Comments on: Su-matic – Vintage Alpine Touring Binding

By: Don Mertle

Don Mertle — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:23:07 +0000

I used the Su matic bindings on Rossingol Ski Mountaineering skis to do the Chamonix – Zermatt haute route in May 1982 after meeting Paul in Saas Fee with the Neptunes in an unsuccessful try at finding a group going from there back to France. They did the job and all the trick turns. I was mentioned namelessly in “return to the Haute Route” piece in one of the mags later, as the Californian who could really ski. I was doing inside ski skating jump turns with a pack going down a steep chute with a pack…and they thought I was falling out of control. I wish I still had them.

By: Darren Glick

Darren Glick — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:46:44 +0000

those things are a trip. It’s great to see some vintage a t gear. I am impressed to see people were trying to build bindings like that back in the early days.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:18:54 +0000

What a crazy contraption! Looks like it worked, though with limited range for touring efficiency.