 Poster: A snowHead
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I've just got my hands on a pair of the new soul 7s, and am wondering what bindings to stick on them. I'm ex snowboarder, picked up skiing a couple of years ago and this is the first time I've bought skis / bindings, so some advice would be great. My height is 1.8m, weight is 70kg. Normally class myself as 2 when renting which gives a din of 6. I like to err on the low din side as last season I fractured my tibial plateau after a weird forward fall where the binding did not release.
Some of the bindings I've been considering...
- Marker Baron
- Marker Griffon (schizo or regular)
- Rossignol FKS 14 XXL
Two main decisions I'm trying to make:
1) Is it worth putting up with the supposed downsides (stack height, weight, flex) a touring binding if I'll probably only spend 3-5 days touring (short, lift accessed) out of around 30 days skiing. I'm biased by my experience snowboarding on awful voile split board plates, it's entirely possible I won't even notice the difference.
2) For a regular binding such as the non-schizo griffon or FKS, how much adjustment for BSL can you make before remounting, and if you need to remount, does it damage the skis or just their resale value, as I suspect my current boots may be slightly too big.
All opinions (other than those about whether I should have used the search function) welcome!
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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 Baron skis as well as alpine binding. Is it worth it (cost-wise)? Depends on how much you'll tour, but hiking on anything soft sucks...
I don't know how much adjustment is in the bindings, but re-mounting is no problem, you can just plug the holes. Will affect resale value though.
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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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fks has about 5 to 7mm adjustment, griffon will have more
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clarky999, that's good to know about the Barons thanks. Cost-wise there's not much in it, as they're on sale at a couple of places.
carroz, thanks - is that 5 to 7mm in total, or in each direction?
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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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spatters, in total, the arms don't have much adjustment at all
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