Comments on: New Telemark Binding Makes Debut

By: Cathy Chute

Cathy Chute — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:34:09 +0000

Bindings that don’t release = injury to your body! Forget about the avalanche business all you need to do is fall down in a non-releasable binding and you can do serious damage to your bones and joints. As a nurse that has worked in surgery in Mammoth Lakes, Tahoe, Wenatchee, Seattle and San Francisco I have made a living off of injured skiers for over twenty years. If I had a dollar for every patient (alpine or tele) who said “My binding didn’t release” I could have retired by now!! I still tele on my old voile releasables and hope for the best. Shame on the ski industry for minimizing the risks.

By: Scott Loss

Scott Loss — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:30:48 +0000

Voile has answered 99% of the safety, durability and cost-effectiveness issues with the crb. They took the simple 3-pin cable binding and “contemporized” it, making it releasable with a brake, leaving all of the other more expensive “new” ideas in the dust. After three years on the market, I’ve seen 2 (two) NTN systems on the mountain, total.
The sky hoy was ahead of its time, and with a few simple design tweaks, it would have flown, big time. Manufacturers can try to reinvent the wheel all they want, but the fact is, any binding that is designed to release is safer than one that is not. I chuckle at my fellow nords as they fiddle with their safety straps. Skiing is hazardous, so why wouldn’t you do everything possible to reduce the hazards? Ask yourself that when you spend your next dollar on gear. Learning efficient technique is also a great idea, as no gear can withstand some of the pressures exerted by some “testers.” That is what killed the sky hoy.

By: catus

catus — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:08:24 +0000

The things need to be sorted out because it’s not about the individual but it can be with everyone.

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:45:34 +0000

I can not imagine trying to keep up with my son if I was on tele gear. I’d have to have him ski with one leg on nordic racing gear if I was to have any hope. That is all.

By: Sal Paradise

Sal Paradise — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:00:05 +0000

the discussion continues, this is great..ima gonna get fired because of this site! I’ve been a tele skier (east coast) for going on 26 years (holy cow, time flies) and switched to a binding that releases by design (after fracturing a fibula a few years ago)- the 7tm and have been very happy with it, and I can almost keep up with my 12 yr old son (hes an alpine racer) skiing lift serve by making “alpine turns”, but since the little bugger is only getting faster, I made the plunge for an AT setup…its all good and I can’t wait for the new gear to arrive (I bought mostly Dynafit stuff – scored a new pair of dynafit boots from STP for $225!), rock on.