The UltraFear Binding is an ultra-limited edition collaboration between two ultra-awesome companies that share serious love for each other. This bad boy is based on the proven Union Contact chassis fully enhanced with life altering CAPiTA snowboard graphics in homage to CAPiTA's 10-year anniversary. The result is "The Union of CAPiTA". It's a light, performance-driven binding for progressive park antics and backcountry burl that will scare the ski poles out of all the surrounding punters' hands. So that's the binding. We've actually got a pair sitting here in the office that we are going to make somebody's day with, so here's the deal on how to get a set under your feet!
Fear is something you have to deal with on the regs in snowboarding, it's an inherent part of pushing your limits and progressing. Some might duck ropes and end up in a backcountry pickle with no way out while others hit some dirty rails with brutal closeouts, either way snowboarding definitely gets your adrenal juices flowing. But as we all know, getting past the fear and riding away with our lives and bodies in one piece is half the fun! So in honor of its name, to WIN this pair of Union x CAPiTA collabo UltraFear binders you need to tell us your most ultrafearful shred experience. Scariest, gnarliest, most ball (or ovary) shriveling story WINS! Now, we're aware some of you might be tempted to, um, "embellish" your stories in order to win, but that's okay, we don't mind rewarding a little creativity.
To kick things off, I'm going to share my (true) most ultrafearful moment to get this Fear-feast started:
"OK, so back when I lived in New York we were headed to The Crack aka Mountain Creek for a night session. We pulled into the parking lot when the sun was setting and for some in our crew that meant Happy Hour, so we cracked some beers. We put down a few in the parking lot and headed up to ride the Jersey trash pile.
We were doing our standard laps and running train through the park. Everyone was feeling loose (extra goose with them beers). So on this run I was the caboose on the train, coming in hot on the down box. I went for a nollie back tail, but popped this soggy, drunken, flatulent nollie… It's hard to believe but the top of the rail threaded through my legs and board and slammed me down on my back. I was trapped!
I couldn't reach for my bindings to unstrap, squirming around while hanging upside down. Since the rail supports are lower down toward the middle of the rail at Creek, I had slid down to first post and you couldn't see me crucified at the lip as you were riding towards the box. I was yelling and trying to figure out how to get out of my board before some limb or organ was front boarded right off by the next rider. Luckily some kid rode by and shouted for others to help get me down before someone went for the rail. I wasn't hurt at all but I was definitely shakin' in my boots after that one, I'll tell ya!"
Now feel free to post in the comments below and tell us something that gave you the Ultrafear. If we dig, you WIN!