For the past seven years, the Union Binding Company has been dedicated to crafting that connection—flawlessly uniting snowboard and rider through next-level comfort and technology, progressive performance and dependable, durable components. They are an independent brand founded on supplying snowboarders with the best bindings on the planet. Product has always come first and they build it for snowboarders who thrash their gear and expect it to survive. Check their 2013 colleciton!!!

What is different for 2013? New ideas, new materials, new technologies?

• We have a few new models, new high back designs, improved straps, more sizes, etc…

Any new models in 2013 collection?

• Charger, Mini-Flite, Legacy and Rosa

What is the most excited thing/model in upcoming collection? Why?

• Contact and Milan and why, well because they are pretty incredible with all new Fusion Highbacks.

Is your 2013 line more freeride or freestyle oriented?

• We have something for everyone.

Any special dumping/impact system for softer landings?

• Injected Eva on all the bindings, minimal contact with board.

Flexibility?

• We have the entire spectrum of flex covered. If you like a soft, reverse camber board and want the best binding to go with that, Contact is for you. If you ride stiff cambered boards, and like to haul ass, go with the new Charger binding. That is the stiffest binding in our line.

Did you do improvements with weight of the bindings?

• Union bindings are already the lightest conventional binding on the market, but we always try to find ways to make the bindings even lighter.

Special prints, colorways?

• From all black to bright neon colors, we have a little bit of everything. We have some new highbacks that allow us to do larger and better quality prints on them.

Any new or different straps?

• Updated buckles and straps across the board.

Will we something new in 2013 collection with highbacks?

• All new “Fusion” highbacks in Contact and Milan, for better lateral tweakability in any temparature.

Will we find any eco friendly bindings in 2013 collection? What is the difference between ecofriendly binding and a  normal one?

• We don’t have any eco friendly bindings as such, but we are trying to use eco and recycled materials across the line.

What makes you different from other brands?

• Union is 100% devoted to making the best bindings on the planet. Every part of the process, from pioneering new materials to CNC machining a new baseplate, is done in-house with zero outsourcing. Every single piece of a Union binding is therefore completely exclusive to Union – you can’t find it anywhere else.

• The result is the strength, safety, security, and confidence of a lifetime warranty on all baseplates and heelcups.

Can you sum up your 2013 Binding collection in one sentence please.

• STRONGER.