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Nidecker (aka Nidecker Group) is a family-owned Swiss snowboarding company based in Rolle, Switzerland. Nidecker was founded in Etoy, Switzerland, in 1887. [1] They own and operate several snowboard product companies and brands including Flow, Jones, Nidecker, NOW and YES. [2] It is considered the second biggest snowboard company in the world. [3]
The first type allows the snowboarder to rotate the snowboard boot binding in relation to the snowboard by pulling upon a tether or releasing a lock. Repeating and rotating in the opposite direction leads back to the original angle position. These bindings are mainly either for comfort in the line or for one-time adjustments at the start of a run.
Bindings are separate components from the snowboard deck and are very important parts of the total snowboard interface. The bindings' main function is to hold the rider's boot in place tightly to transfer their energy to the board. Most bindings are attached to the board with three or four screws that are placed in the center of the binding.
Mervin Manufacturing is an American snowboard manufacturer. Mervin is the parent company of Lib Technologies (aka Lib Tech), GNU Snowboards , Roxy Snowboards, and Bent Metal bindings. In the mid 1990s Mervin was also an OEM supplier for companies such as Canada's Luxury brand and for The Movement Snowboards .
Burton Snowboards is a privately-owned snowboard manufacturing company that was founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company specializes in products aimed at snowboarders , such as snowboards, bindings , boots , outerwear, and accessories.
In the early 80’s the GNU snowboard brand was started and was forced out of business by a controversial distribution deal with Wind line out of Seattle. Mike Olson and Pete Saari owned the factory and decided to start the Lib Technologies snowboard brand. Gnu snowboards was then reacquired back from the bank a couple years later. [6]