“This is a hell of a pair of bindings. The Nitro Team Pro are, I guess, ridden by the stacked Nitro team; a line up of who’s who in snowboarding, a bunch of serious heavy hitters. Holding the bindings in your hands, you can quickly tell they are light, strong and packed with tech. They definitely look very ‘pro’, worthy of the team that rides them.

I rode these bad boys for a lovely day in Jan 2019 on an all-mountain board in a wide range of conditions; park, powder, piste and the bits in between.

“Holding the bindings in your hands, you can quickly tell they are light, strong and packed with tech”

Strapping in to the Pros you notice the luxury, your boots sit well, there is a super comfortable heel cup, and you’re not squeezing in and out. The straps are decent, I like the sticky rubber toe strap, it feels solid without pinching. The buckles are great, they feel premium and long lasting, they didn’t come loose or get stuck – always good. The adjustments work well, easy without much faff.

On the snow you feel the stiffness straight away. I think they’re about an 8, so right up the stiffness scale. I do like a stiff binding, so maybe i’m biased, but this felt really good. The highback is uneven being taller on your inner heel, which allows you greater movement, particularly leaning back on your tail. I’d probably like a bit more torsional flex in the highback, but over all it was great, really responsive board feel and control at speed.

The baseplate dampened really well and was definitely comfortable. The connection with the board was slightly lost, I’d prefer a bit more feel, but you can’t have it all, the shock absorption is next-level, it definitely takes the strain off your knees which works for me. I was told there is a canted footbed? I can’t honestly say I noticed this. But overall the foot bed is a dream, hard to beat that feeling.