I recently was given a chance to hold a pair of Manic bindings. Personally I’m always looking for the next best thing. I’m so used to seeing the same style bindings on the shop shelve with small variations on colors, straps, and adjustments. This binding stands alone just like the first Nike shock did with footwear. Like so many people I struggle with back pain and this feature makes my mouth water and want to take more laps in the park.  If you told me to build a binding with a suspension system I would be a little nervous about the net weight of my snowboard set-up. Made of 100% Magnesium, heal to toe these bindings are lighter and stronger then expected. I don’t know if this is the future of snowboarding, but I sure wouldn’t mind giving them a spin.

don’t know about anyone else, but I am extremely excited about the Olympics in Vancouver. If only I knew a little more about them. I recently held a gold medal as you can see; I felt a rush of patriotism flow through my body. This medal was won by swimmer Cullen Jones in the heart pounding 4X100, what a come back! The US edged out the loose-lipped French squad. Those are the rivalries I want to see in the winter of 2010. So what are the headlines where’s the drama you might ask. No longer are we in the cold war era fighting for world domination and surely it’s too cold to watch America’s hero, the amphibious Phelps, swim in the pool.

So what do we watch? I’m not saying they don’t exist; I just want to know more about them. How about Bode Miller, he’s back and time for him to live up to his potential at the ripe age of 32. Now what about snowboarding, I can’t wait to see Gretchen Bleiler attempt the Crippler 720 in the pipe or Sean White; well lets just say I route for the underdog. I live without cable so no ESPN or FUEL TV. So for all of you snowboarder living in a cave like me check out channel 5.2, Universal Sports. They seem to dig the winter sports as I do.