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Advice for busted skis

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1080chubs
Posts: 1001 - Karma: 28
so anyways last week i over rotated and when i hit the ground i twisted my tailpiece off its little frame thing. also i broke a big piece of plastic off the back of the other tail piece... so i need new bindings. thing is, theres only a few days left of skiing, and obviously i want to hit up the sweet spring skiing its my fav, and the end of the season "push all the snow into the park and make everything huge" is going down too.

I probably have to get new skis soon, these are torn up but i'ma try to get another year out of them

My options:
Buy new bindings, drill new holes, put them on; can be cheap or expensive bindings. the idea is that hte cheap ones will last me for the last few days, and i can get really fancy ones at the start of next season so i dont wreck those accidentally.

buy whole new skis and bindings, i can probably get a good deal

maybe buy whole new skis and bindings AND get bindings for others so i can ride them next year

thing is i'd rather not get new skis and just use them the last few days.

does anyone have suggestions or other options?
and what type of bindings should i get (SOLOMONS SUCK ASS, THE S10 HAS BROKEN LIKE 50 TIMES)
Mar 13 2007 9:10PM
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MadSteezin
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use them as a urban ski
Mar 13 2007 9:11PM
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1080chubs
Posts: 1001 - Karma: 28
kinda my plan, only problem is the binding is no longer attatched to the ski, and cannot be put back on...
Mar 13 2007 9:15PM
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ScratchFS91
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get rossignol/look, they work good
Mar 13 2007 9:20PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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how big are you if you want a cheap pair of skis for the end of the season i have a pair of last years 181 ar5s center mounted with p12s i could let go cheap
Mar 13 2007 9:46PM
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1080chubs
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man its just for the last few days, i dont think i need whole new skis... my 170s are already over my head, adding another 10 cm would make it dificult
Mar 13 2007 9:59PM
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emopoppins
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so heres what you do. it worked for me for a whole season

go to the local goodwill, pick up a good size pair of straight skis or whatever. make sure the bindings are mad old. 10 year old markers aren't bad plus they are kinda light. dont get an old sandwhich ski. the skis salomon was putting out 8 years ago are sweet for this. get them mounted center or way forward, just tell your tech to go over the recommended point because who cares you'll ruin them anyway. grind the edge away. and voila, you can still go backwards, and hit jumps (we had a good 60 footer at my local hill and it wasn't a problem) so do that and your set for the season
Mar 13 2007 10:52PM
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Gez
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so....why don't you buy some sweet bindings and mount em up on your old beater skis for the last couple days of the season. Then you can buy some new skis for next season and retire the beaters, strip the bindings off and mount them on the new skis.....
Mar 13 2007 11:02PM
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Dustin.
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wow thats dedication
Mar 14 2007 12:01AM
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armaduh
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^it dosnt exactly sound safe. the reason skis get outdated like 10 years or so is cause theyr not exactly safe anymore. ya know, new tecnolegy
Mar 14 2007 12:52AM
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