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    Quote Originally Posted by Flexon Phil View Post
    More on the Forza Pivots. HERE.

    Here is the 18 with the inspiration binding...


    14 AW toe and 18 toe
    Good god those 18's are the sex.

    Seriously wish you guys convinced Look to bring them in a 15.

    I'm hording 15's like a crack addict.
    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point

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    Quote Originally Posted by reckless toboggan View Post
    Good god those 18's are the sex.

    Seriously wish you guys convinced Look to bring them in a 15.

    I'm hording 15's like a crack addict.
    We are still working on it. #bringbackthe15
    Click. Point. Chute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NorCalNomad View Post
    Those would work as well, but I guess I was thinking about this years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flexon Phil View Post
    We are still working on it. #bringbackthe15
    having both the metal toe 18s and plastic toe 14s ... I'd love the metal toe in a 6-15.

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    BD will be distributing the lighter end(and cheaper end) of ATK bindings next year: https://www.wildsnow.com/23807/black...76-review-atk/

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    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
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    Go listen to the Steve Porino interview with Marc Girardelli where they ask him how the F' could he ski as well as he did on those boots! Good stuff.
    He who has the most fun wins!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NorCalNomad View Post
    Wildsnow is saying that BD isn't making a Jetforce 2
    This is a bummer. It's a great concept, especially for traveling with and being able to practice deployment; sadly, the execution of the first one just didn't work. Apparently they couldn't come up with a fix that was reasonable cost-wise. :-(

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    Quote Originally Posted by timmaio View Post
    BD will be distributing the lighter end(and cheaper end) of ATK bindings next year: https://www.wildsnow.com/23807/black...76-review-atk/
    $625 is cheaper end?

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    Quote Originally Posted by comish View Post
    Go listen to the Steve Porino interview with Marc Girardelli where they ask him how the F' could he ski as well as he did on those boots! Good stuff.
    Got a link?

    I don't know how any racers skied those boots, or the first few generations of "hollow" mono-cock Sally skis (core? We don't need no stinking core! The topsheet IS the core!)

    It's those boots, the mono-cock skis, and a few other major fuckups (see mags vs. the first iteration of Salomon pin boots) that make me distrust the Salomon Shift.

    I know Cody and Chris are great dudes, but the previous penchant Salomon had for marketing-hype instead of quality or safety, and the associated productions short-cuts, speaks volumes.

    My last Salomon product was the Salomon Force Noodle. (F9) in a pr7, because Salomon didn't believe in ski lengths back then.

    I'm going to wait for the Look Turntable Shift.

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    Edit: actually I did buy a pair of sweet candy red 916 Labs about a decade ago on clearout. Only got around to mounting them up a couple of years ago.

    But those haven't really changed much since the 70s, right up to the 997s. Then Sally ruined it by getting all Spheric and shit.

    IMHO, Salomon is like the DeLorean of the ski world...except less precious, because they just keep doing it over, and over, and over...

    Remember how the Salomon Bieber was going to change the world?
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    Also, get off my lawn!
    Last edited by reckless toboggan; 01-18-2018 at 06:33 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point

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    Quote Originally Posted by reckless toboggan View Post
    My last Salomon product was the Salomon Force Noodle. (F9) in a pr7,
    Heh. Same here. Don't remember the "power" number though. They were about 205 cm. My first and last pair of 200+ cm skis. They sucked. Whenever possible I would borrow 7XK's from a buddy who was the only person I knew with a quiver. Pretty sure I'd still have fun skiing those.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acinpdx View Post
    Awesome! I figured they had all massively blown out a chunk of mono-cock, or crumbled into a granular, sticky, plastic-y, styrofoam mess. Those skis and binders with the Salomon Integral Equipes (aka: the pink dinks) were all the rage at the shop.




    Salomon Force Noodles.



    When Salomon came out with skis for the first time, instead of lengths, they had pr, or power ratings, and we're trying to sell skis based on your body weight alone. I remember some of the reps being aggressively adamant about that. Like it didn't matter how tall you were, your leverage on the ski, or how strong a skier you were...if you weighed X amount you were on that designated pr, and that was it. End of conversation. IIRC, Pr9 was the highest (about a 205cm).


