BD will be distributing the lighter end(and cheaper end) of ATK bindings next year: https://www.wildsnow.com/23807/black...76-review-atk/
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.
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.
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).
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Last edited by reckless toboggan; 01-18-2018 at 11:03 PM.
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.
Back on track with some 18/19 goodies...
K2 Marksman, Caramaran and Pinnicles
Lange Superleggera boot
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Click. Point. Chute.
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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...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
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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