If you’ve been waiting for TTS to grow up a bit, it has. The chubby cable posts and ill fitting heel posts are more slender, functional, and adaptable. Equally importantly the heel lever got the nose job it needed to snap onto the heel step of any compatible boot. Weight matters. Power matters. Why carry more than you need to?
Archive for the ‘Telemark Bindings’ Category
Review: Telemark Tech System (ver. 2.0)
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Posted in Dostie, Craig, Telemark Bindings, Wasatch Ski Dist 
Tags: dynafit, Tech system, tele-lite, TTS 
12 Comments »TTS Demo Day
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Many of you may be intrigued by the Telemark Tech System binding but you want to see it and touch it and even ski it before you believe it. So for those who lack faith, and want to give ‘er a test whirl, I have a spare pair that I’d love to get your feedback [...]
Voile ceases production of CRB
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Although sales of the CRB are small, that doesn’t mean Voile is turning a blind eye to interest in a releasable binding. Grissom went on to add that, “I do think a Switchback release binding would sell very well.”
Preview: 22 Designs Vice (& ski crampon)
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…the decision to retire the Hammerhead is purely economic since it has been one of the most influential designs in recent telemark history and carries significant sentimental appeal based on a large customer base that is adamantly vocal about the binding’s superior power and control.
First Look: Rottefella’s NTN Freedom
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To get the total weight under 3½ pounds and keep Rottefella’s touring mechanism — the one first seen on the Cobra Free, now on the NTN Freeride — required to serious rethinking. So Rottefella went back to the drawing board, so to speak.
Posted in Dostie, Craig, Rottefella, Telemark Bindings Tags: free pivot, telemark touring 21 Comments »Preview: G3 Enzo
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Enzo appears to be a synthesis of numerous bindings already on the market. … it looks like the G3′s Enzo has a lot to like about it. Easy mode switching, adjustable power and lots of it, plus leagues of theoretical improvement over the Targa Icent for immunity to icing up.
Review: A closer look at Hammerhead (beta)
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The Hammerhead increases control for 21st century plastic boots to the same degree that the SuperLoop or Voile 3-pin cable did for leather boots back in the day. Which means the Hammerhead must be doing something dramatically different than other bindings. It is.
Tinkering with Tech Toes + Axl Springs
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…not only did it work, but it worked incredibly well. It was as smooth as any binding I’d ever skied, it had a modicum of release, brake potential (available with La Sportiva and ATK tech bindings), it was lightweight, it had three effective levels of activity, and because there’s no toe box, there was no toe crunch or bellows collapse. I skied for three hours that day, made hundreds of turns, and it felt great!
Review: Voile’s Switchback X2 (2011)
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Voile’s Switchback X2 is just what it sounds like, a Switchback on steroids. It expands the range of performance at both ends of the spectrum – turning and touring.
Posted in Dostie, Craig, Telemark Bindings, Voile Tags: 75mm, free pivot, free pivot tele, Switchback 3 Comments »Review: 22 Designs Axl (2011 version)
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When it comes to heavy metal rocking with a free heel there is no more powerful binding on planet tele than 22 Designs Axl. It is possible to make the TTS or NTN binding more powerful but actually I shudder that you should need any more tele-resistänçe than Axl delivers. Put another way, if you [...]
