Ski leashes

johnoble

johnoble

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Ok NS, roast the fuck out of me, but how bad would ski leashes work. I ran into these brakeless frame bindings

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while in summer ski planning mode, and though "hey, why has no one put carabinered leashes on skis? long enough and they wouldnt whack into you, if anything they might act as a bit of a drogue chute to stop you tomahawking in deep stuff, and you never have to worry about digging thru snow to find ur skis, or hiking back up that mogul run you blew up on to get them? Theres gotta be some catastrophic flaw in this plan since ive only ever seen the most hardcore of skimo dudes using them, but still.
 
topic:johnoble said:
Ok NS, roast the fuck out of me, but how bad would ski leashes work. I ran into these brakeless frame bindings

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while in summer ski planning mode, and though "hey, why has no one put carabinered leashes on skis? long enough and they wouldnt whack into you, if anything they might act as a bit of a drogue chute to stop you tomahawking in deep stuff, and you never have to worry about digging thru snow to find ur skis, or hiking back up that mogul run you blew up on to get them? Theres gotta be some catastrophic flaw in this plan since ive only ever seen the most hardcore of skimo dudes using them, but still.
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I could be wrong here but Im pretty sure those bindings require brakes to keep your heel in. Not sure why evo would sell them without brakes but you might have to buy them separately.

Regardless, I would not want to take a big fall and have ~6 foot tumbling knives strapped to my legs.
 
14447473:Paul. said:
I could be wrong here but Im pretty sure those bindings require brakes to keep your heel in. Not sure why evo would sell them without brakes but you might have to buy them separately.

Regardless, I would not want to take a big fall and have ~6 foot tumbling knives strapped to my legs.
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not particularily planning on purchasing, but they did trigger the concept. the tumbling knives thing is why i assume you'd want to make them pretty long, give some good knife to body separation y'know
 
14447476:johnoble said:
not particularily planning on purchasing, but they did trigger the concept. the tumbling knives thing is why i assume you'd want to make them pretty long, give some good knife to body separation y'know
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If they were that long they would have a tendency to drag and catch on stuff which would be hazardous as well.

The only time I've used them was on ski blades with bear trap style bindings. The leash/strap sort of held the heel piece in the upright position as well.
 
If you were to engineer something like, it would have to be retractable so like said above they’re not dragging on the snow, or causing a hazard if you hit a tree or rock and they catch.

They’d have to have release the line as you fall so they’re not a massive spinning blade of death directed at you.
 
Leashes for tele bindings v

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These are super short leashes and just attach straight from the binding to the boot. I have run these on tele skis and they are super well made and very reliable in keeping your skis attached to you
 
I made ski leashes with rope and it worked. I had to because I blew up my brakes and didn’t want to kill anyone so had to. They worked and if I ejected the skis just sorta slid next to. Just get brakes tho
 
14447522:doubleblackjack said:
Leashes for tele bindings v

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These are super short leashes and just attach straight from the binding to the boot. I have run these on tele skis and they are super well made and very reliable in keeping your skis attached to you
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Beat me to it. Pinheads have been doing this for a long time.
 
how many times a season are you having a ski release. for me it's less than 4 times a season ( 150+days). I'm seriously considering this cuz those brakes hooking together happen every couple of days. It's whether i'm willing to get sliced by a ski edge, or shoot off into the trees switch with my feet locked together. Dealing with the leash is really the pain in the ass part. I'm imagining some kind of retractable string to keep everything compact that i can stuff up into my pant gaiter.
 
You will have a ton of vertical heel slop if you run those brakeless. if you really want those frame bindings you should buy brakes to go with them
 
Don't buy those bindings. I had a pair (with brakes) when they first came out, and they blew up immediately. Shame, cuz I wanted to like them so bad.
 
Yup, unless you get breakaway leashes. Which is the way to go if you have brakeless AT bindings.

14447481:EPfanboy said:
pretty sure they can drag you down in an avalanche if you get caught in one
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I really only use my leashes when getting back into my bindings (after boot packing) on super steep terrain or touring in steep, technical, high-consequence terrain (think a nearly knife-edged ridgeline). In powder and on the down, I want my skis to break away in a fall or avalanche. Who cares if they don't have a leash or a brake, I can go retrieve the ski and will be glad I spared some broken bones.
 
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