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Touring bindings for 2 sets of skis

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XtRemE11
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I'm looking to get two skis this year, one 105ish waist do everything ski, and one 120+ pure powder ski.

im considering using touring bindings on both, i've only ever borrowed my friends skis when we did any backcountry touring, so i havent owned a setup. he had barons, they were ok, but for me nothing compares to pivots.

I've seen some systems out there, forget what they're called, where you can run your regular alpine bindings, those work ok?

otherwise any other bindings i should be looking at?
Nov 30 2015 3:48AM
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haggis_hunter
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You have a few options;

Dukes, Guardians and Adrenalin 16's are near enough alpine bindings. Yes its not quite a pivot or STH16, but its near enough.

Option two is binding freedom, a lot of people have done this and stick a set of inserts in for Pivots and a set for touring in each ski and swap them round as you need.

Option is the CAST system, theres a huge ass thread on TGR about it in tech talk.
Nov 30 2015 6:34AM
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XtRemE11
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Yeah i was seriously looking cast, wasnt there some new system that just recently came out? cant remember what it was but i remember thinking it looked good.
Nov 30 2015 11:57AM
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polmei
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LamafamaOption is the CAST system, theres a huge ass thread on TGR about it in tech talk.


yep
Nov 30 2015 1:27PM
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Mr.Penguin
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What's your ratio of inbounds to out of bounds?
Nov 30 2015 1:46PM
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XtRemE11
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a lot more inbounds, but I would like that to change that..
Nov 30 2015 3:05PM
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haggis_hunter
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XtRemE11a lot more inbounds, but I would like that to change that..


I'm in the same boat as you while I get into it and since I don't have the coin for tech bindings and boots to suit at the moment I'm just going to get a set of skis I can stick tech bindings on later but will have alpine touring ones on for now.
Nov 30 2015 4:55PM
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japanada
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Option 3, mount with pivots and use day wreckers.

I personally would go with inserts for pivots and then your touring bindings. Anything like dukes/guardians creates a dead spot under the binding and imo I changes how the ski rides and kills some of the pop. At least thats what I found on my R122s and YLEs.

The cast system, while great, requires dynafits, the right kind of boot that can be planed and have the pin holes added. A lot of money if youre just looking to get into the sidecountry/BC.
Dec 1 2015 12:51AM
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