Bindings for a girl

[razzi]

Hello,

I dabble in wakeboarding, but my bindings pretty much suck. I think they're Liquid Force Transit, and they hurt the bottom of my feet if I ride for a while. Maybe they're too small?? I dunno, they feel like they fit pretty well. Do they make bindings with softer foam?

I like to jump, I can go wake-to-wake, and I can do front 180s in the air, so maybe my bindings aren't meant for that?

The shop that I snowboard for also conveniently sells wakeboard stuff in the summer, and I saw these LF Melissa bindings.... ooooooh I love the lights... hahahahaha. I can get a good deal on them, but what's the difference between the open toes and closed toes?? And would these bindings be ideal for me? I ride a LF Angel 131 (but want something with more pop...that will come later)

Also, I am a size 6 1/2 to 7 womens (I wear 6.5 consistently in Vans shoes and my snowboard boots are also 6.5), the bindings the shop has are 5-7, would that be okay for me?

Thanks and any help is much appreciated!

[Chocoholic]

My friend has the Melissa bindings and loves them, especially with the wrap around top. The Wing bindings are also very good. I used to have the Alloys - loved them!

You can get away a bit more on the sizing with open toe bindings, but if you're going for closed toe, you don't want anything more than a half or one size bigger than your shoe size really.

I use the Ronix, FHL closed toe bindings and love them, you get a lot more response from closed toe bindings that's for sure.

The thing you have to remember with closed toe bindings, is that because the fit is a bit more 'snug' you're not going to come out of them in a hurry, whereas open toes release more easily.