Cast Touring—founded by Freeride World Tour athletes Lars and Silas Chickering-Ayers—offers this aftermarket upgrade meant to provide the minimalist touring capabilities of a tech binding with the downhill performance of a fully-featured alpine binding. The system is built with a quick release plate that allows the user to swap out a low-profile tech toepiece for the uphill, with a traditional Look Pivot toepiece for the downhill. The upgraded binding weighs 2,000 grams per pair and has flat, eight and 12.5 degree climbing aids in tour mode. When converted to downhill, the Cast product offers 28 mm of vertical heel and 45 mm of lateral toe travel for dependable release during aggressive descents.