    [/End Thread Drift and stroll down memory avenue]
    Last edited by reckless toboggan; 01-18-2018 at 11:03 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point

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    Quote Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds! View Post
    Heh. Same here. Don't remember the "power" number though. They were about 205 cm. My first and last pair of 200+ cm skis. They sucked. Whenever possible I would borrow 7XK's from a buddy who was the only person I knew with a quiver. Pretty sure I'd still have fun skiing those.
    Loved racing on my 7S's and 7X/7XK's. Although I'd ski the camber out of them very quickly, needed a few pair each year.
    Last edited by reckless toboggan; 01-19-2018 at 09:42 AM.
    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point

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    Thread drift continues...I have a pair of the euro 1S's (PR7) in the blue/pink/white, it is a pretty cool ski. I will give Salomon credit for trying to size skis (and boots) in unconventional methods that really had some merit to them.
    Click. Point. Chute.

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    Back on track with some 18/19 goodies...

    K2 Marksman, Caramaran and Pinnicles


    Lange Superleggera boot
    Click. Point. Chute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timmaio View Post
    BD will be distributing the lighter end(and cheaper end) of ATK bindings next year: https://www.wildsnow.com/23807/black...76-review-atk/
    all this rebranding is annoying. And confusing. What is wrong with just distributing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by reckless toboggan View Post
    Awesome! I figured they had all massively blown out a chunk of mono-cock, or crumbled into a granular, sticky, plastic-y, styrofoam mess. Those skis and binders with the Salomon Integral Equipes (aka: the pink dinks) were all the rage at the shop.

    [/End Thread Drift and stroll down memory avenue]
    I was only a young junior racer at the time but I remember the Alberta and Canada team guys saying the Salomon team skis were actually wood and NOT foam. The consumer versions were foam of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snapt View Post
    $625 is cheaper end?
    No, the Logic and Trofeo are the cheapest bindings they make.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robnow View Post
    I was only a young junior racer at the time but I remember the Alberta and Canada team guys saying the Salomon team skis were actually wood and NOT foam. The consumer versions were foam of course.
    Yup. Same here.

    One of the reps used to say foam is for shaving, wood is for carving.
    Last edited by reckless toboggan; 01-19-2018 at 10:46 AM.
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    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point

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    I had a few pairs of the force Salomon bump skis, and they lasted about 25 days.

    Fun though when they were New.

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    Looks like 22 Designs is working on a new telemark binding with tech fittings. "Telemark...still only 15 years behind the alpine world"

    http://www.telemarkskier.com/22ds-ly...h-powered-ntn/

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    Quote Originally Posted by timmaio View Post
    BD will be distributing the lighter end(and cheaper end) of ATK bindings next year: https://www.wildsnow.com/23807/black...76-review-atk/
    that helio 76 looks real nice too... especially since they'll be available cheap here in SLC. I think at $625 a pair (?!?!) I might still buy my ATKs from skimoco or even telemark-pyrenees...

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    ...back on topic!

    I had a pair of the Salomon 9E 1S, F9 2S, and F9 3S...all in Pr8 because nobody was going to tell me at 6-2" I didn't deserve a Pr8. AM I RIGHT????

    ...hell I even had those Salmon colored Equipe boots but then Coop at Kirkwood fitted me in a pair of limited edition stiff screaming yellow Force9 versions. Damn, some fond memories there...

    Back to gear rumors

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    Quote Originally Posted by mbillie1 View Post
    that helio 76 looks real nice too... especially since they'll be available cheap here in SLC. I think at $625 a pair (?!?!) I might still buy my ATKs from skimoco or even telemark-pyrenees...
    Agree. I also agree they should just distribute, or carry the whole line. We have the ATK Raider 2’s, and those are the cool ones to get anyway. Dang.
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    Quote Originally Posted by N1CK. View Post
    having both the metal toe 18s and plastic toe 14s ... I'd love the metal toe in a 6-15.
    I agree. Im 6’ 210 and running my p18’s at 9 without any pre-release. I love how smooth the metal toe released the few times it has. Mentally id feel more confident running in the middle of the din range apposed to the lower limit. Anyway, I know this has been talked about over and over so ill stop here.


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