Our friends (yours and mine, splitboarding community) up the road at Karakoram have posted a great story about how they make their bindings and where they come from--down the the custom hardware and pins. Spoiler alert! It is all within a very small area around their factory in North Bend, Washington.
I am proud to be riding their bindings and supporting their program, which includes: world-class design, constant innovation, local manufacturing, and hiring actual splitboarders to work in their factory. Be sure to check out the post.
As we get closer to the start of next season, I am going to do a gear review series to help you get dialed in for '13-'14. There will definitely be a piece on my Split30's, so watch for that sometime around October.
If you missed it above, the story can be seen HERE.