 Poster: A snowHead
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Dear Snowheads,
My very well used Salomon Rocker 2s 115 (188cm) are falling apart and I have bought a pair of 188cm Line Bacons 115 as a replacement pair of skis (they were very cheap.) I am no switch rider or butter turning new schooler, but the skis get blinding reviews and were a great bargain. I will never be riding switch or hitting the park but I will be doing lots of off-piste with that in mind some binding mountain advice would be useful. My Salomon Rocker 2s have the binding a fair bit back - probably irrelevant.
Should I mount the binding further back from the recommended line (certainly not the centre line I am no jibber), as this mounting point I guess still allows switch and other such shenanigans none of which I will be doing. Would it be advantageous to push the bindings back a little from the recommended line or not for my uses, if anybody has experience with this then that would be great.
Thank you in anticipation SHs.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mount demo bindings then you can play around?
Otherwise a bunch of us played with mounting points on a similar sized ski the prototype Whitedot ASBO (Altum 114) one EOSB. There was definitely a difference - I favoured I think @thedoc's point (as designer) as it made everything more lively and fun while others preferred the SAGA mount further back which gave a more trad feel. I'd be inclined for funz to not second guess the recommended line.
I don't think it's about not skiing switch or buttering really but more whether you exploit the skis shape to the max for carves,bumps, pivoting in trees etc.
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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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Thank you for your response.
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I am probably completely overthinking it all or miss thinking it!
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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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@fatbloke, cheers for that, I emailed Line/K2 about this and my skiing and they suggest me going 1-2cm back from recommended which would be -5-6cm from centre which is what you suggest in your reply! Thank you,
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FAQ
. The first pair I mounted as recommended: great fun and very forgiving. The second pair were mounted @ 50mm back of centre. Still great fun but a smidge more stable and a slight improvement in the deep(ish) stuff. On balance preferred them back a bit, but not by much 
