Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've been skiing since I was about four (35 now). I remember back in about 1980 they made straps which connected your boots to the bindings. This was before the days of the two brakes that drop down when the ski becomes separated from the boot. The result of these straps was that when the ski came off it remained close to you. The only danger with these is that they may hit you if they do come off as they won't be far away. I guess you'll have to weigh up whether the risk of being hit by a ski is greater than losing a ski.
If your skiing in powder I don't see it as a major problem (I came off many times and never got hit with one).
Hope this helps.
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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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BrightonSki, ever heard of ski-streamers?
They're rolled up streamers which you clip to your binding and tuck into your boot so when the ski falls into powder, it leaves a long visible steamer so it's easy to find the ski.
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Wasn't there another thread on this? What happened to all the posts?
Jack Hallam, BrightonSki, if you haven't been welcomed already, in fact even if you have, Welcome to SnowHeads.
Jack Hallam, I referred to these as powder leashes and I have a pair. Someone's comment was that a friend nearly hurt himself badly being hit by a ski. A helmet may help.
Also check out this thread here (I think you started it too?)
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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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Got to be "powder traces" . Brightly coloured nylon strips of about 2m * 5 cm attached aound the bindings, then stuffed up your trouser leg. When you and the ski part company (surely not...?!) they pull out like a streamer, without having you and the ski attached, 'float' to the surface, and away you go.
Me & Mrs W now have a pair each as inevitably, when there was just a single 'try out' pair in the family, it was always the one not wearing them that came the cropper...
Get them from Slush & Rubble
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BrightonSki, you can also find some stuff on this at epicski
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