Flux Friday!

Happy Friday the 13th!  Here is what Flux Bindings has been up to this week……

If you haven’t heard… Instagram is taking over.  So go follow @Fluxbindings… all the cool kids are doing it.  If you were following the insta, you would see some rad shots coming straight from Flux.

CLICK HERE to visit Jake Koias blog… where he talks about the insta-trend.

Right now, SoCal rep Bob Stanislaus, Rockies rep Tony Perez, and the boss guys Patrick and Ray are visiting the headquarters in Japan… here are some of their shots. 

Check out this edit from Scotty Vine, Ian Sams and Erik Leon’s trip to Japan last month!

NEFF had a beach bash in Bear.

Ryan Tarbell took 1^st and won a cool $2000!  Fellow Flux teammate Ian Sams took home 2^nd place!

Check out this video from the bash….

The Flux Australian team came up to get away from their summer sun. Who would want to be sunbathing in Aus when you can be shredding snow in Cali?  Looks like they made it worth the trip…..

Check out Tom Reilly and Dane Tiene in an Australia Day… Vacation shirts , hair gel , pies , piss and shit.

Ryan Tiene knows what’s good and has spent his season in Canada.  Even epic on a ‘Down Day.’

Zac Marben has been shooting with Videograss and tells us a little about his Alaskan adventures…check it.

Stoked to see his part in ‘The Darkside’ coming out this fall!

Welcome to Japan!

In preparation of the 2012-2013 Flux Bindings line-up, we went to Japan to discuss and finalize products with our Flux family overseas.
We arrived in Japan and quickly went out to see the city and attempt to beat the jetlag that was in defiantly upon us. We got happy at happy hour…then happier…and happier…and happier yet. We were gladly greeted by our Japanese Flux family and celebrated to the start of our trip.

After a long night we made our way to the Carmate/Flux office. For those of you who don’t know, Carmate is Flux’s parent company and sells everything from car accessories, to ‘Inno’ car racks, to baby car seats and more. Flux is a branch of the company and the office has many people working hard to make Flux the best it could be. It seems the snowboard scene in Japan is way larger and different than that in the United States and they have different styles and trends going on that we would never see in the US. You can tell by what people wear on the streets that everyone has a style that they are not afraid to express to the max. They are not afraid to stand out with their own unique style. Us cats in the states need to get with the program! After the first work day was over, we went out to dinner and Karaoke! We explained what the states slang ‘homie’ means and talked about our usage of the word ‘dude.’ I’ve never had to explain what a homie was and by doing so I think I gained a couple more. At Karaoke we sang, “Hey Dude,” oops…I mean, “Hey Jude” by the Beatles and rocked out with the new homies.

Gregor Common from Europe, Tony Perez from the Rockies, Jay Gatlin from Northern California and Amine Yasmine from New Zealand joined us today to continue to discuss the 12-13 Flux Bindings Line.

Today, we talked about the proposed 2012-2013 Flux Bindings line-up. It is our 20th Anniversary line, so be prepared for some sweet styling and original designs. In respect of our ‘Double Decade’ you will be seeing an even more lightweight binding with the application ‘re-newed’ highbacks and baseplates. We are still doing work finalizing the line– so keep posted for more updates.
We also talked about the new website design and are excited to have it up and running soon. The new site will have the 2011-2012 binding line up on display as well as updated Flux team information.
You will be stoked with what Flux has coming from Japan!

Stay posted!!!! More photos and video to come!