Glad that I could be of some service. I definitely recommend the Trench stiffeners and straps. High quality goods! I only went for the Lasso Pro Wide ...

Thank you for your responses thus far... If you do not have much experience carving, it is hard to know where to start which is why I have looked at...

Quick tip for the Trench boot stiffeners. Maybe, it is common sense but I wasn't sure until I tried this out. If you have a BOA that focuses on the in...

Bought the Trenched boot stiffeners with two pairs of couple straps. Very happy with them. They make my on soft-side Ride Lasso Pros Wides (I really n...

OK. I live in Yokohama but I do have a friend who lives near Hakuba. I can try to forward your inquires (though, you are kind of asking for a lot of i...

I had my first two days on the Flow/Nidecker non-carbon NX-2's with the fusion strap. As I recall, @board-doctor had some issues with the placement of...

First day in my Lasso Pro Wides. No carving due to copious amounts of powder the last few days in northern Japan. But I had a chance to break in these...

I contacted Flow/Nidecker. I can upgrade the highback to the carbon and switch out the fusion straps to hybrid straps. Neither option is cheap but d...

I ended up buying the Flow NX-2 Fusion bindings that were on sale for 50%. I did this mainly on the recommendations regarding bindings from "Secrets o...

There is still a few pairs of the NX-2 Fuse available on the sale site. I may have to try them on in Tokyo.

One issue that seems different at least from the Japanese side is board width. Japanese manufacturers do not manufacture wide boards. Not only are "h...

Thank you, Rocketman! I tried the K2 Traxis. Loved the triple BOA but they just were not wide enough for my size 7 EEE. I ended up buying Ride Lasso P...