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10-17-2003, 08:47 AM #1
High Din Bindings with Low Din People
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?
For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found, elseways everyone would know where it was
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10-17-2003, 09:45 AM #2
She won't get hurt if she skis them at 6. What does your wife do that her knees are so crucial?
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10-17-2003, 10:11 AM #3Registered User
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Originally posted by milkman
What does your wife do that her knees are so crucial?
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10-17-2003, 04:54 PM #4Originally 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?For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found, elseways everyone would know where it was
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10-17-2003, 04:58 PM #5
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.
Martha's just polishing the brass on the Titanic....
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10-18-2003, 09:03 AM #6
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.
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10-18-2003, 04:45 PM #7
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.vapor lock - bitch.
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10-19-2003, 08:10 AM #8
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.
yepper
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10-19-2003, 11:12 AM #9
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.
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10-19-2003, 11:47 AM #10
yeah if only i'd gotten her started earlier she could have been a sick jibber
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 alongFor sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found, elseways everyone would know where it was
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10-19-2003, 09:41 PM #11Originally posted by hop
double axel.vapor lock - bitch.
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10-19-2003, 10:18 PM #12
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.
Originally Posted by blurred
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10-19-2003, 10:32 PM #13Originally posted by phUnk
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03-19-2018, 01:59 PM #14Registered User
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My patroller brother wants to sell me Marker Jester Pro's which go from 8-18. I probably ought to be setting them to 8.5 or 9. I'm convinced that's probably fine, the question is probably more about whether I need a $300+ pair of bindings? Is there a benefit to the bigger spring - is that safer somehow? I definitely want to come out when I crash. Seems like I could get a $150-200 set and be just fine.
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03-19-2018, 02:10 PM #15
Don't do it. YER GUNNA DIE!!!
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03-19-2018, 02:15 PM #16
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03-19-2018, 02:20 PM #17
Pretty sure this topic has been beaten to death in the last 15 years.
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03-19-2018, 02:23 PM #18
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03-19-2018, 08:54 PM #19
How the hell do people find 15 year old threads? When I search, I can’t find shit.
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03-19-2018, 10:30 PM #20Registered User
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03-19-2018, 11:51 PM #21
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03-20-2018, 03:38 PM #22Registered User
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Buy the Jesters for a used price which is probably the same price as new stuff that is of lessor quality. It's your brother so he should be willing to give you a great deal, right? I bought a pair of Dukes the other day for ~$200 to put on a new paid of Bonafides. I wasn't really looking for a touring binding but hey, it's the top of the line with magnesium parts and such for the same price as a pair of Jesters was going to cost me so essentially the hiking component was FREE and due to the design I got a slightly raised binding which I prefer as it replicates the raise plates on my racing skis. My motto has always been to buy the best product you can at a price as cheaply as possible and it's worked out really well in most areas.
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03-21-2018, 03:08 PM #23
I have some FKS 185s (8-18) that I run at 8. They haven't come off yet, so I assume they're working perfectly.
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03-21-2018, 04:21 PM #24
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