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laseranimal
10-17-2003, 08:47 AM
Are their any drawbacks to using a high din binding with people who normally ski at a lower din setting? I ski at a 9 my wife is a 6 i have a pair of Salomon 900 demo bindings where the lowest Din setting is 4 and the highest is 12. Is she going to get hurt if she skis them? This is of CRUCIAL importance because her knees are part of her job which pays for my skiing fettish and CANNOT be injured in any way shape or form! Any help?
milkman
10-17-2003, 09:45 AM
She won't get hurt if she skis them at 6. What does your wife do that her knees are so crucial?
all I do is LOL
10-17-2003, 10:11 AM
Originally posted by milkman
What does your wife do that her knees are so crucial?

LOL!
laseranimal
10-17-2003, 04:54 PM
Originally posted by milkman
She won't get hurt if she skis them at 6. What does your wife do that her knees are so crucial?

Figure skating coach without knees she can't skate spin or jump and therefore can't lay out new programs for her skaters or demonstrate a new technique etc..... and because skating coaches are independant contractors if she can't teach she gets no $$ which means I can't be the gear whore that I am
milkman
10-17-2003, 04:58 PM
Gotcha. I think a Din 6 on a binding that goes to 12 is probably about the same as a din 6 on a binding that goes to 9 or 10.
Cornholio
10-18-2003, 09:03 AM
Actually, I think its best to ski a binding in the middle of it's din range, and not toward one extreme or the other. I don't remember exactly why this is. I'd get some more opinions, because I've heard this quite a bit from guys who are way more tech-y than me.
phUnk
10-18-2003, 04:45 PM
She'll be fine skiing them 2 "DINs" up from the bottom of the range. I assume you've taught her that if she starts falling, keep falling. Don't try to "save it" because that is when you start asking for trouble.

In summary: Use the bindings, teach her how to fall properly, ski off together into the sunset.
interloper
10-19-2003, 08:10 AM
The higher(more expensive)DIN bindings are prolly safer than the lower DIN bindings. Better retention/elasticity. Figure skating coach. She ought to be a hell of a skier.
hop
10-19-2003, 11:12 AM
Figure skating... given about a week on a pair of twins, she would probably be busting out some switch blindside 900's and call it a double axel.
laseranimal
10-19-2003, 11:47 AM
yeah if only i'd gotten her started earlier she could have been a sick jibber :D

She retired from competitive skating four years ago and doesn't jump anymore because as she said "I've been jumping since I was 5 and I'm sick of the bruises and the cold when I fall." She is a pretty good skier for only having picked it up 2 years ago hasn't quite gotten used to the speed of going downhill or moguls/powder yet but its coming along
phUnk
10-19-2003, 09:41 PM
Originally posted by hop
double axel. Future school?
Summit
10-19-2003, 10:18 PM
If her knees are that important get some Look/Rossi bindings with a pivoting heel assembly. They are MUCH easier on the knees especially in the moguls and in twisting falls.
Tyrone Shoelaces
10-19-2003, 10:32 PM
Originally posted by phUnk
Future school?

nah...wouldn't that be like, ballet skiing?