Clew LLC snowboarding
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 2, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Feb 2, 2024the latest report was made
- Feb 2, 2024the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Clew LLC
- Maker
- CLEW GmbHMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- SnowboardingThe activity, its clothing or equipmentCPSC’s product type: Snowboarding (Activity, Apparel or Equipment) (code 5031), in Sports and Recreation: Ice & Snow Sports
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| February 2024 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Feb 2, 2024, sent to the company Feb 14, 2024, published by CPSC Feb 29, 2024
The product, in the report: Clew Freedom 1.0 Snowboard bindings. They come in black and white, offer a toe and heel strap with a locking ratchet on the toe and one that releases on the heel. The highback features a handle with a dual spring mechanism that releases to allow the user a fast in and out. They weight about 5lbs. They are mounted to the snowboard with 8 screws 4 on each one for the right and left foot. The purpose of this product is to adhere the user to the snowboard and allow them to be strapped in to it but when they stop riding down the ski slopes they can utilize the handle on the back to disengage it and step out with part of the binding still strapped to their foot.
I’m a professional snowboard equipment reviewer who has done my job for 20 years. In 2019 I saw a 3D rendering for a new snowboard binding that was being touted as the future of snowboarding. In that 3D rendering I noticed some fatal design flaws that only someone as experienced as myself would and expressed my concerns. The designers of the product dismissed my knowledge base immediately. Fast forward to 2022 and they are rolling out their product and I express my concerns for their product and their limited knowledge of how snowboard bindings work. In 2023 after demand from my audience I bought a pair to review and upon getting the product in my hands and inspecting it I noticed catastrophic design and manufacturing faults. I then took the product to Copper Mountain in Colorado to test them. I posted on [REDACTED] that I was testing them and 3 different employees from 3 different shops reached out to me and informed me that the mounting hardware that they use was not up to industry spec and were sheering off inside the inserts that they screw into and I was advised to swap out the screws. Upon riding the product I noticed that the locking mechanism that they claim has a fail safe failed me on 3 different laps down the slopes I was testing it on. This caused the safety hook and locking mechanism to disengage and allow the foot to release. As I’m a highly experienced snowboard rider with over 3900 days on snow I knew how to safely stop myself from being injured. But, what I’ve noticed is that this company will not acknowledge publicly to anyone that these have this issue. Upon further inspection after riding them for only 4 hours I noticed severe deterioration of the plastic used in the product, that the screws had shown signs of fatigue, and that the locking mechanism was already starting to wear and fail. In my expert opinion and as someone who has ridden hundreds of snowboard bindings I could see this failing to the general public. After concluding my review of the product I actually released it on [REDACTED] has I have done with countless other products and there were over 50 comments out of over 750 that said they had a disengagement issue that caused them to release or that it failed to safely and securely lock in. The company will not acknowledge this and is instead hiring influencers to push the product as safe as well as buy fake reviews to bolster their image. You as a commission have recalled a similar product from [REDACTED] bindings in March of 2012. I feel that a recall of this product due to failure in the locking mechanism, release spring, and insert mounting screws is needed.
- Model
- Freedom 1.0
- UPC
- None
- Serial number
- None
- Bought from
- Ski Haus
- Bought
- Oct 16, 2023, about then
- Where
- Frisco, Colorado: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 40, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Clew LLC, made or sold by CLEW GmbH
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.