“The beauty of attending these on-snow trade events is that it gives you the chance to try out products you’d either A) never dream of adding to your quiver or B) never dream of being able to afford.

The Bent Metal Logic sat in the first camp for me. I’m a Burton Cartel / Now Drive / Rome Katana kind of binding guy. These looked like someone had melted a bag of gummy bears into the shape of something to strap into.

That urethane high-back is crazy soft, but actually in a really fun and dynamic way. Flexing longitudinally between the nose and tail of the board felt completely unrestricted – like “dragging your arse behind you through the snow in a tail press” unrestricted – but I still felt just about enough response between the edges to put in a solid carve or too. Coupled with the baseplate which seems as equally soft flexing, this is a binding for real skate-inspired riding styles, where mobility takes precedence over response.

The straps felt a lot more comfortable than they looked. There’s not much to them, but when the materials are quality and they wrap well around the ankle (which these did on my Adidas Tacticals) then there’s no reason for anything more substantial. My only gripe might be that in the space of three runs I had to adjust the toe strap twice and it worked its way off the end of my boot.

“There’s very little to fault with them, just make sure your riding style matches the easy, steezy flex on offer here”

Lastly, the cube for adjusting the forward lean is genius. So simple! I doubt you’ll find yourself changing things up that often, but it’s nice to have the option right there at your disposal.

Definitely not a binding for me, but one that I really enjoyed taking out for a spin nonetheless. There’s very little to fault with them, just make sure your riding style matches the easy, steezy flex on offer here.”