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Eiki Helgason photo: Cyril Muller
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Switchback bindings are more than just bindings, they’re a modular snowboard binding system designed to fit every riding style and color palette. With a buffet of baseplate, highback, strap and padding performance options, custom color configurations and a tool-less interchangeable design, Switchback simply changes the way you strap in. Scope what kinds of setups our pro team runs or configure your own, because getting in and getting down is all up to you.
Wrapback
Noback
CUSTOM CURATION 6
Base
FL
ST
Flatback
Eames Strap
C Pad
Midback
Miller Strap
Jib Pad
ST Pad
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GLOW IN THE DARK Turn of the lights and discover our new glow in the dark binding parts.
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Halldor Helgason photo: Andy Wright
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Halldor is a rockstar. And just like real rockstars can play all kinds of instruments, Halldor can shred all types of terrain. He tuned his binding setup with Wrapbacks for optimum flex and control offered by the calf-cupping highback design that aids airtime and proper presses. The Wrapbacks also feature adjustable forward
lean for when he wants to turn up or down the response. He put the plumply padded Jib Pads underfoot to suck up icy, flat landings and the Eames straps for their molding properties and powerful feel. What’s more? The paint splatter camo and orange matches his pro model Lobster board, too.
HALLDOR HELGASON PRO MODEL 12
JIB Pad - Eames Strap - Wrapback
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How Eiki has grown to be a master of shredding from a small island in the North Atlantic is beyond us. But his riding is versatile and speaks volumes. He designed his bindings with Flatbacks so he can get super tweaked and pressed up for grabs and jibs, or get surfy in pow. The Flatback also has adjustable forward lean for more aggressive jump and backcountry riding. He put
Jib Pads on them for their extra thick cushioning properties that to reduce the sting of big drops and hard, flat landings. The Miller straps give him the lightweight, snug and flexible feel he likes. They come finished with underwater space world graphics and glow-in-the-dark pieces to match his glow-in-the-dark pro model Lobster board for lighting up those late night sessions.
EIKI HELGASON PRO MODEL 14
JIB Pad - Miller Strap - Flatback
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Jager Bailey is a young Jedi who’s grown from jib antics into a powerful, respected technical snowboarder who roams the snowy streets and parks. He put the ST highbacks on them for stable ankle support and all-out tweakability. Jager runs a wide, duck stance so he went with C Pads
for their canted design that alleviates stresses on his knees and joints while still providing plenty of padding for big hits. He finished them off with Miller Straps for their pre-curved fit and slight stretch, and went with a hunter green color scheme.
JAEGER BAILEY PRO COMBO 16
C Pad - Miller Strap - ST Highback
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Gulli arranged these bindings for maximum tweakage and padding for serious urban shredding. He chose the thicker Jib Pads to cushion big drops and flat landings as well as give them an overall comfy ride. He chose Midbacks
for their range of motion and skate-like feel. The Miller straps give them a snug fit with a slight bit of suspension and a soft, consistent flex. Oh yeah, and he did some black and red color swapping for a classic metal look.
GULLI GUDMUNDSSON PRO COMBO 18
Jib Pad - Miller Strap - Midback
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Ethan Morgan is part of the new breed of powerful, talented and versatile riders. He needs a binding that can ride as hard as he does wherever he does. He put Wrapbacks on his set because they have adjustable forward lean and the wrapping portion adds extra support for big
jumps and proper presses. The ST pads supply enough cushioning without compromising board feel and reactivity. He went with Eames straps for their deluxe comfort and direct control and wrapped them in a super sick fresh bile color way that glows in the dark.
ETHAN MORGAN PRO COMBO 20
ST Pad - Eames Strap - Wrapback
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Kevin built his bindings around the backcountry freestyle riding he pursues. It’s powerful, yet soft in the right spots. He gave them ST padding for maximum edge-to-edge response and underfoot control. He added Flatback highbacks for their adjustable forward lean, ergonomic asymmetrical
design for a comfortable fit, and near flat shape for mobility to tweak and get surfy without losing out on power transfer and control when he needs it. The Eames Straps complete the custom combo with their boot molding build of EVA, leather and neoprene for a snug fit.
KEVIN SANSALONE PRO COMBO 22
St Pad - Eames Strap - Flatback
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Jaeger Bailey photo: Jeff Baker
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WMNS NO. 1
Our women’s specific bindings feature small and medium sized baseplates and Midback highbacks to better fit female boots. The combo offers plenty of response without dreaded calf-bite found in other larger binding platforms. We line them with ST pads for their versatility and blend of cushioning and response and offer them in more feminine color schemes. This first version has Miller straps for a more flexible and form fitting feel.
