Thread: Please help! Need bindings for ski base asap!

Are these bindings getting thrown on brand new skis, or older stuff? TJ's definitely deserve to be paired with some pontoons

Cool to know you guys consider the littering issues, I would've never guessed those were just sticks getting tossed aside. Can't wait to see the footage next year

Originally Posted by jtholmesjr

well done. these bindings are all over the place. you might want to hold onto those 1987 nishizawas though.

They're not mine, and I doubt they're getting thrown in.

My dad found another couple pair in the attic, one of which was the pair of 260s off my treasured 190 K2 610 FOs -- my first real pair of skis. He's going to package them up tonight.

wow.

that is all.

I think I just found a pair in the corner of my garage. I'll dig them out tonight and check.

Originally Posted by Singel

Are these bindings getting thrown on brand new skis, or older stuff? TJ's definitely deserve to be paired with some pontoons

I'll settle for Shane just screaming "AIRBORNE" when going off of that cliff.

Originally Posted by Pope Benedict XVI

i posted that up a few days before this thread started and nobody cared...
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...light=wingsuit

Seriously though, I cant wait to see this shit from a non helmet cam, gonna be rad

Anybody know if a 360D will do the job? I'll take some pics and post them in a second...

Another Alpine Meadows Team parent tells me there may be a bunch at the Easter Seals Thrift Store in Reno, in front of Costco on Plumb.

Originally Posted by Samwich

Just a guess: the batsuit doesn't work so well with skis on, does it?

So, why not just use big feet? No littering. no loss...

Two pairs en route via Priority Mail to you at Squaw, for arrival either Monday or Tuesday. Hopefully, my dad didn't fuck them up too much getting them off the skis.

And it looks like I'll have at least another two pair in Tahoe by Sunday.

got another pair of almost mint 390s...



I sent Shane a pm, but i dont know how often he checks the board.

I lost JTs phone number, but alpinedad you want to PM me Shane's address so I can get them sent out overnight monday to arrive on tuesday?

Originally Posted by Cliff Huckstable

Thanks a lot everyone for suck quick responses. We have some good leads form several of you. Just need to see now if any work out. The pictures some of you posted are the correct kind. There are many other model numbers and color ways which also will work. We still need lots more! Even if we can't get them by next tuesday. We'll use em next year.
On another note, concerning ski littering:
In the past we have been using sticks instead of poles when we knew we might not not be able to retreive them. The ski movie viewer never notices the difference on those barbie shots. We plan on doing our best to retreive the skis we pull off after the shoot is finished. Many times the skis and bindings are still in decent shape. A friend of mine once had to release the skis on a skydive in the summer. The skis fell several thousand feet into the dirt. They were perfectly fine. As you know the Tyrolias we use are in short supply so we have even more incentive to retreive them than the issue of littering.
Oh and by the way,
Shamless sponsor plug born from guilt over this thread:
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Shane

This newcomer JONG needs to change his forum name.

But seriously, I'll take a look around here and ship it out if I find anything.

My plan is to cover the shipping costs by Ebaying several pair of "genuine sticks -very much like those McConkey and Holmes".

i had a couple of pairs, but they will not work, as I no longer have the plates that they mount to. I was not thinking about how valuable they were when i was pulling them off of skis....

Just wear snowblades.

I know you have a pair.

Who the hell would have 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house?

You people are weird.

Originally Posted by iceman

Who the hell would have 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house?

You people are weird.

Its the gear-whore equivalent of pack-rat

Originally Posted by iceman

Who the hell would have 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house?

You people are weird.

Person with 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house: "You and your three dimensions."

iceman: "What about them?"

Person with 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house: "Nothing. They're cute, that's all. We have five."

Another person with 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house: "-Thousand."

Person with 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house: "Yes, five thousand."

iceman: "Well, I only see two."

Person with 20-year-old Tyrolias lying around the house: "Well, that sounds like a personal problem."

Sorry everyone. Our service provider here in Squaw really blows sometimes. Couldn't get on line for a day there and have also been busy with the Ski Tour that's going on here. I would like to thank everyone very much for being so helpful. The bindings are starting to trickle in now and more seem to be on the way. I'll try and get to all those PMs soon.
Shane

Shane, did my bindings work o.k.? My kids want to know.

Postscript:

When I arrived home yesterday, I found what appeared to be a large brick, shipped via FedEx.

I opened it to find a case of Red Bull and this note, reproduced here for full ransom note effect:

Thanks, man. Good to know that I hold the future of the children of Botswana in my grubby little hands.

Seriously good guerilla marketing steeze.
Well played.

Thats a pretty sweet deal right there!

I can't help but think that FedEx made out better than anyone on this deal.

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