Sanouk mounting point

[Tom Selek's Moustache]

I know some people on this board have the sanouks and am wondering how you mounted them. The factory point looks really far back especially since it is a swallowtail. Any recomendations would be helpfull,
thanks

[Core Shot]

When a gay man's moustache has to ask about the proper "mounting" point, what is this world coming to

[weibo]

Who is Tom Selek? If your using a famous guys name at least spell it right.

[Lok]

I have a pair mounted tele, on the line, and I'm very happy with how they ski. Got them cheap from a Völkl pro who recommended mounting them +2 cm for alpine. He said that he had moved the bindings around quite a bit. I got the impression that most of the other riders mounted their Sanouks a bit forward as well.

edit: and mount them straight on the skis, i.e., no "duck stance".

[StormDay]

I have my pair mounted straight and at the standard factory point. They feel perfect to me.

I spend a fair amount of time in the trees and have no issues wiping them around when I need to. Note: The sanouks are pretty light for their size and the shovel is soft.

[H-wood]

If you take a look at how far back the contact point is in the tip, you'll understand why the mark looks further back than normal- the tip is extra long.

[verbier61]

mount them straight on the skis, i.e., no "duck stance".

any beta on how they ski with the duck stance?

[squaretail]

any beta on how they ski with the duck stance?

They ski fine duck, but personally, I'd mount them straight up.

If they're mounted duck and you damage an edge, you can't switch skis and move the damage to the outside edge.

[OverQualified]

I have a pair mounted tele, on the line, and I'm very happy with how they ski. Got them cheap from a Völkl pro who recommended mounting them +2 cm for alpine. He said that he had moved the bindings around quite a bit. I got the impression that most of the other riders mounted their Sanouks a bit forward as well.

edit: and mount them straight on the skis, i.e., no "duck stance".

I'll be mounting mine tele as well. What type of bindings did you use?

[Kied]

I mounted mine right on center. A coupla people here in Tahoe went 2cm forward, and one fruitcake went 5cm forward. After skiing mine, there's no way I'd go forward. It's a pow ski, let there be lotsa tip and be able to flex forward into it.

[Lok]

I'll be mounting mine tele as well. What type of bindings did you use?

Rottefella R8. The Sanouks are so incredibly light that I didn't want to ruin a great touring ski with Linkens or Bishops. The R8 is burly enough IMO + the only thing that usually can go wrong is that one of the rods break. Bring a 'left' and a 'right' with you when you travel and you are pretty much safe. If you use, say, Linkens the spare parts will weigh and cost much more. Congrats BTW, they make amazing telemark skis!

[Telegasm]

Interesting... R8s weigh more than HammerHeads. Man, I sure wouldn't mind a pair of Sanouks for touring, but my Big Stix 10.6 are holding that position pretty darned well.

[Greydon Clark]

Interesting... R8s weigh more than HammerHeads.

Really? I have both, but the HH feel heavier. Oh well, I’m not getting out the postage scale.

[phattypowpow]

Telegasm,

Are you teleing on 180 or 190 10.6s? What's you're height/weight? I have a pair of 190s that I'll probably mount for AT but am considering tele.

BTW, the 193 Sanouks weigh almost the same (4.75 lbs/ski) as the 180cm Big Stix 10.6 so the Sanouks would probably be much lighter than the 190 10.6s.

[nittimekki]

When mounting tele (rottefella r8), cord center, running surface center or alpine mark cente?

[Lok]

When mounting tele (rottefella r8), cord center, running surface center or alpine mark cente?

I mounted Rottefella R8 using the boot center mark and wouldn't change a thing. If I remember correctly, my pinline was just a couple of mm from chord center (size 9 boots).

[nittimekki]

Rottefella mark in line with the sanouk mark?

[Lok]

Rottefella mark in line with the sanouk mark?

No. I measured the distance from pinline to the back end of my boot sole (length of boot sole minus the duck bill) and went half that distance forward from the sanouk mark. That's the reference mark you use for the rottefella jig. That was really close to chord center (size 9 boots) so if you don't have very large or small feet you could probably just use chord center.

[verbier61]

just a quick note to let people know that I mounted them alpine of the factory point and I'm very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very happy with them