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01-26-2013, 10:43 AM #1Powderhound
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Atomic Tracker 16 snapped in half...
Did a quick search and didnt find anything so...
Went out 'touring' last night. I only put quotes around it because we didnt make it out of the parking lot.
All geared up and ready to go, my buddy steps into his '>10 days on them' Tracker 16's, takes three steps and the binding snapped in half just after the toe piece. Never seen anything like it. Anyone else have heard anything similar?
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01-26-2013, 10:48 AM #2
Pictures or it didn't happen
I need to go to Utah.
Utah?
Yeah, Utah. It's wedged in between Wyoming and Nevada. You've seen pictures of it, right?
So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
Thanks BCSAR and POWMOW Ski Patrol for rescues
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01-26-2013, 11:47 AM #3Registered User
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01-26-2013, 12:13 PM #4
And so it starts.....
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01-26-2013, 12:24 PM #5
I had a dream that my Dukes were better than the Trackers.
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01-26-2013, 01:49 PM #6Powderhound
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Ill get some photos up tonight.
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01-26-2013, 02:23 PM #7
should bought guardians
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01-26-2013, 03:09 PM #8
Wait.. are you saying the first generation of a new product is having some durability issues?
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01-26-2013, 03:54 PM #9Powderhound
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01-26-2013, 04:35 PM #10Powderhound
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01-26-2013, 04:40 PM #11
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01-26-2013, 05:02 PM #12Registered User
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01-26-2013, 05:09 PM #13
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01-26-2013, 05:26 PM #14Powderhound
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01-26-2013, 05:29 PM #15
Damn, that sheered right off. That is the first time I've seen that and I haven't seen to many of them come back for warranty.
No complaints on my Maker F12's this year
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01-26-2013, 05:44 PM #16
I hope Thin Cover is not skiing this binding!
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01-26-2013, 06:19 PM #17
He he, I mean lol, I mean huh?
so what aren't you telling us?
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01-26-2013, 06:30 PM #18
The Atomic Tracker is a re-branded Salomon Guardian, right? Identical binding besides color and branding?
Life is not lift served.
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01-26-2013, 08:57 PM #19
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01-27-2013, 12:10 PM #20
1st year product buyer = product tester
Warranty should cover that no questions asked. Hopefully he didn't buy from that spanish website.Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
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01-27-2013, 01:52 PM #21Powderhound
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01-27-2013, 01:56 PM #22
Another touring binding vulnerable to catastrophic failure via a knee fall?
Viva la DynafitLast edited by Big Steve; 01-30-2013 at 01:58 PM.
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01-27-2013, 05:10 PM #23Registered User
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I have seen this exact issue on other people's first uses as well. It's caused by something, usually snow but maybe not in this case, getting wedged under the toe and levering the thing in half when the user inevitably tries to push through the obstruction. Really the only major structural flaw I've seen in the binding and something Salomon/Atomic should really be warning people about.
Either that or your buddy has a horribly, horribly defective binding and is very lucky not to have made it out of the parking lot.
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01-27-2013, 05:16 PM #24Registered User
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I'd just be glad he wasn't skiing when that happened. Wonder what caused it...
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01-27-2013, 05:33 PM #25
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