Atlas Snow-Shoe Company 8 Series Binding: Place the ball of your foot on the atlas logo ball foot marker on the foot pad with the buckles to the outside. Align your foot straight on the snow shoe a then tighten the instep by pulling the inter loop strap and across all straps and still access strap and strap click. Grab the heel strap through the metal opening and loop back over to secure. To release unclip the straps from the strap foot and strap rein pull the heel strap to loosen up the crown and release the buckle levers on the in step.