Farewell, Strap Bindings

It was one of the best eBay transactions I ever made.

The package I bought a while ago included boots, a board, and bindings. The bindings were the strap kind, which I have never liked. My rental boards have been a variety of step-ins, though once out west, I took a lesson with straps. I didn't care for it then, either.

When I bought the gear, I thought that perhaps I would learn to use and work with the strap bindings. But it was not to be.

Thanks to the marketplace that is eBay, I found someone who actually wants strap bindings. The sale went a small way to recouping my original expenses.

Now I'm riding Flow bindings, which are a bit hard to explain. If you're familiar with old ski boots, they're very approximately like rear-entry ski boots. In any case, I find them much easier to use than straps. At this point, I'll sacrifice any alleged benefit of straps for the ease of use of these Flows.