 Poster: A snowHead
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I have a pair of Blizzard DH skis that have the piston plate already installed (these are 2015 but never used). I am putting on a pair of Marker Race XCell bindings. What pre drilled screw holes do I use for a boot sole length of 327? There seems to be a "guide" out there that says what holes to use for different bsl, but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks,
Bill
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The plate is predrilled so it's dead simple to 'mock-up' the bindings location with your boot to put the boot centre line on the mounting line etc so you can see which holes to use. Have the heel in the middle of it's adjustment range when you do it and to guarantee enough adjustment to set the forward pressure correctly. If you can't figure this out yourself you really shouldn't be mounting them yourself.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@V95,
have you ever used DH skis before?
What are you planning on doing with them?
Very limited utility...
and I would go further than Jon and suggest that if you don't know how to mount the bindings, you really shouldn't be on those skis.
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I once blagged some 225cm DH skis off the Rossi rep for a day, omg, impossible............
Maybe they're easier these days 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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There is no center line on the plate or the skis. I am using them for kiteskiing on ice. Have you ever mounted bindings on this plate before? What is the “mounting line” you speak of on this plate? And yes, I have mounted bindings before.
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@V95, kite skiing, what, where you require a serious amount of turniness?
So they’ll be, like, totally unsuitable?
And it doesn’t take an engineering genius towork out the centre line... being halfway between pairs of holes...
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You clearly don’t understand that with kiteskiing on ice, you simply need to hold the best edge possible. I’ve been kiteskiing for 27 years now, since the days of two handle foil kites and chest harnesses. But hey, thanks for your expertise. The insulting comments have made me laugh several times this morning. I found the info needed on page 69 of the Marker manual thanks to a different forum where someone who actually knows what they are talking about kindly replied.
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@V95, you don’t need any manouevrability?
Ok, well then, they’ll be perfekt.
You did ask a reasonably obvious to answer question with some conflicting information - i.e. anyone with the skill and experience to ski on DH boards will have picked up the collateral experience to know the answer already.
But hey, the internet, eh?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Maybe they're not actually DH Race skis, but downhill skis, if you Google downhill skis you just get regular alpine skis......
Maybe the OP can put us straight as to the length/model.
But as a layman, DH Race skis are only good for one thing, going straight at warp speed as I found out!
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@KenX, that had crossed my mind...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@KenX, You wouldn't put the piston plate on recreational skis, plus the OP has got Race XCell bindings for them.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I would have thought kite skiing on ice = a frozen lake or similar and not much turning at all. Proper DH skis sound ideal.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks guys! You are correct. Ice kiting means on a frozen lake, going straight, hold an edge and go fast. You have re-established my faith in the people of this forum.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@V95, then, perfect.
Where do you live to get such big frozen lakes? Scandinavia? Great Mid-West?
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