Burton Cobrashark (Formerly the Infidel) Snowboard Binding Review |
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The Good Ride TakeA Good Ride Take on Binding Tech This is a Goodride breakdown for all you that are having a tough time choosing your bindings and what to make of the material you are looking at. Most bindings are Metal, Plastic or some combo of the 2. Metal Bindings have a lot of great aspects. Almost all-metal bindings are made from aluminum. Aluminum is great when it come to weight to stiffness ratio and also pretty durable. There is one key issue with metal/aluminum bindings; they transfer all the vibrations from the board right into your feet. This is the same principle that pelage “bass-less” bindings, your feet got totally tired or fatigued. The newer generations have much better/damp bases so this problem has been minimized and in some cases eliminated. There are some companies that make great bindings despite the vibration issue with Aluminum. Some that come to mind are Ride and Rome. Plastic Bindings also have many great features but let’s address some technical stuff first. Most plastic bindings are really hardened glass plastic mix. The high-end stuff tends to have a more carbon, and carbon fiber added for extra stiffness and weight savings. Plastic bindings really dominate the market right now and most top bindings these days are mostly or all plastic. They can be really stiff and react well to your commands. The new bindings finally dialed in the carbon/ fiber integration to the point that the bindings will perform with the stiffness of metal and absorb more chatter. Most industry leaders have limited or completely eliminated metal from their bindings and we feel that with the materials used right now this is the future. Some mostly plastic companies that we feel rock are Burton, Flux and Union. What kind of binding should you buy? It’s a tough call. Both Plastic and Metal bindings offer freestyle, freeride and all mountain styles. At this point we feel that plastic bindings are edging out metal bindings when it comes to the very high end $300+ category. However it is a tough call in the below $300 category as to which material has the advantage. The Good Ride Take on Burton Burton is huge. They have developed or acquired most of the technology that we use today. Burton is one of the only companies that can provide you with everything you need to snowboard from boards to beanies. Burton even owns arguably the best surfboard company Channel Islands because Jake likes to surf. They are like the Yankees of snowboarding because they can always outspend their competition to win. The positives- Burton provides more products for each gear/clothing/accessory category than any other company. Burton has possibly the best customer service in the snowboarding industry. Burton continuously spends more money than almost any company to develop new tech or just make what they have better. Burton sponsors more pro’s and get’s more high level user feed back than any other company. They have some of the best boots, bindings and boards in the industry. They also have great clothing. The bottom line is Burton is the 800lb patriarch of our industry that makes good stuff and backs it up with good customer service. The snowboarding world owes soo much to them but at the same time they can be very frustrating when it comes to price and proprietary technology. Company Info & SpecsBurton CobraShark 2012Burton COBRASHARK! This ain’t no fashion show.
You know all that “cool guy” garbage that’s going on in snowboarding? Exploded candy store prints, dudes who bitch unless it’s bluebird, and bindings that look like an infant colored them in? The Cobrashark! is exactly none of that. It’s got other stuff. Awesomer stuff that works really well. Maybe it’s unconventional, but so is your haircut. It’ll be fine. Sort it out.
Ridden by: Knowbuddies and a grip of non-Burton pros
Features + BASEPLATE: Park Blend Single-Component Short-Glass/Nylon Composite + HI-BACK: Single-Component Hi-Back with MicroFLAD™ [Mud Shark Colorway Features Winged Hi-Back] + STRAPS: Asym Superstrap™ and Primo Capstrap™ + BUCKLES: Smooth Glide™ Buckles + CUSHIONING: NEW FullBED Cushioning System + Features Re-Ground Materials in Baseplate and Hi-Back to Reduce Waste
Colorways: Mud Shark Black Snake
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Response: 5 [Non-Wing], 6 [Wing] Burton CobraShark 2011The greatest revolutions begin in Exile. Whether getting blunted on a downtown ledge or tweaked and twisted at your local hill, this workhorse is all about pure, unadulterated shred. The new “tombstone” hi-back is simple like snowboarding’s supposed to be, while the NEW Asym Superstrap™ focuses lateral support for legit presses and better butters. Impact-absorbing B3 Gel and EVA beg you to break one off the top rope.
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