ST Pad - Eames Strap - Midback
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WMNS NO. 2
Our women’s specific bindings feature small and medium sized baseplates and Midback highbacks to better fit female boots. The combo offers plenty of response without dreaded calf-bite found in other larger binding platforms. We line them with ST Pads for their versatility and blend of cushioning and response and offer them in more feminine color schemes. This second version has Eames Straps for a more powerful and responsive feel without skimping on comfort.
ST Pad - Miller Strap - Midback
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PARK BINDING
We configured them with the Miller Straps for their soft and smooth flex for tweaked grabs and presses, but when really rallied the outer strap layer gives the support you need to snap off lips and stick landings. The thicker Jib Pads can suck up heavy stomps and flat landings, too. We put the Jib Pad on it so the thick EVA padding can suck up heavy stomps and flat landings. The ST Highback is symmetrical so there are no surprises when riding switch and it has a solid dose of flex for a playful feel. The Noback insert is included for those that like to get real loose.
Jib Pad - Miller Strap - ST Highback
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ALL MNTN BINDING
Our All Mountain Binding has a more responsive build than our Park Binding, but that’s not to say it can’t take a lap through the park now and then. We put the C Pad over the baseplate for maximum response, bump absorption and improved ergonomics. The Eames Strap provides a locked and loaded feel for high speeds and aggressive riding with a boot-cupping comfortable fit. Its FL highback has a pre-rotated shape so it doesn’t bite your calves, but still offers precise control where you need it. And we also include Noback inserts for those pow days when the surf ’s up.
C Pad - Eames Strap - FL Highback
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1516 COMPLETE BINDINGS HALLDOR HELGASON PRO MODEL Jib Pad - Eames Strap - Wrapback
JAEGER BAILEY COMBO
C Pad - Miller Strap - ST Highback
WMNS NO 1
ST Pad - Miller Strap - Midback
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GULLI GUDMUNDSSON COMBO Jib Pad - Miller Strap - Midback
WMNS NO 2
ST Pad - Eames Strap - Midback
A full overview of bindings for the 1516 season including Pro Models, Pro Combos, completes and components to create your own. With thousands of combinations in performance, color and size, your dream binding is only a few clicks away.
EIKI HELGASON PRO MODEL Jib Pad - Miller Strap - Flatback
ETHAN MORGAN COMBO
ST Pad - Eames Strap - Wrapback
PARK COMBO
JIB Pad - Miller Strap - ST Highback
KEVIN SANSALONE COMBO ST Pad - Miller Strap - Flatback
ALL MNTN COMBO
C Pad - Eames Strap - FL Highback
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CREATE YOUR OWN Customize your bindings in 4 easy steps.
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CHOOSE A BASEPLATE SIZE AND COLOR.
CHOOSE A STRAP SET STYLE AND COLOR.
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CHOOSE A FOOTPAD STYLE AND COLOR.
CHOOSE A HIGHBACK STYLE AND COLOR.
Being a completely modular and interchangeable binding system means you have the option to design your own set from the baseplate to straps, and foot padding to highback (or no highback at all). Visit your local Switchback dealer to check out the parts in person and build up a binding with them, or check out switchbackbindings.com and sift through our binding combo creator to create your own. The following breaks down the design and benefits of each component and your options.
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CHOOSE YOUR BASE Our baseplates come in three sizes and six color ways. They’re composed of a secret blend of nylon and engineered for optimum flex, control, cushioning, strength and minimal weight. The rest of the binding components (foot pad, straps and highback) attach without tools, nuts or screws for simplicity and ease of adjustment. Pick the size that best fits your boots and go from here.
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LESS MATERIAL, MORE FLEX
BUMPER CORNERS
DIRECT STEERING
OFFSET DISC OPTION
We design our baseplates with a minimal amount of rigid material touching the board’s topsheet when mounted. This not only saves weight, but also gives the binding and your board a more natural 360-degree flex pattern underfoot.
We place a rubber bushing along the bottom rim of the binding to absorb vibration, enhance flex, and help cushion harsh landings. The corners and sides are thicker to protect your topsheet and promote flex, and the toes and heels are thinner for more direct control and terrain feel.
The bumper bushing is contoured with less material around the heels and toes for improved edge-to-edge response and smooth power transfer. It also helps you feel the terrain in a smooth kind of way.
For people who want to adjust the binding position with respect to the edges without losing any fine tuning options for stance width, we offer offset discs (sold separately).
SIZING CHART BINDING SIZE
S
M
L
US BOOTS
3-7
7-10
10-14
US WOMEN BOOTS
5-9
9-11
11+
EURO BOOTS
34-39 39-43 43-46
UK BOOTS
3-6 6-9 9-13
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CHOOSE YOUR PADDING
We offer three styles of footpads and six color ways. They simply slide in over the baseplate, disc and screws for a flush fit with your boot sole. All are made with EVA padding for a plush and powerful ride, with a thicker amount in the heel for optimal cushioning.
