Knee Bindings

The concept is awesome...no arguments there, but it all depends on how you want to use them. There is a reason people love things like the Look pivot/Rossi FKS, Salomon Driver etc. bindings. These are not meant to pre-release if you land awkwardly. The chances of you popping out of your Knee binding while shredding park and hurting your knee is probably higher than that of using an alternative binding that is designed for such things. That being said...if it is your knee you are worried about, you might have to alter how you ski. It might be worth checking the Knee binding out too.All bindings are also held to the same standards. A Knee binding set at a din of 5 will release under the same amount of torque as a Look Pivot set at 5. I am sure there are more binding threads out there that explain this in more detail.
 
I really want to see some more info on these bindings. I want to see the tests done to see how durable they are. That other thread got out of hand because that dumbass racer kid said that we wanted them to be tested to see how many knees we could blow, which is not the goal of testing them. But until I hear some info on their durability, I am not gonna buy them.
 
GO on there website and look at the videos they make come very compelling arguments. If only they were metal and harder to pre release.
 
Hi - JSM from KneeBinding here again, to remind you that KneeBindings do NOT have the kinds of pre-release issues that are associated with most ordinary bindings. KneeBindings offer industry-leading elasticity, the ONLY flat-ski floating mount system, the widest screw pattern in the industry, the ONLY boot platform (front and rear) that is as wide as the boot sole, a full-on toe-height adjustment mechanism, and a brake assembly that stores the brakes further from the snow than any other binding. None of these is accidental, and they all add up to a more stable platform. That means better skiing and less unwanted release. Because of this, skiers can set their bindings to more appropriate DINs - and still stay in!

Take a look at this video for more information. It is narrated by George Couperthwait, who ran Rossignol's North American Alpine division for a decade, creating some of their best products.http://www.kneebinding.com/KB-InformationCenter3.aspx?settyp=Play&vid=WAE7LZa_dzY

Thanks,

John Springer-Miller

Chairman, KneeBinding Inc.
 
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Personnally i think it is an incredible concept. I understand that you wanted to make the bindings lighter and more elastic by makeing them plastic but i think people would be much more likely to buy them if they had a metal houseing. It will take time but with the right marketing i think this product will catch on simply because of how necassary something like thins is with how many people are destryoing there knees skiing. I really hope that the company sucseeds.Oh and they are also awsome because they are based in VT
 
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