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Look bindings, wtf?

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Swampy
Posts: 547 - Karma: 90
I went skiing the other day and ate it and ejected out of one of my skis. I looked at my binding and it looked fucked up and I couldn't get back in. So I started to ski down 1 footed and some guy stopped me and looked at my bidning. He said "Oh, yeah this happens sometimes to look and rossi bindings, this part rotates." So he punched it a few times and it popped back in and I was off. It turns out the part of the toe piece where you put the front of your boot in was flipped upside down, it's kinda wierd, did anyone else know this happened?
Feb 18 2007 8:16PM
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jd_1260
Posts: 1192 - Karma: 293
ya it happens to my rossi bindings, just makes it a bit harder for your leg to get caught in the binding
Feb 18 2007 8:18PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
i got rossignols and it does that to just whack it back in and its good as new
Feb 18 2007 8:45PM
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campbell12
Posts: 396 - Karma: 10
that happened to me yesterday as well, i looked at it at first and was like wtf? then i pushed it back to normal and it popped back in place.
Feb 18 2007 8:49PM
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East.
Posts: 2314 - Karma: 128
haha yeah I found that out the other day as well
Feb 18 2007 8:52PM
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CJHski
Posts: 2384 - Karma: 126
ya that happened to me a few years ago.....but i dident know that i could fix it untill i got all the way down, skiing on one ski sucks
Feb 18 2007 8:55PM
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CTD
Posts: 6301 - Karma: 350
the two toe pieces are hooked together to a rod, which is loaded in the spring. if they get pulled really far out and turned, that happens. i usually just stomp on it with a ski boot
Feb 18 2007 9:00PM
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Bigwoods
Posts: 3116 - Karma: 76
yeah.. i was in the park with my friend and that happend to him and he figured his day was done but then he started to beat the shit out of it and it went back.
Feb 18 2007 9:06PM
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bigwhite.steeze
Posts: 8227 - Karma: 1,032
happened to me in a pow jump and i just pushed it back in place...those bindings are shit anyways though...
Feb 18 2007 9:24PM
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invader7
Posts: 5756 - Karma: 49
my friends did that the other day
Feb 18 2007 9:48PM
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uni-corn
Posts: 13846 - Karma: 651
Are you kidding me?
Feb 18 2007 9:52PM
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fresshhhh
Posts: 792 - Karma: 9
yeah sorry the toe piece twists and ejects you safely,


i mean come on would u rather your leg fucked up, or a toe piece a little twisted. this happened to me once, except it looked like it ejected up completely lol
Feb 19 2007 12:34AM
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WeK
Posts: 1894 - Karma: 11
Anyone got a picture of the toe piece out of place, I have px12s I'm interested since I'm sure this'll happen I'd like to avoid the 'oh shit'
Feb 19 2007 12:37AM
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rocktheLPs
Posts: 2095 - Karma: 14
mine did that, super easy fix just stomp it.
Feb 19 2007 12:39AM
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fresshhhh
Posts: 792 - Karma: 9
lol ill set my dins to 1 and try it one sec lol
Feb 19 2007 12:40AM
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fresshhhh
Posts: 792 - Karma: 9
yeah skis are in the car and its cold out, just imagine the part that is on your toe, twisting
Feb 19 2007 12:44AM
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andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
Err... thats how the toe releases... sometimes it just get stuck. No problemo...
Feb 19 2007 12:56AM
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Enzo
Posts: 758 - Karma: 14
look at the two pieces where the boot touches the binding. imagine that just pulled out. voila
Feb 19 2007 1:52AM
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KillerMonkey
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 109
safety feature for your own protection boys
Feb 19 2007 10:25AM
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T*Maki
Posts: 472 - Karma: 18
toepiece saved my knee last week. I wouldn't call a binding that does that a piece of shit anyday.
Feb 19 2007 8:25PM
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bigwhite.steeze
Posts: 8227 - Karma: 1,032
it might be a good feature but personally i hate that whole pivot system. ive ejected out of those so many times that i didnt want to and i broke about 4 sets of brakes on them...my heelpice broke completly on my axial 120s too.my deadbolts are the way to go...personally i dont find the pivots a good park binding.if you land switch off anything 30ft+ watch out...
Feb 19 2007 8:38PM
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lineskier129
Posts: 318 - Karma: 10
it happened to me 2 days ago on my look p10s smacked it with my hand n it fliped back in
Feb 19 2007 8:43PM
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T*Maki
Posts: 472 - Karma: 18
Wow I've had the exact opposite experience with mine. I swear by my Looks. I never had a release issue or brake bending issue in 3 years of skiing them until 1 jump this year, and even then the brake bent back waaay easier and still worked better than any other binding I've ever owned. I've had all those issues with Salomons and Tyrolias, but never Looks/Rossis.
Feb 19 2007 8:45PM
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evan25
Posts: 931 - Karma: 20
on my power 120's the heel piece is getting very loose and i feel like its going to break off these bindings only have like 60 days top on them, will these break or can i adjust them?
Feb 19 2007 9:13PM
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Chuckless
Posts: 336 - Karma: 13
yeah mine do the same... I love my looks though, def only eject out when i take a bad fall. I remember the days of having marker bindings.... those things were shittttttttttty.
Feb 19 2007 9:22PM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 134
it happens to them all. its all good
Feb 19 2007 10:46PM
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SkiEastCoast
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happened to my friend he flipped out and the shop just knocked it back in
Feb 19 2007 10:47PM
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CTD
Posts: 6301 - Karma: 350
look pivots are great bindings. if your seriously throwing down tho, the pivots are a consumer binding, and you will have issues with them. then you need something like a turntable or a 916.
Feb 19 2007 10:56PM
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Sector9Niner
Posts: 75 - Karma: 10
I have look px 12s and they did that throwing 3s, a swift kick with the ski boot threw it back in place though
Feb 19 2007 11:17PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
they have never pre released on me untill yesterday, my binding fell off 3 times when i didnt want it to...
Feb 20 2007 12:53AM
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Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
hey its sopposded to do that so you dont kill youre acl, my bros rossi's did that today, and they did that and yeah thought they where broken, but then we foundout it pops back to norm, yeah so its soppussed to do that
Feb 20 2007 12:58AM
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Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
i hope im really bad at hearing sarcasem, but really my rossi's are the best bindings ive ever had
Feb 20 2007 1:00AM
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Mex_LineJib^a
Posts: 3928 - Karma: 65
yyyeeep
Feb 20 2007 1:28AM
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FREE-WHA
Posts: 115 - Karma: 37
Mn the same thing happened to me last weekend. I landed a five then my ski blew off, walked over and knotaced that the toe bit was sidways. I was pretty pissed cuz i thought i fucked over my binding but then my friend stomped it back in place and it workes fine, damn rossi scratch binding.
Feb 23 2007 8:29PM
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