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PAD POSITIONING
HEEL PILLOW/PAD
All padding is adjustable to match the sole and size of your boots. Depending on what size baseplate and boots, you may need to adjust the pad towards or away from the toe edge. As an added performance benefit, if you slide the pas towards the heel, the ramp will increase your toeside response, if you slide it the other way it can decrease toeside response.
Every baseplate we offer comes laden with a generous heel pad for cushioning and comfort. It’s kind of like a good night of sleep with a pillow or a shitty one without. The following pad options simply add a little bit more to suspension to the ride.
C PAD Our C Pads are canted inward for enhanced anatomical alignment of your knees, ankles and joints. They create a better body position for wider and duck-footed stances.
JIB PAD
ST PAD
Our Jib Pad is designed with thicker padding under the toes and balls of the feet for more cushioning in flat and hard landings. They also offer the most plush and comfortable feel in the line.
The ST Pad is our go-to standard with normal pad thickness for precise response and cushioning for all types of riding.
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CHOOSE YOUR STRAPS
We offer two strap styles and five different color ways. Both styles are completely adjustable without tools and feature super durable DuPont Hytrel ladder straps for thousands of clicks in and out without wear. Both ankle strap choices also feature a thin secondary strap design that eliminates pressure points when tightened and provides an even suspension like flex, feel and fit. We’ve also updated our ratchets for 1516 for better glide, more precise cranking and ease of release.
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STRAP POSITION
TOOL-FREE LADDERS
EASY ACCESS
FIND YOUR CENTER
Our baseplates offer two easily adjustable strap mounting positions: a higher setting that gives you more response and boot hold, and a lower one that offers more freestyle flexibility. Play with them and find your perfect fit.
Our straps are easy to adjust for fit and riding style and require no tools to do so. The ladder straps simply snap in, as do our highbacks and baseplate padding. No worries of losing loose nuts or screws, ever!
Our strap design design allows the straps to naturally fall open and away for easy in and out. Get in and out quickly without stepping on your straps.
You can center your toe and ankle straps for proper boot fit in seconds by flipping open the latch adjustment and using the ratchet and ladder strap to find the sweet spot.
MILLER STRAP
EAMES STRAP
Our Miller straps are milled out to save weight and make them more flexible and form fitting. They’re made of a grippy and flexible TPU material and pre-curved to fit the contours of any boot. These straps aid in freestyle riding where flex and mobility are key.
Our Eames straps are composed of a rugged leather style cover and a solid pre molded EVA lining for a more responsive and powerful feel. The shaping and materials easily form and mold around any boot contour for a plush fit. 39
PICK YOUR HIGHBACKS We offer six highback designs and seven color ways. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes to match your riding style, some with forward lean options as well. Each highback features our signature cutout design that saves weight, ensures maximum rigidity for heelside support, is torsionally soft for mobility and provides a nice handle to grab your board, too.
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TOTALLY TOOL-LESS
WHY NOT NOBACK?
CLEAN FORWARD LEAN
A HOLE LOT OF FLEX
Our highbacks click right in with ease and are just as easy to remove as well. Fold them up and down as much as you need to fit in car racks, gondolas, board bags and under chairlift seats without fear of loosing pivotal nuts and bolts.
When freestyle snowboarding was in its pre-pubescence days bindings had little or no highbacks for getting super tweaked. We figured why not keep the good ol’ days alive by creating a simple noback insert option for getting super tweaked and super surfy. We dare you to try it.
Forward lean angles the highback and your calves forward, towards the toe edge. This forces you to bend your knees while also adding more drive and precision to heelside turns. But on most designs adding forward lean creates a gap between your boot, highback and heelcup. Our discrete forward lean adjustment at the hinge adds highback angle while still providing a seamless fit with the highback and heelcup.
The big ass hole in our highbacks are there for a number of reasons. It makes them lightweight. It makes them rigid and responsive where you need heelside support. It makes them soft torsionally for flexibility, grabs and tweaks. It gives them a nice carry handle for pick up your board, packing down lips and more.
WRAPBACK
FLATBACK
FL
Originally developed by Halldor, these anatomically wrapping highbacks provide more calf support to make those presses proper and help stick landings. They’re slightly rotated and have adjustable forward lean for the perfect amount of response and control.
Eiki designed the Flatbacks to have maximum tweakage from tip to tail, but still be tall and responsive vertically for when you need it. They have adjustable forward lean to dial in your desired responsiveness and are anatomically shaped to better fit your natural stance.
The FL is our most universal highback. It’s tall and stiff enough to provide all the support you could want, and torsionally soft for flexing your muscle in the park. It’s also slightly anatomically shaped for a seamless boot fit. With adjustable forward lean you can dial in just the right amount of heelside response, too.
