Howdy to all those others in the fine and less popular side of snowboarding. I am Adam Casanova, I am a pro racer and a long time bomber friend and fan. I have raced on many diferent kinds of boards but only one binding. Why? As you all know the original trench diggers are the MOST durable bindings in the world. I weigh 220lbs and hit my equipment twice as hard as any normal rider would, this means I break a lot of stuff. I have raced on the originals for over six years andhave only had the two pairs I bought at the beggining of those years. I pent a month trying to BREAK the TD2s, the best I could do was a very small bend, that spot and the rest of the plate was beafed up because of that. If yo think you can damage these new bindings I dare you to try. Trust me you can't.
OK, now you know that I really do know the equipment. Last season I had the great privalidge of assisting Fin with the R&D on the TD2s and I was instantly impressed, so much so that I went to my last races on them. Quite simply they are great. They give you rgeatly improved edge control and ,believe it or not, better energy transfer to the snow. As a racer this means I can go faster, cool. Now I know most of you are not racers so going fast is not your most important concern. This is what is important for everyone so it gets it's own paragraph.
READ THIS PART EVEN IF YOU DON'T READ THE REST!!!
The TD2 binding has a REVOLUTIONARY suspention design. Think of riding like driving a car. If your car has NO suspention the cornering is scary, but equally if youv got old sloppy suspention cornering is also scary. Now compare the clasic TDs (may they rest in peace) to no suspention and everyone's favorite burton bindings to the old sloppy car comfy, sure but bad.
Now think of your favorite sports car, the suspention is stif but forgiving while mantaining a constant control aven when you hit the inevitable pot hole. I have now spent a total of about thirty days (last year and this) on the TD2s and the thing that stands out the most is when I HIT A BUMP THAT WOULD HAVE TOSSED ME IN THE PAST I WAS ABLE TO ROLL OVER IT WITHOUT EVEN ANY REAL COCERN. Amazing it's like butter on the hill even at the end of the day when the grooming is just a faiding memory and you quads are gone you can still lay dow and KISs MOTHER EARTH.
In closing I have to say THANK YOU FIN, THANKS THANKS THANKS.
