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Marker Squire Bindings

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SkinTrack
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I just picked up a pair. I had the griffons last year and had zero problems with them. They were easily the best bindings ive ever used. I sold them this summer thinking i would be able to get another pair cheap. Turns out that didnt happen so i went to my local shop and saw the squire. I saw it had a decent din range and just was alot lighter then the griffon so i went with them. I ski alot of east coast park and some all mountain stuff too. Im not too hard on bindings. I am 6' and 145 lbs. My griffons were fine last year. Do you think the squire will be okay for me? Thanks guys!
Oct 5 2010 2:41PM
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Pahina22
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6' 145lb? damn son...you need to start eating and hitting the gym
Oct 5 2010 2:44PM
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SkinTrack
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yes, i do resemble a string bean
Oct 5 2010 2:53PM
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-ShredTheGnar-
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They should be fine for you, i mean they are designed as an entry level park binding... so if your din setting fits in the range you should be fine.
Oct 5 2010 2:56PM
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SkinTrack
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yeah i rode about an 8.5 all year on my griffons and they were golden
Oct 5 2010 4:00PM
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-ShredTheGnar-
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and you aren't overly aggressive? if not then squire is good.
Oct 5 2010 4:14PM
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DUKES
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i wouldnt that is meant for groms, im 6'2" 154 and kinda close to your specs i wouldnt risk it look at tramdock cause they have been sellin head mojo 15s for under 200
Oct 5 2010 4:16PM
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Balto
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this
Oct 5 2010 4:17PM
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BWalmer
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Yeah, height is more important than weight, and BSL is also important, I'd put a 14, 15 or even 16 DIN binding on depending on your confidence in yourself.
Oct 5 2010 4:27PM
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SkinTrack
Posts: 360 - Karma: 41
hmm...so i take it i should return the squires and get the griffons? i ski inferno at mt snow and i spin off all the jumps as well as hit every rail/feature they have so i guess you could call me pretty aggressive
Oct 5 2010 11:42PM
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DUKES
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yeah get griffons
Oct 5 2010 11:59PM
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steep
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I'm 5'9 160 and have a pair of griffons (on my bacons set at 9) and a pair of jesters going on my anthems
Oct 6 2010 12:06AM
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SkinTrack
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thanks homies.+k
Oct 6 2010 12:10AM
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styley.
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hey i just got a pair of afterbangs with these.

the guy at the shop said they would be fine and i asked about the griffons.

Im about 5' 9" 175 and a beginner in park. i live in michigan so i dont really ever hit that big of kickers or anything.

will these be ok? they mounted my skis wrong so they are giving me a new pair but should i see if i can get other bindings too(might be a stretch)?

thanks ahead of time
Oct 12 2010 5:35PM
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styley.
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^by the way the din is at 9
Oct 12 2010 5:39PM
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styley.
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bump.

anybody know? gotta decide quick
Oct 12 2010 9:09PM
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S-TownSkier
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im selling a brand new pair of marker squire bindings if anyone is interested
Oct 12 2010 9:53PM
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Chompo.
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im 5'10 (still growing) 145 and have dukes, and sth 16's... so you should deffinently get better binders
Oct 12 2010 10:31PM
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styley.
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why on earth would i need 16 din bindings?

i dont need the best bindings possible im just wondering if they will be ok
Oct 13 2010 8:24PM
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blatt
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squire is only a 12 din so stay away from that
Oct 13 2010 8:33PM
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josh_skier
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i'm like 5 feet tall and looking at buying squires, I compete and im wondering if they would be okay for me??
Apr 9 2014 10:49PM
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b-kul
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styley.why on earth would i need 16 din bindings?


many people get high din bindings for reasons other than the high din. usually they will also be made out of tougher materials for better durability.
Apr 10 2014 10:59AM
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cydwhit
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I had squires for a year and a half, I am 6'1" 185lbs and would like to call myself pretty aggressive. I dropped some big cliffs on them and never had an issue, unfortunately they exploded when my skis fell off my car. (not my fault) I then skied griffons for the rest of the year. They have been fine but have pre-released on me a few times and the afd on one broke off in crash, I would say you should be fine with the squires. It really just depends on how hard you are on your gear.
Apr 10 2014 1:39PM
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Ali_Dibden
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While we are on the subject of marker bindings, have you folks had any decent experience with the jesters in comparison to the griffons (just recently snapped the heel piece on the griffons) so i was looking for something with a little higher resilience. thoughts?
Apr 10 2014 5:01PM
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.nasty
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cydwhitI had squires for a year and a half, I am 6'1" 185lbs and would like to call myself pretty aggressive. I dropped some big cliffs on them and never had an issue, unfortunately they exploded when my skis fell off my car. (not my fault) I then skied griffons for the rest of the year. They have been fine but have pre-released on me a few times and the afd on one broke off in crash, I would say you should be fine with the squires. It really just depends on how hard you are on your gear.


I wouldn't give out information like that, squires are not meant for a guy your size and the fact that you didn't explode them skiing is astonishing but also an extremely rare circumstance. Your experience is purely coincidence and should not be thought of as real information.
Apr 10 2014 6:08PM
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cydwhit
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.nylesI wouldn't give out information like that, squires are not meant for a guy your size and the fact that you didn't explode them skiing is astonishing but also an extremely rare circumstance. Your experience is purely coincidence and should not be thought of as real information.


Yeah, I understand that, that's why I said they have been fine for me, not that they were a perfect binding or anything like that, haha. I think absolutely recommending any binding is a little sketchy. I also stand by my earlier statement that squires were fine for me. Not everyone needs the beefiest thing out there, If I find another pair of squires for cheap I will probably get them, Maybe I got lucky but the information that I gave is real information.
Apr 10 2014 8:45PM
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