Gear rumors 19/20

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Originally Posted by burrito

Saw them at OR/SIA this week. There are some other minor changes to the ski/walk lever, heel, etc. I didn't get a chance to talk with anyone about it, though. It's still a DIN 12, so I'm not sure exactly what they're going for. Basically admitting that the six springs in the standard Kingpin toe are no more effective than two?

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The toe wings on the Alpinist are shorter requiring more effort to leverage the open therefore only two spring suffice vs 6 for the same retention on the Kingpin toe.

The Alpinist toe also uses carbon reinforced plastics to give the same strength as metal with less weight.

If you watch the attached video, Marker also claims they used the same formula in the heel plastics and replaced many metal components with lighter titanium.

The result is z binding with the same weight as the Dynafit Rotation/Radical 2 with superior power transmission of the Kingpin heel.

The only thing that stopped me from mounting Kingpins on my latest touring skis was the extra 400-500 grams weight over Techton/Radical 2. If the new lighter M Werks version had been available now, I would have purchased it and I believe that is why Marker is marketing it, to catch the market share they are losing to buyers who want lighter weight freeride tech bindings.

So the binding that keeps breaking is getting even lighter?

Haa what could possibly go wrong

Attachment 268296Black Diamond Recon replaces the „Route“

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Originally Posted by rob stokes

You guys are fucked, all this new tech and we are jizzing our pants over a pair of ugly ass slippers? God we are all old.

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Especially considering The North Face has been making a ton of different styles of insulated booties and slippers for YEARS.... Teva ripped them off as well with their Ember, they came out after one of the Product Managers moved from TNF to Teva.

Anyone familiar with Black Crows seen anything coming out birdie ski line with a wider full rocker flat underfoot - ala Corvus birdie?
On Corvus 193; is it a beefy bump up or same build as 188 with length?

There’s a Daemon Birdie now. No idea about new shit or Corvus birdie.

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Originally Posted by Andyski

There’s a Daemon Birdie now. No idea about new shit or Corvus birdie.

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After something wider but good suggestion. Cleaned up my question. May just get her a straight Corvus 176

Y’all can have your puffy bunion slippers. I’m here for podium kicks. Attachment 268360


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Originally Posted by Wetdog

I believe that is why Marker is marketing it, to catch the market share they are losing to buyers who want lighter weight freeride tech bindings.

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They're losing market share because their POS products keep grenading in terrible ways. I wish them the worst of luck with their future endeavors.

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Originally Posted by nickel

They're losing market share because their POS products keep grenading in terrible ways.

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THIS

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Originally Posted by Abol98

Y’all can have your puffy bunion slippers. I’m here for podium kicks. Attachment 268360

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^this.

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Originally Posted by nickel

They're losing market share because their POS products keep grenading in terrible ways.

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x3

It's horrible that I want that shoe simply because it says Lange on it. But that's why I want it. Take that name away and I likely wouldn't even notice the shoe in the wild. It's like a must-have at this point.

Ze Pindung ready for launch in the fall. Retail 499 Euro. DIN 5-14. Adjustable brake width. 1.3 kg per unit. Why is it not red?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnILPDdjOak

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Originally Posted by SoooL

Ze Pindung ready for launch in the fall. Retail 499 Euro. DIN 5-14. Adjustable brake width. 1.3 kg per unit. Why is it not red?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnILPDdjOak

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Awesome! Doesn’t look as finicky as other bindings in particular the attention to the brakes

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Originally Posted by SoooL

Ze Pindung ready for launch in the fall. Retail 499 Euro. DIN 5-14. Adjustable brake width. 1.3 kg per unit. Why is it not red?

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Nice to finally see a finished product!
Is it really an adjustable brake width? I wonder how that works. For use with inserts for different skis that would be extremely useful.

Apart from that, it will need to be really bomb proof and free from pre-release issues to justify that weight.

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Originally Posted by MnO_____

Nice to finally see a finished product!
Is it really an adjustable brake width?

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That's what the guy confirms in the video, at circa 0:58.

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Originally Posted by SoooL

Ze Pindung ready for launch in the fall. Retail 499 Euro. DIN 5-14. Adjustable brake width. 1.3 kg per unit. Why is it not red?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnILPDdjOak

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sweeeeet

Love the innovation!!! What's the stack height? Looks tall in vid.

anyone have any info on the new Kastle FX range for 19/20? Saw a terrible Instagram story from ISPO Munich and looked like more options.. maybe wider ones above the 95 HP... maybe even taking over from the BMX range?

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Originally Posted by MickeysEars

anyone have any info on the new Kastle FX range for 19/20? Saw a terrible Instagram story from ISPO Munich and looked like more options.. maybe wider ones above the 95 HP... maybe even taking over from the BMX range?

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BMX goes away, four widths in the FX line now. 86/96/106/116. Not sure if they all have HP versions. I need a mid and was curious what the FX 96 would look like. Bash guard is a plus for me. Not feeling that top sheet yet. Curious about weight because it looks like it should be lighter, despite the slight width increase.

https://www.pugski.com/threads/k%C3%...ce-2007.13801/

Photo on the right per Pugski insta.

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Pindung looks cool. Can’t wait to hear some feed back on it’s use.


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Originally Posted by MnO_____

it will need to be really bomb proof and free from pre-release issues to justify that weight.

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Yeah, 1300g seems pretty heavy. Was hoping it would be under 1kg. Step in seems more complicated than the Shift.

The company seems cool. I hope they're wildly successful and really give the shift some solid competition.

I just read deeper into that Kastle thread and it seems like the FX96 HP and FX106 HP will be the only HP versions, and offered exclusively as HP. However... if the commenters are correct, the HP designation now means carbon and not metal.

Where's my torch?