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My binding popped out..

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milk_man
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Alright i know lots of people will be like "Dude you're an idiot why are you wearing your skis in your dining room!" But I missed winter like crazy and I hadn't felt the buttery awesomeness of the Domains in far too long. So would you consider this my fault or the shop that did it? I personally think that a binding should be able to hold up to this because I only weigh 135lbs. Has this happened to anyone else? If so can the shop fix it? And am I the only one who wears their skis in the summer?? I appreciate the feedback.










Jul 19 2013 7:04PM
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milk_man
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktyqZ2HllN4
Jul 19 2013 7:06PM
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a_burger
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This was your fault

Solution: tell them it happened while you were skiing.
Jul 19 2013 7:08PM
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1kewldewd
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I do that all the time in the summer. But you should still probably say you were skiing.
Jul 20 2013 1:56AM
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DominatorJacques
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That is not your fault.  Could be the screws came a bit loose too.  If they get loose, it leads to problems.  That should never happen like that with a proper mount.
Jul 20 2013 2:07AM
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robotdna
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Okay no, bindings shouldn't do that, on or off the snow. The DIN should release first, and then after years and years of being banged up the bindings will stop working great. They don't just "come off." That would be defective good sir. Take them back.

I'm not a big fan of lying, so I would first suggest show them the video.

If you know the shop guys and they seem like pricks you can tell them it happened towards the end of the season and scared the shit out of you or something.


Ski people are generally reasonable though. Do what you'll feel would work.

Good luck, sorry.
Jul 20 2013 2:15AM
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tomPietrowski
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How old are the skis? How much damage have you done the the edges and sidewalls? Do you have any core shots? The reason I ask is it looks like your core has hot wet and that has lead to the screws not holding firmly in the ski. I would think if it was a mount issue it would have happened sooner but it could be. Check that there are the correct number of holes in the skis. Also look at the holes, does the wood look clean and dry.

In terms of repair, I would get a remount, if the ski core is ok. Some may say helicoil but they never really work for park use and if they pull out you really are screwed. But take them to the shop which mounted them and tell them what happened and be honest. Hopefully you can just get a remount. Take both skis as you will want both skis remounted to the same position.
Jul 20 2013 5:18AM
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Balto
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ya the real question is how beat are they? If they are pretty mangled, water could have gotten into the core and that with the added expansion from warm weather could have opened up everything enough for the pull out. Alternatively the shop could have fucked up and stripped the holes when drilling.
Jul 20 2013 10:57AM
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milk_man
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I got them in about February. And the edges arent bad at all except one crack, and the rest of the ski is in good shape. No problems with the core
Jul 20 2013 3:20PM
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tomPietrowski
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How do the holes where the screws pulled out look, is the wood light coloured or darker? Also what do the holes look like are they pretty clean holes or are they pretty messy.
Jul 20 2013 3:34PM
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milk_man
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The wood looks light, but I'm not sure. And the holes are pretty messy.
Jul 20 2013 8:28PM
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GrahamGould
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I do stuff like that in the summer too, when i get ski deprived i always do stupid stuff. not your fault, but tell them you were skiing, otherwise they will tell you that your skis weren't meant to do that.
Jul 21 2013 12:33AM
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tomPietrowski
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Hard to say really then. Take them back to the ago that mounted them and just say this happened and see what they say. Hopefully they will remount them for free for you. As I said above take both skis as you don't want two differnt mount positions. Good luck and let us know what th shop says.
Jul 21 2013 6:41AM
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a_burger
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to clarify this a bit: It wasn't your fault but if you tell them it happened in your living room there's less of a chance they will warranty it.
Jul 21 2013 9:28AM
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tomPietrowski
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It was not the fact he was standing in his front room, skiing would put more force on then that. It woul have happened during the season anyway, if it did not happen then. And he can't warranty them, it's a binding pull out you can't warranty that. He just need them remounting.
Jul 21 2013 11:25AM
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robotdna
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Exactly. Better here than when you're trying to land a swtch cork 9 on a 50 ft jump haha.
Jul 21 2013 3:01PM
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Mr.CarrotCake
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good thing you had your music earbuds in, get pumped to jib that couch.
Jul 21 2013 4:37PM
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milk_man
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Actually i was listening to music, and while I was listening to music i decided to get my skis on
Jul 21 2013 5:21PM
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