bandit wrote:Wickers, scratching the paintjob has no effect on the function of the Binding. :D
I always thought you talked sense Bandit ,,,, but I am now doubting my judgement :lol:
Kicking bindings.
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I always thought you talked sense Bandit ,,,, but I am now doubting my judgement :lol:
As your skiing develops, I believe you will need to bite the bullet on this. There will come a time when you need to get a ski back on and quickly with no chance of balancing on 1 leg whilst scraping with a pole tip...your poles will be fully occupied holding you upright.
Generally ski professionals do a single fore/aft scrape, click in and they are gone.
Well you know I'm nuts :P
you must be doing it wrong!
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Started by Snapzzz in Ski Chatter 10-Feb-2012 - 64 Replies
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
I always thought you talked sense Bandit ,,,, but I am now doubting my judgement :lol:
Bandit
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
Snapzzz wrote:Bandit- I wasn't questioning the clearing of snow and ice from the sole, that's a given. It was just the method.
I generally clear mine with the tip of my ski pole.
As your skiing develops, I believe you will need to bite the bullet on this. There will come a time when you need to get a ski back on and quickly with no chance of balancing on 1 leg whilst scraping with a pole tip...your poles will be fully occupied holding you upright.
Generally ski professionals do a single fore/aft scrape, click in and they are gone.
Bandit
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
Ian Wickham wrote:bandit wrote:Wickers, scratching the paintjob has no effect on the function of the Binding. :D
I always thought you talked sense Bandit ,,,, but I am now doubting my judgement :lol:
Well you know I'm nuts :P
Rossyhead
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
Ian Wickham wrote:Snapzzz wrote:Ok I saw this being taught today to a class ran by ESF.
You know when you get snow and ice built up on the sole of your boots and they become difficult to lock into your skis. Well this instructor was reaching the class the scrape/kick them hard against their bindings to remove it before retrying to click in.
Surely that's not good? I spent a lot of cash on my skis and I'm not going to kick hell out of them, especially the most mechanical and safety conscious parts.
Am I being silly?
Do you do this
It is much the same as uncliping your binding with your ski, it can only cause damage :evil:
you must be doing it wrong!
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NellyPS
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
I tend to use the front binding rather than the back part, along with scraping my boots on each other, and poles. Anything will do.
Pablo Escobar
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
All metal bindings for the win.
Dorset Boy
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
I'm with Bandit on this one, plus I've lost the bottom part of a few poles smacking them on the boot! One pole ends up about 110cm long and the other remains at about 125cm!
It matters not what the top looks like, it's all about the inside and the base!
It matters not what the top looks like, it's all about the inside and the base!
Trencher
reply to 'Kicking bindings.' posted Feb-2012
Easy solution, but a credit card will do. The main reason for scraping the sole of boots is alignment (other that just being able to get into the bindings). Just 1mm of ice (compressed snow) on one side of the heel and you are going to be skiing like @#$%, and even a fraction of that will mess up your skiing.
because I'm so inclined .....
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