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bindings are the most important link in skiing. skis are skis and vary greatly on prupose, boots are important, but are mostly tailored towards comfort. bindings are the attatchment. if the attatchment is bad, then you are putting yourself at risk (pre relaseses, failed releases, etc). No brand of binding is made the same in terms of how they function and when (save look/rossi, fischer/tyrolia, but you get the idea), so there are options. No binding is going to fully prevent injury, not every binding will last forever, but some are better than others. When skiing park, there seems to be a more distinct line when it comes to safety and durability; salomon makes a decent binding (s916 is durable and reliable, yet expensive), but look/rossi consistently make a safer consumer binding (due to the elasticity, consistency, and best toe and heel design) for freeskiing, and it is durable. Once again, anything can happen with any binding, but some are better than others. What is worse: spending $160 on bindings or enduring 6 months of physical therapy because the inexpensive binding didn't release on a backward-twisting fall (which you are more prone to in the park)? A bit out there, but yea