ST
MIDBACK
NOBACK
The ST is our simple, standard freestyle highback shape. It offers all the response and flexibility you need with its stiff heelside support and lateral movement. It’s designed with zero forward lean angle and no forward lean adjustment for riders that do not require it.
The Midbacks were originally designed around smaller feet and shorter boots—which they are awesome for—but we also found thay they rule for any rider looking for more freedom and less response. They’re Jaeger’s go-to for park riding and jibbing, and are also featured on our Women’s specific bindings.
Not a highback at all! The Noback takes up the space of a highback and adds EVA so your boot has a flush fit with the binding heelcup without having to change your straps or stance. This allows for a super surfy feel in powder and Gumby-like flex for tweaks and jibs. The Noback comes standard with every Base. 41
THE CHOICE IS YOURS BASE SIZE L
Black
FLATBACK
Minimal Gray
Combat Green
Warm Red
Glow in the Dark
BASE SIZE M
Black
Combat Green
Warm Red
Combat Green
Minimal Gray
WRAPBACK
Minimal Gray
Combat Green
BASE SIZE S
Black
Minimal Gray
Warm Red
Glow in the Dark
Black
Glow in the Dark
HIGHBACK FL2
Pink Flamingo
Purple Rain
Translucent Black
HIGHBACK ST
Black
Warm Red
Glow in the Dark
Minimal Gray
Pink Flamingo
MIDBACK
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Warm Red
Every binding bit in the Switchback system is compatible and interchangeable, which offers you countless options of binding fit, feel and color. Start with the baseplate then add padding, straps and highback (or noback) to fit your style of riding and color scheme. You can also stock up on additional parts to switch things up for different riding conditions and terrain. It’s like the Transformer of snowboard bindings.
EAMES STRAP
Black
JIB PADDING
Chestnut Brown
Black
Camel Brown
MILLER STRAP
Black
Combat Green
Warm Red
Bright Lime
Minimal Gray
Combat Green
ST PADDING
Minimal Gray
Black / Warm Red
Black
Warm Red
C PADDING
White
Minimal Gray
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MATCH YOUR STYLE
Base Jib Pad Miller Strap Flatback
Base Jib Pad Eames Strap Flatback
(EIKI HELGASON PRO MODEL)
Base Jib Pad Miller Strap Wrapback
Base Jib Pad Eames Strap Wrapback (HALLDOR HELGASON PRO MODEL)
Base Jib Pad Miller Strap Highback FL 2
Base Jib Pad Eames Strap Highback FL 2
Base Jib Pad Miller Strap Highback ST
Base Jib Pad Eames Strap Highback ST
Customize your bindings in 4 easy steps to fit your riding style
Flex Rating
FLATBACK
(PARK COMBO)
WRAPBACK Base Jib Pad Miller Strap Midback
HIGHBACK FL 2
Base Jib Pad Eames Strap Midback
(GULLI GUDMUNDSSON COMBO)
HIGHBACK ST
Base Jib Pad Miller Strap No back
MIDBACK
Base Jib Pad Eames Strap No back
NO BACK Flex Rating
EAMES STRAP MILLER STRAP MILLER STRAP Impact Rating
JIB PADDING ST PADDING JIB PAD
C PADDING
BASE
Small - Medium - Large
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EAMES STRAP
Base ST Padding Miller Strap Flatback
Base ST Padding Eames Strap Flatback
Base C Padding Miller Strap Flatback
Base C Padding Eames Strap Flatback
Base ST Padding Eames Strap Wrapback
Base C Padding Miller Strap Wrapback
Base C Padding Eames Strap Wrapback
Base C Padding Miller Strap Highback FL 2
Base C Padding Eames Strap Highback FL 2
(KEVIN SANSALONE COMBO)
Base ST Padding Miller Strap Wrapback
(ETHAN MORGAN COMBO)
Base ST Padding Eames Strap Highback FL 2
Base ST Padding Miller Strap Highback FL 2
(ALL MNTN COMBO)
Base ST Padding Eames Strap Highback ST
Base ST Padding Miller Strap Highback ST
Base C Padding Miller Strap Highback ST
Base C Padding Eames Strap Highback ST
(JAEGER BAILEY COMBO)
Base ST Padding Miller Strap Midback
Base ST Padding Eames Strap Midback
(WMNS NO 1)
(WMNS NO 2)
Base ST Padding Miller Strap No back
Base ST Padding Eames Strap No back
MILLER STRAP
ST PADDING
EAMES STRAP
Base C Padding Miller Strap Midback
Base C Padding Eames Strap Midback
Base C Padding Miller Strap No back
Base C Padding Eames Strap No back
MILLER STRAP
EAMES STRAP
C PADDING
This is simply a family tree diagram that shows 30 different functionality options. Add all the color combinations and your binding possibilities go into the thousands! 45
WHAT IS YOUR COMBO? Create your own at switchbackbindings.com
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