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POW Ski Binding suggestions?

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turtle13
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Looking to stack the quiver with some new pow skis, +K for some binding suggestions! Thank you
Jan 8 2012 2:46AM
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californiagrown
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Solly STH 16's
or
Solly 916's if you are brutal on bindings



they have a fairly wide platform so its less likely to rip out.
Jan 8 2012 2:52AM
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Mr_pretzel
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I dont get were anyone got that from. They aren't harder to click into that any other ski.
I wouldn't know of course, cause im pro and never fall.
Jan 8 2012 3:01AM
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RudyGarmisch
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I'm so pro that my bindings never release, I apres ski by unbuckling my boots and leaving them clicked in while i chat up Johnny Moselys girlfriend in the hottub.
Jan 8 2012 4:02AM
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I_Am_Mod
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not even kidding, last year in italy i saw this old gaper shuffeling on his skis over the asphalt in the parking lot towards his car, then he unbuckled his boots, while still snapped into his skis, put on his normal shoes and put the skis, with boots still attached, into his truck ...

at first i couldn't believe this guy was serious, but literally everything added up to this guy, the beard, the stunna clip-on shades, the headband, the beard, the onepiece, the rear entry boots, i'm sure he was 100% serious about it ....
Jan 8 2012 8:29AM
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Mr_pretzel
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When you got swagga like that you gotta be serious.
Jan 8 2012 1:51PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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I think I've seen that guy.
Jan 8 2012 2:15PM
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turtle13
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Right on the money, i was thinking about FKS but wanted some reassurance. +K
Jan 8 2012 4:44PM
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NWlife.
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atomic ffg 16s are filthy looking and good for backcountry
Jan 8 2012 5:59PM
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Big_Willy
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I don't know why this is ever a tough question, fks's are super reliable and all metal (fks 18). If you want to tour and ski - duke. If you want to tour and dont ski the resort dynafit. It's not like bindings are hard to figure out. Markers have a bunch of plastic but seem reliable. Lot's of folks like solly's but I haven't seen a pair that hasn't had finicky wings. Bindings connect your boot to your ski, get something reliable.
Jan 8 2012 6:26PM
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J.M
Posts: 2854 - Karma: 254
FKS
Jan 8 2012 6:26PM
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californiagrown
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there IS a reason for this common complaint...is it overblown? maybe. maybe not.
Jan 8 2012 6:40PM
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buchanan.
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i havent used fks on pow skis because ive ripped the heel out twice now. awesome bindings but so far jesters have worked the best for me. i have a used pair of the jester pros on bents this year and the only days ive used them have been on softer but really tracked out snow. they feel super solid and there is minimal movement of my boot in the binding. used sth16s last year on my pow skis and i found i could move the boot around side to side (like edge to edge) more than i would have liked. sure jester are "plastic" but they are still a strong binding.
Jan 8 2012 6:51PM
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Chubz.
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sigged.
Jan 8 2012 6:55PM
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