Tag: tech binding

Review: Fritschi’s Tecton 12

For new converts to the backcountry world let me implore you to consider Fritschi’s Tecton as your binding of choice for cranking turns in and out of bounds. It IS the binding you’re looking for, but it doesn’t look like it because, well, you’re not yet ready to believe it because it’s a tech binding …

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Meidjo mounting tips

If you’re mounting a Meidjo binding yourself, be aware this requires you to drill 13 holes in each ski, and that’s only if you don’t make any mistakes. Sobriety is advised. So is the Carpenter’s Rule.

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Review: Dynafit Radical 2.0

When it comes to the Dynafit Radical 2.0 the current version is almost a no-brainer decision for anyone earning turns who wants to save weight without sacrificing frills like brakes and easy to flip climbing posts. The only feature you need consider is the toe that rotates a few degrees in downhill mode to add …

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Review: Fritschi’s Vipec — Black is beautiful

  Whether good or bad, first impressions last and last and last. In the long run, if you can last long enough, weak first impressions can be buried in the glory of redemption. It will take more time to prove but I think it’s time to acknowledge that Fritschi’s Vipec really rocks they way they …

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Binding notes from BC Mag’s 2017 Gear Test

After a week in the trenches wrenching bindings at Backcountry Magazine’s annual Family Camp, also known as their annual Gear Party, er, Test at Powder Mountain, Utah I can tell you a few things about what Alpine Touring bindings were liked, and what were not. Bindings at the test included G3’s Ion, the Dynafit Radical …

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First Look: Meidjo’s Low Tech Heel option

  This year Meidjo offers the option to quickly lock the heel via a low-tech heel. Key to this working in harmony with a telemark binding is the ability for the locking tangs of the heel to retract so they do not interfere with free heel functions. With Meidjo this is achieved by allowing the …

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Marker unveils the Kingpin

  The rumors of a new 2-pin tech binding from Marker have laid dormant until about two months ago when I caught wind of a junket in Chili to introduce the binding to the world. Very soon I realized threats to job security among people “in the know” must have been very strong as nobody …

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