Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dicomed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!dicomed!stryker From: stryker@dicomed.UUCP (d. j. stryker) Newsgroups: net.rec.ski Subject: Re: Bindings Message-ID: <645@dicomed.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 11:29:09 EST Article-I.D.: dicomed.645 Posted: Fri Nov 8 11:29:09 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 08:58:45 EST References: <1614@utah-gr.UUCP> Reply-To: stryker@dicomed.UUCP (d. j. stryker) Organization: DICOMED Corp., Minneapolis Lines: 21 In article <1614@utah-gr.UUCP> haas@utah-gr.UUCP (Walt Haas) writes: >Rob Rosen (rosen@ucbvax) writes: > >> Using bindings that are less than four years old is a very dangerous >> practice... Back in 1977 I broke my arm in three places because my >> Salomon 444's didn't release properly... > OK, folks, I'm going to go out on a limb with this one. I think that when it comes down to it, just about any binding made in the post cable binding era is going to do the job of protecting your legs more or less as well as any other if it is adjusted properly. I claim that most leg breaker falls would be leg breakers regardless of the binding used, and to blaim your bindings for your injuries is probably barking up the wrong lift pole. You want facts and figures about this one? Well I don't have them! What I do have is 17 years of skiing/racing/instructing experience and I've seen my share of injuries. Most injuries I've seen have occured because the skier is out of control, or is doing something that is a risk for his/her level of experience. This is part of the exhilaration of skiing for many, but it does have its dangers. --- Don