No More Clicker HB bindings from K2...

I'm not sure if anyone noticed (or cared) but K2 got rid of their HB
(highback) Clicker bindings this year. They now just have straps and
the original flat clickers.

I think this is a mistake, since the performance/comfort of the soft
HB boots far exceeded the stiff backed flat plate boots. However, I
guess the market is just not there to support two types of step-ins.
They must figure that if you want comfy boots, you'll go strap, and if
you want step-ins, you're probably a skier convert and don't care
about the boots....no more happy medium!

I don't want to spark a step-in debate here (last thing we need is
another one of those!) but IMHO the clicker HB was the best step-in
system out there. Light, simple, reliable & comfortable ...only
complaint I heard was the snow clogging in the mechanism which
obivously bothered some. For me, it never happened often enough to
outweigh the benefits of a great free-ride setup - easy in, easy out,
real quick transition if you have to kick on those long Vail traverses
and a nice timesaver on the typically short east coast slopes.


Have a good one and pray for early deep snow this winter!

-todd

F2 makes one binding that is step in but with a highback attached to
the binding plate. You'd need Intec softboots. Based on what I've seen
of the Intec hardboot system, I'd tend to think that the softboot
stepin version would be very reliable, secure and responsive. From the
once I tried clickers I seem to recall a touch of slop.

No clue if the bindings rock or suck, or if there are good boots with
that system around.

But, if you really like that sort of setup, it is there.

"Jason Watkins" wrote in message
om...
From the
once I tried clickers I seem to recall a touch of slop.

No clue if the bindings rock or suck, or if there are good boots with
that system around.

But, if you really like that sort of setup, it is there.

I had clicker hb's and loved them for teaching but quit using them this year
because I couldn't find any boots for them. They did have a tremendous
amount of slop. I didn't notice it until I went back to strap bindings.
Boy did my riding improve with a quickness.


--
Kevin Morrison
Donek Snowboards
Northwest Rep
206-227-3073

I had clicker hb's and loved them for teaching but quit using them this
year
because I couldn't find any boots for them. They did have a tremendous
amount of slop. I didn't notice it until I went back to strap bindings.
Boy did my riding improve with a quickness.

I didn't find any slop at all in the HB Clicker Pros. There are several
degrees of adjustment, including bumpers that go underneath the bindings,
and I had just as solid an interface as I have with my current Salomon
Malamute / Salomon SP6 combination. Of course, when they reduced the
number of available boots, I couldn't switch back to straps fast enough...
(now a moot point, I'm in hard boots most often)

"Mike T" wrote in message ...

I didn't find any slop at all in the HB Clicker Pros. There are several
degrees of adjustment, including bumpers that go underneath the bindings,
and I had just as solid an interface as I have with my current Salomon
Malamute / Salomon SP6 combination. Of course, when they reduced the
number of available boots, I couldn't switch back to straps fast enough...
(now a moot point, I'm in hard boots most often)

I'm still looking forward to seeing the "step-in straps" that Ride was
rumored to have next season. I mentioned it in an earlier post, basically
a cross between flows and straps, so it is easier to tweek the binding
mid run (other than flows which limits you to cranking your highback)

-todd