5ive Sports Teases New Alpine Touring Binding Design

This year, a new binding company out of Austria called 5ive Sports is planning to go to market with a really unique hybrid touring binding called the First Era that combines elements of both traditional alpine bindings and totally new take on a touring mode.

If there's one sector of the ski industry that's seen technological advances occur in leaps and bounds in recent years, it's backcountry skiing. What long ago was the domain of a hearty few mountaineers who wanted to bring skis for...