crazy ski binding from the 1980's

MrMagic

Does anyone remember seeing this ?? Still not sure how it would work. The short article said the boots could also be worn for Apre ski ha !

Frers33

Yes, got to demo them when I ran the ski shop at Blue Hills.  The arm wrapped around the calf for lateral stability.  You had to ski weight centered.  Sort of a plate binding set up on the boot sole from what I remember.

ski_it

I recall the ads. Never saw one. I asked before but I’ll ask again, has anyone tried these? Knee Bindings http://www.skinet.com/ski/article/safer-world-acls

MrMagic

Yes I use the knee binding. Last year when I brought new skis I was on the fence for a while . I felt I’m not getting any younger and I prefer moguls rocks trees and cliffs to groomers so I said why not. I ended up with their carbon model which weighs less, but definitely still more than traditional ski bindings. Of course with last year’s snow drought I only used them a few days. All things considered I am very happy with them and hey if they prevent a injury even better.

Here are my knee bindings on my Praxis skis

mapnut

MrMagic, how many releases did you experience?

MrMagic

I say around 9 give or take a few none of those were a double release, however one was especially brutal. The way I look at it. It is just another protection device it doesn’t make me more confident or take bigger risks (I’ll always take the toughest fall line) and unless you knew they were the Knee brand they handle set and release and mount just like the marker or any other alpine binding

ski_it

9 releases in one crappy season? Custom made skis with custom cool graphics? Man, I’m such an amateur.

MrMagic

<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“ski_it”>9 releases in one crappy season? Custom made skis with custom cool graphics? Man, I’m such an amateur.</blockquote>

Would of been a lot less if there was more snow covering up those darn rocks ;)