Broken Bindings

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JamesAnundson

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So I was skiing Alta the other day and went a little big on natural lip and landed poorly, popping out of my right ski. Later in the day I noticed my binding was fitting weirdly and then even later the binding wouldn’t even latch onto my boot anymore. Turns out a broke a plastic piece that was holding the main spring in place.

The bindings are Marker Squire 11.0. I got these skis and bindings years ago when I was a younger kid in high school, I’m now a college graduate and a more aggressive skier than I used to be. This was essentially my first pair of skis I got since I got into park skiing and rougher terrain like skiing Alta or Snowbird. When I got them I was a type II skier and now I’m for sure a type III skier.

Now that that piece is broken that binding is basically shot and I have a couple options. I can try to get a replacement binding that is the exact same binding and just replace my current binding. I could go new, higher end binding like Marker Giffons that’ll be better suited for my current level of skiing. Or I could just go full new setup, skis, bindings, everything.

What do you guys think I should do? It’s annoying that breaking one piece on one binding forces me to go full new setup, I wish I could just fix my current binding and ski my current skis for a little longer. Money is a little tight for me since I am a first year medical student taking on gobs of debt currently. I could do a new setup but it would take me a little time to accumulate the money I need for it so I’d be stuck without skis for a little.

If anyone has any suggestions on what I should do and if anyone have information about other alternatives that I’m not aware of let me know. I would love to salvage these skis for at least one more season if I can, but if I must replace it all I guess I’m willing to make the investment.
 
Griffons and Jesters use the same hole pattern as your Squires, so if you were to buy a pair of those then you'd be able to reuse the existing holes in your ski. Also, keep in mind that a quality pair of bindings will typically outlast several pairs of skis, so when you wear out or break your current skis you'll be able to move the bindings over to a new pair!
 
14248663:ethanshredz said:
Griffons and Jesters use the same hole pattern as your Squires, so if you were to buy a pair of those then you'd be able to reuse the existing holes in your ski. Also, keep in mind that a quality pair of bindings will typically outlast several pairs of skis, so when you wear out or break your current skis you'll be able to move the bindings over to a new pair!
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The only concern I have is my current Squire bindings are actually mounted on a demo rail system because I got them when I was still growing and wanted to be able to adjust them as much as I needed. Would I be able to remove my current demo rail system and replace it all with Griffons? I am not sure if Griffons would have the same hole pattern as Squires on demo rails.
 
In that case then no, the holes likely won't line up. Still not really a huge concern though, as a shop can just plug and remount for you. If you're not concerned with reusing holes, you also have the option to go with a better, higher performance binding such as Pivots or STH2s.
 
squires doesnt like to go big.

Gets jesters or similar, heck the new jester PROs' look sick, same pattern, so easy swap. same for griffon
 
Get new bindings else enjoy some medical bills in the future...don’t want to be sending on squires. Yea if the mount matches jester would be great. Sth2 is a good value play - they are like 250 and I havnt been able to break them after ~100 days of skiing pretty hard. Pretty heavy and durable. Pivots probably not worth it if you are tight on cash.
 
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