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Demo bindings vs rails

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Jah-Beef
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My friend has demo bindings and thinks it’s the bindings that make him suck at rails. Can anyone vouch for him?
Dec 29 2017 9:20PM
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Hoyer
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What the hell do bindings have anything to do with being able to do rails
Dec 29 2017 9:23PM
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Jah-Beef
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HoyerWhat the hell do bindings have anything to do with being able to do rails

That’s my argument but he says that since demo bindings are raised from the ski it’s harder
Dec 29 2017 9:27PM
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The.Fish
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i have schizo bindings which are basically demo bindings but you can move the pieces up and down the ski and keep the same bsl. I don’t like them but I suck at park and can still slide rails perfectly fine.
Dec 29 2017 9:42PM
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twoshanes
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idk shit about binding tech, but I had demo bindings when I learned how to ski rails and I survived. Weight could be an issue, but I think the solution here is to call him a pussy until he decides to quit skiing forever.
Dec 29 2017 10:44PM
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oxiclean
Posts: 615 - Karma: 687
Demo bindings are significantly heavier, but also your friend just sucks.
Dec 30 2017 1:57PM
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fries
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Sounds like an excuse. I learned rails on a pair of clunky 150$ skis with old rental bindings.
Dec 30 2017 4:07PM
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JoeC92
Posts: 516 - Karma: 1,299
He just needs full tilts
Dec 31 2017 2:20AM
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flip_flopz
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I mean, they are a little heavier but not heavy enough to make someone "suck at rails". Ur friend is making an excuse

However, demo bindings are kinda sketchy reliability-wise compared to normal alpine bindings. So easy to come out of em when you don't want to. Wouldn't want to be pushing it too hard on a pair of demos.
Dec 31 2017 11:41PM
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Belch
Posts: 212 - Karma: 217
sounds like your freind is a pussy
Jan 1 2018 12:19AM
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lloyd_braun
Posts: 64 - Karma: 488
it's not the arrow....it's the indian
Jan 1 2018 11:00AM
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aideey10
Posts: 42 - Karma: 100
I learned rails on a pair of skis that had race bindings and weren't center mounted and it was just fine. The race binding deffentally added some weight though.
Jan 1 2018 4:25PM
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suup
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lloyd_braunit's not the arrow....it's the indian


Native American or Archer, you unpolitically correct fuck
Jan 1 2018 5:29PM
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