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From: rosen@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Rob Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.rec.ski
Subject: Re: Bindings, comments on how to set.
Message-ID: <10912@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 13:02:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 13:02:59 1985
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In article <509@nsc-pdc.UUCP> patch@nsc-pdc.UUCP (Pat Chewning) 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...
>
>
>Surely Rob meant that he broke his LEG, not his arm.  It would be
>unreasonable to expect bindings to offer any protection to any part of the
>body except the legs.  Unless of course Rob skis on his hands, which I would
>like to see.
     First: anyone who is still confused about my quote "less than 
four years..." should know that I meant to say "more than four years...".
     Second:  while I certainly can be accused of temporary loss of
cognitive functioning in the above example, I can most assuredly say
that I did indeed break my ARM, not my leg...what happened was that
as I was falling, my right 444 didn't release; I was trying to break my
fall as any normal person would on a sidewalk, e.g. by sticking my hand
out in front of me.  Unfortunately, I was not traveling at 2mph (typical
walking speed) but rather at about 30mph (typical fast reckless skiing 
speed) and so when my hand hit the ground, it was followed by about 140 
pounds of weight that was traveling pretty damned fast.  THAT's how I
broke my arm.  In retrospect and in fairness to Salomon, I can't say that
my 444's CAUSED my accident...but I CAN say that they did contribute to it.
    In any event, the purpose was to clear up any confusion...I recommend
Salomons as being pretty good bindings -- my order of preference would be
Looks (I've had the 99RS for awhile and they're great) followed by Tyrolias (many good recommendations from friends) and then Salomons.
I have a personal bias against Markers because I think they are ugly (:-)).


--Rob
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		       --Rob Rosen

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