot, the Dialogue’s also fair well free riding with a reasonably stiff flex. The [...]

Salomon Transfer snowboard

Saturday, 01. 7. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

Following my old snowboard going AWOL after falling off a bubble lift in Chamonix, I took out a Salomon Transfer 160 on hire for a few days.

Salomon SPX44 bindings

Friday, 01. 6. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

A great beginner to intermediate binding. Soft enough to be forgiving, get allowing plenty of room to progress with these.
Top feature is the Salomon fast-fit toe strap which never comes fully un-done. Simply push it down, fasten tightly and lash teh ankle strap as standard and you’re away.
Wore these with Salomon Dialogue boots [...]

Salomon W4 snowboard

Thursday, 01. 5. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

A good all moutain board.
Stiff flex, great for holding long carved turns.
Wider than average, great for cruising on powder and keeping your heels and toes on the board and not jabbing into the piste causing more face-plants than strictly necessary.