Stupidest ski inventions

oh man...

the idea of the 4 screw insert and therefore only needing one pair of bindings for a whole quiver of skis was GREAT. unfortunately the binding itself absolutely sucked balls. they were heavy yet still broke all the damn time. i think i went skiing maybe ten times that year and 3 of those times i witnessed a reactor binding explode from like... 20 foot jumps. what a joke. they definitely needed to work on that shit for a looot longer time before they released it. i wouldve been livid if i had been suckered into buying those things
 
old people strings

not sure exactly what they are or what theyre for; but, every once in awhile i see old people with strings coming from their boots to their belts
 
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The Ski Tote. Have two of them on our bar at work because they are so funny. One is bright blue and one is neon pink.
 
theres an 82 year old who was one of my grandpas friends who still uses one of those. he brags about how handy it is and how it bought it in the 60s
 
Skiblades....you know that little company called LINE? They wouldn't be around if it wasn't for skiblades...they were originally a skiblade company that started applying their technology to skis and eventually began leading the way with fully symmetrical twins. Skiblading, as gay as it is/looks used to be kind of cool, shit was even in the Xgames before freeskiing. So all you kids idolizing TC and rocking afterbangs know your roots...
 
I am talking about hucking on tele gear. Try throwing a backflip on telemark skis, it's hard as shit.

I have AT gear and tele gear and i prefer tele gear for backcountry tours.
 
worst one ever was the chair lift, who needs to get from the bottom to top in a rather quick manner and be able to get more skiing done in the day
 
Hahahaha! The Ski Tote:

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Other stupid inventions were the Burt Bindings. The idea was that the cable would retract so that your ski would basically put itself back on after a fall. The reality was that the owner of these bindings was dealt a severe ass whoopin by his own ski every time he fell.

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Another one was the Scott Pistol Ski Pole Grip. It put your thumb in the ideal position to be dislocated and/or broken, with added ligament and tendon damage, when you fell. They were nicknamed the Thumb Breakers.

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That thing would be sweet if it had like 4x the horsepower. Dangerous as hell, but awesome.
At my mountain they have these things you can rent that are like those stupid scooters where you stand facing forward and there are two separate places for your feet to go, but on snow. They actually let people ride them around, they seem so retarded dangerous to me. Things weigh like 100lbs what happens when you fall and its pointed downhill?
 
You guys are talking about Cads. Considering that they help people with chronic knee problems continue to enjoy the sport, they are actually a great invention. The fact that the guy who invented them had his children ski around using them, even though their knees were fine, was one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. The kids were on the Vail Development Team and they would be skiing around rocking cads at 10 years old.

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Sky Skaters!

There was a massive thread on them a year or 2 back. The site doesn't exist anymore, which is a bummer because it gave me a lot of laughs.

 
You're fucking retarded.

(I knew someone was going to say Line bindings so I came in here to say this to whoever said so first because the Reactors were the greatest idea ever, poorly implemented)
 
That's in canadian, just to be fair, but since USD to canadian is pretty much 1:1 exchange rate right now, it doesn't make a big difference.
That thing looks like it works pretty well from the videos, so it has some serious promise. What's the comparison between that and investing in a sled though? I know next to nothing about sleds so I'm just curious
 
You can get a pretty decent sled for $2500, I don't see why anyone would chose that thing over a sled.
 
Holy shit i thought this guy was trolling tgr with these like 2 years ago but i guess not this things are absurd i wanna try them now for the ice coast
 
Dude, I am very stoked for this. Obviously what they have now is stupid, but I talked to the people dev-ing it, and they have plans for more use. Think about how sick it would be to have your music info up in your eyes, text message info and who is calling you, etc.
Sparknotes: I'm going to buy one.
 
yah i saw a guy with them at mammoth a couple weeks ago, thinking of jumping him and stealing the goggles
 
The 2 studipest ones i know/rember are "Jet Stix" and ski straps.

Jet stix help stiffeen up your leather boots by adding a plastic flare that buckle on your boot and extended them to mid calf ht. They worked great for leaning back and doing slow dog noodles ( +K to whoever can explain a slow dog noodle ) but they were also the most effective leg breaking tool every invented. They lasted one year.

Ski straps were the precursor to ski brakes. Too prevent your ski from taking off down the hill after they released you tied your ski to your leg with a "ski Strap". Only problem was when they released they spun around and around and invetiably hit you in the head or slashed your leg open. They also only lasted a couple of years before ski brakes were invented.

Some day i will learn how to post pictures to the forums.

Mr. Huck, sounds like you may be the only one left here that may have seen or used these to great inventions.
 
ALso the original Scott boot. Those damm things broke everytime they got cold. They sure were the cool thing to have though.
 
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