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Talk me into Dynafit(-style) setup

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skimottaret wrote:
they seem great for going up and gentle downhill but if you bend a ski in the turn not sure i would fancy em...


Once again, the traditional response is to post a clip of Eric Hjorleifson in action:

The way I see it...

The first half of this video where he's on the pillow lines is on Dynafit FT12s of some colour or flavour, not sure whether Radical or Vertical though. The downhill charging in the second half is all on alpine bindings though. Admittedly, he's a pretty astoundingly good skiier, but this does demonstrate that Dynafits can be used in ways that you might not initially trust or believe!

I believe he said himself elsewhere that the way to limit pre-releasing is to use a stiff ski. If you're using something soft and noodly and pushing it hard, there's a good chance that the flex will be enough to pop you out.
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skimottaret wrote:
Arno, could very well be the case as they were rentals but the lad was giving it some today came off a roller and maybe only 5ft of air and landed clean but got pinged out, quite entertaining though watching a skier cross athlete go tumbling !!


I'm slightly heavier, skiing a stiff, relatively wide ski and have had no pre-release problems and I ski them as hard as I would alpine bindings, including drops and don't have the DIN cranked right up. I religiously make sure the toe inserts are clear of ice though. The other known issue to cause pre-releases is as Arno says where the binding isn't adjusted correctly to the boot length. When the ski cambers the heel hits the rear portion of the binding causing them to release. There's a whole load of info on the Wild Snow website about it.

Or maybe I just don't ski hard enough. Sad
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re Dynafit solidity I submit the following:

Dynafit backflip...
Canada Pow from Nick Madison
http://vimeo.com/26853281


This lad Gilles pushes them a bit too... on TLT5s as well...

Noël 2011 from gilles sierro
http://vimeo.com/34198303
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Serriadh, they were pretty soft skis movements of some description and this guy is used to full on race skis..

dont want to dis the Dynafits and most likely down to not being clear of ice, set up or whatever... but still fun to watch Toofy Grin
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^ looks like both have em locked out?
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moffatross, nah but will be back in the game after this weekend if you're about for a slide.
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I am starting to be very attracted to a nice shiny pair of plums

Shocked
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I've found Dynafit brakes to be pretty ineffective really.
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barry, thanks for your observations, sort of confirms what I said in my post on previous page Puzzled
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^ huh? re lockout? indeedy, i wont be a lockout kinda guy unless my weight would dictate it to avoid pre-release (have tele'd so not too panicy about no release). Highish end of available "DIN" should be plenty for me anyways. The lockout thing is kinda weird though - I get it for keeping em on, but if you're putting enough forces through them skiing down to need to lockout then you will surely be risking pretty big mech failure? (never mind knee/hip failure, though if you're belting along that risk lessens I woulda thunk?)
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plum guides and scarpa mobes it is Toofy Grin
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