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Mr. Pollard's Opus too burly for dynafits? Touring people please help
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I'm getting a touring set up soon, and have been having trouble finding the right combination of ski/binding. I'm for sure going with dynafits, because it will be an almost entirely backcountry set up, but for the ski I'm not so sure. I love the feel of rockered soft fatties but I know that will sacrifice performance of a touring ski when you're going up, so I've been trying to find a happy medium for the way up and down, and have heard nothing but good things about the opus. The only thing I worry about is the opus' are pretty big skis and have some weight on them, and the dynafits have a somewhat limited din, should this be a problem? I'm 6 ft and 175 lb, thanks in advance!
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Heavy skis, so extra weight on the up is the only "problem". They'll ski fine.
Consider getting inserts for Dynafit + alpine bindings if this is your only fat ski though.
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I wouldn't call Opus' burly.
There are lots of guys running much bigger skis(Renegades, Billy Goats, Squad 7s, Bibbys, EHPs, etc) with Dynafits without any issues.
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I tour with Billy goats just fine. While a lighter ski would probably be ideal, there really isn't any issue with using a bigger ski
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I tour on my bibby's, and they will be my dynafit ski if I go that route. Tons of people in Whistler rocking dyna's on 115+ skis, I guess the only concern would be over torque-ing the binding? Especially in bounds or on the ski outs back.
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