Now Select Pro Bindings Review: Freestyle Comfort Without Compromise

Introduction

It has been a decade since Now bindings first arrived, and in that time the brand has gone from a garage prototype to one of the most notable binding makers in the industry. The Select Pro is this season’s flagship freestyle-focused model, and it is loaded with updates: a new hanger, redesigned highbacks, refreshed toe straps, and a long list of smaller refinements.

What makes it interesting is that none of these updates dilute the core identity. This is still a mid-flexing, comfortable, and highly responsive binding that holds its own well outside the park ropes.

How Skate Tech Works

Skate Tech is the technology that started it all. Instead of a conventional base plate, which can flex and distribute power in ways that limit efficiency, the chassis is built from three separate components: a central post that screws into the inserts, kingpins that connect it to a hanger, and a hanger with rubber contact bushings positioned out towards the corners of the board.

When you initiate a turn, the kingpin acts as a fulcrum for the hanger, directing energy through a leveraging motion out to the contact bushings and straight to the board’s edges. The result is power that reaches the edge more efficiently, while also eliminating extra chatter underfoot so you can ride longer without foot fatigue.

The New 3.0 Hanger

For this season, the Select Pro steps up to the new 3.0 hanger. It is lighter, slightly wider to accommodate higher-volume boots, and lower profile to increase ankle mobility for tweaking out grabs. The contact bushings have also been moved a little closer to the edge of the board for more effective energy transfer where it matters.

That combination makes the platform feel more immediate than ever without adding harshness, which is exactly what a freestyle-leaning binding should do.

Customization: Bushings and Heel Cups

The new hanger opens the door to a serious level of tuning. All three rubber compound bushings, soft, medium, and hard, come in the box, so you can dial in the exact response and damping you prefer. If you want a surfier feel for backcountry turns or simply more range of motion, the additional Hi Cup heel cups can be swapped in place of the regular highback to free up lateral mobility.

Few bindings at any level offer this much room to reshape how they ride, and it means the Select Pro can evolve with your style rather than locking you into one feel.

Highbacks and Straps

The new highback is fully symmetrical and flattened off at the top, allowing full mobility along the length of the board without ever feeling locked into a set position. A hidden hinge about two-thirds of the way up adds flexibility to the upper section, so the rebound between turns feels less aggressive and more forgiving.

The ankle straps use Nidecker’s top-shelf Hyp Fuse 2 construction: a completely stitchless design with no spine running through it, built as nylon webbing sandwiched between two layers of EVA foam. They proved extremely durable and simple, able to take a real beating without any drop in comfort.

The 3D Pro Grip toe straps are another upgrade worth highlighting. Earlier designs could slide off the front of the boot or work loose by the bottom of a run, but the latest contouring holds boots firmly and comfortably without ever feeling clamped in. Add canted footbeds, new tool-free adjustments, and a hinge connector strap that pulls the ankle straps clear of the footbed when strapping in, and the feature list is genuinely packed.

Who Should Ride the Select Pro

This is an incredible binding for dedicated park and freestyle riders, but the appeal goes further. Anyone after a mid-flexing, super comfortable, responsive, and customizable setup will get a lot out of it. If army green or jet black is not your thing, there is a vibrant pink collab with the Yes I Inc. snowboard crew built to the exact same spec.

Conclusion

Ten years in, Now’s Skate Tech remains one of the most distinctive ideas in snowboard bindings, and the Select Pro is a confident evolution of it. With the lighter 3.0 hanger, tunable bushings, swappable heel cups, and refined straps, it earns its place among the season’s favorite freestyle-focused bindings that do not fall short anywhere else. If you want one binding that can handle park laps and the rest of the mountain with equal conviction, this one deserves a spot on your shortlist.