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TMswitch06
Posts: 987 - Karma: 11
so my brake snapped off the other day after i landed switch and ate it..is it bad to ski without one? other than the fact that if my ski falls off it will become a high speed projectile
Mar 13 2007 2:22AM
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DopeSauce
Posts: 1677 - Karma: 26
haha, man neither of my skis had brakes for like 3 months... just crank up the dins! 1 came off once and hit a fence and stopped. That was skiing indoors tho.
Mar 13 2007 2:24AM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
sure, if you wanna be a dick and endanger everyone at your hill to save 30 bucks... go for it! not to mention you could lose your ski in the woods. with the number of gapers where I ride if you didn't have breaks there'd be dozens of dead kids scattered around the park every day.
Mar 13 2007 2:50AM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
Where do you live?
Mar 13 2007 3:22AM
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DUBIE
Posts: 576 - Karma: 135
aslong as ur not skiing big mountain ull be fine
Mar 13 2007 8:29AM
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DUBIE
Posts: 576 - Karma: 135
funny haha
Mar 13 2007 10:07AM
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eyeLiektoSkee
Posts: 827 - Karma: 12
go get a new one and save yourself the trouble you'll get from ski patrolers and from running down the hill after your ski.
Mar 13 2007 10:12AM
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Beans13
Posts: 441 - Karma: 12
Hapened to me the other day, no body could get to it, even on skis. Luckily it hit some body and stopped, but it also knocked them down. It was fortunate it fifnt happen in the out of bounds shit im usually on.
Mar 13 2007 11:55AM
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freeskier2424
Posts: 178 - Karma: 11
i broke 2 brakes in one day from my ski ejecting switch. just get a new brake and check your dins and forward pressure. sure beats getting you pass taken from ski patrol...
Mar 13 2007 2:27PM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
it happened to me once at mammoth. I was on the old enemys (this was like 4 years ago) and I just stepped out, I was slipping a course, and it just took off straight towards a liftline. my break didnt break, it just got stuck. it ended up hitting the fence and flying like 15 feet in the air. pretty sweet, but I was pretty sure I was going to get sued.
Mar 13 2007 2:40PM
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twix_182
Posts: 9248 - Karma: 27
attach a string from ur boot buckle to your binding. tada
Mar 13 2007 2:54PM
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Colt45er
Posts: 1650 - Karma: 336
brakes are like the only problem i ever had, its bad when u see your ski crusin down the hill..... once it goes into the woods or something, your done. get brakes for sure.
Mar 13 2007 2:56PM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24730 - Karma: 29,989
Salomon brakes snap off waaay too easily. That scenario has happened to me at least 3 times now...

what is even worse is when your entire back portion of the binding rips out of the ski... and your ski flys down the hill at about 40 mph and slams into a snowboarder or some 7 year old snowplower...

Happened to me before.. its ugly.
Mar 13 2007 2:58PM
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KINKED
Posts: 147 - Karma: 27
word. But even better, i just bought break yesterday for 7 bucks
Mar 13 2007 3:57PM
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DopeSauce
Posts: 1677 - Karma: 26
new zealand
Mar 15 2007 7:59PM
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Fitz.
Posts: 701 - Karma: 190
mine broke off last week, but im not sure if i can get a new brake, cause the plastic on top came off to, do they replace that to or can i just not get a new break??
Mar 15 2007 8:04PM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24730 - Karma: 29,989
What kind of bindings do you have?

I would like to say that Salomon are probably the most abundant and accessable... but almost no matter what you should be able to get them...
Mar 15 2007 9:07PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
I bet they are markers or rossis right
Mar 15 2007 9:31PM
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MALONE
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 79
Your a fucking FOOL!!! the BEST bindings you can buy are rossi FKS or P18, Im guessing your ride salomons? Super there 100% plastic and might as well say Fisher price on em.
Mar 15 2007 11:02PM
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Wis_Skier_23
Posts: 2263 - Karma: 245
I feel ya on the brakes.....i had my din too low and when i landed on my 5's they kept popping out....i bent 2 in one day past the point of being fixed and i bent one more the next day but i bent it back right away.......i hate my brakes
Mar 15 2007 11:03PM
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k-k-kyle
Posts: 112 - Karma: 10
definitely get new brakes. ive had to replace mine twice. i went skiing with a broken brake one time and i lost my ski which went into this nearly vertical tree run. i spent half my day looking for it. and thats not fun. spending 15 bucks is better that having to chase after your ski every time you eject and risking losing your ski untill when the snow melts and someone finds it.
Mar 15 2007 11:11PM
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OneEhtie
Posts: 79 - Karma: 4
haha take a look at my photos i had this happen also ! freekin marker Free's and the whole brake thing just got messed up and came off ... i went to the repair shop at a little hill i was at and they set me up with a whole new one, five bucks ... but at keystone they didnt gimme anything really ...
Mar 15 2007 11:22PM
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ogou0287
Posts: 603 - Karma: 47
have like 15 brakes for tyrolia bindings. used 4. the wide ones are easy to put in, but the regular...hammer, big time
Mar 15 2007 11:57PM
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skimanskimanskim
Posts: 1515 - Karma: 1,715
i break my brakes, in about the first 2 weeks of new bindings. They either bend up/sideways or just break off, its wayy anoying.
Mar 16 2007 12:11AM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
Awsome.
Mar 16 2007 5:32AM
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