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papermache
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greetings newschoolers, I've been lift skiing for 20 years and this year i'm pretty much set on not buying a pass and instead, looking to put the money towards a touring setup. I'm completely new to this and am interested to know a few things. At this point i'm leaning towards a tech binding. I do a lot of climbing/mountaineering and have had a lot of interest in combining skiing with the two, so weight/uphill is important. But, like I said, i've been a downhill skier all my life, I still want to be able to ski!!

The general consensus from this forum so far seems to be dynafit TLT might be a good fit for the use that I'm envisioning, maybe you would have another opinion or binding in mind. That said I would just like to have a realistic idea about downhill performance when it comes to this setup. I don't plan on lift skiing or crushing moguls or dropping huge cliffs, but small cliffs? steeps? hoping one of you guys might be able to paint a picture of what skiing looks like for someone making this change. Thanks for the help.
Nov 5 2015 11:27PM
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50Kal
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If your hitting cliffs smaller than 15ft I would say a regular dynafit set up would be fine. If you plan on going big or hitting cliffs a lot get the dynafit beast. Hoji hits the biggest cliffs on his set up.
And yes dynafit is the way to go if your AT all the time.
Nov 7 2015 6:25PM
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Dirty.Harry.
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Take a look at the Dynafit Mercury boot as well. It's the Vulcan's little brother. Same shell but with different material.

You should get Dynafit bindings though too. They're great for touring.
Nov 7 2015 8:36PM
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schusson
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Dynafits will work fine for damn near anything. I've seen guys send 30+ feet in Tuckerman Ravine on some older ST's. Theyre light as hell too.
Nov 7 2015 10:18PM
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Mr.Penguin
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I use G3 Ions, I really like them so far, however I did get them for free and everything seems to always be better when you didn't pay for it. The new Dynafit stuff is really similar.
Nov 8 2015 1:47AM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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Mr.PenguinI use G3 Ions, I really like them so far, however I did get them for free and everything seems to always be better when you didn't pay for it. The new Dynafit stuff is really similar.


I second the IONs, bombproof, great performance.

but really, there have been huge advancements in tech bindings over the last few years.... these aint ur daddys pins son . I think you will be surprised at the over all perforce of this binding category in general.
Nov 29 2015 7:24AM
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papermache
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Hugh_Conway_jrI second the IONs, bombproof, great performance.

but really, there have been huge advancements in tech bindings over the last few years.... these aint ur daddys pins son . I think you will be surprised at the over all perforce of this binding category in general.


This is very encouraging to hear. Thanks for the reply, that goes for everyone. I've been hearing very positive things about the ions, they sound like a solid choice.
Dec 1 2015 11:14PM
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Literature
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papermacheThis is very encouraging to hear. Thanks for the reply, that goes for everyone. I've been hearing very positive things about the ions, they sound like a solid choice.


Ion or Radical FT are just fine.
Dec 2 2015 9:17PM
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