My new favorite binding. The Burton C02 EST binding is like having little Herman Miller Aeron chair's for your feet! And just as comfortable as an Aeron chair too. The highback has tensioned mesh across the back, combined with enough flex in the highback to optimize riding comfort while staying responsive. Think of having a tennis racket pressed against the back of your leg (instead of a relentlessly rigid plate of carbon fiber).
In addition, underfoot you have a combination or different foams in between your boot and your board that absorbs vibration while at the same time giving you great edge feel. Better edge feel equals better edge control.
The bindings also feature the 'Channel', which is an innovative way to mount the bindings to the board. You mount with just two screws for each binding. Super quick and easy to adjust. My only issue is that the channel only allows a max of 26 degrees on the front foot, and while riding 26 degrees is ok with me - I lose all the adjustability otherwise. For example if I want to be able to adjust the binding from side to side to center between the edges, I would have to back off the angle to gain the adjustability. As i'm not riding -less- than 26 degrees, i forfeit the 'infinite' adjustability. Aside from that I love the system. Overall Burton has taken the soft binding to the next level.
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