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Overall The only reason I got these bindings is I got hooked up with some Punx and these bindings from a shop. I would have never purchased them otherwise. I hate them. In the last 6 days of skiing I have prereleased 4 times all resulting in hard wrecks. I am afraid to turn the DIN up higher because I have wrecked a few times and tweaked my knee without releasing. Dont buy these bindings, stick with Look or FKS. My Look Pivot 18s are over 5 years old and way more reliable than the FFG 12s. Design Atomic pays Salomon to manufacture these bindings so they are just Soloman bindings. Value I'm not sure how much these retail for but I got them for around $120 and that was way to much money. I would rather put that towards a new pair of Look or FKS bindings. Characteristics Inconsistent. In the past 6 days of skiing on them, I have preleased 4 times on hard landings where I normally should have rode out. I have also twisted sideways on rails and a wall ride hard enough to torque my knee and not release. Typical Salomon Binding.
Overall The lightest and softest ski I have ever owned. They seem very similar to Line Invaders. A great park ski that does perform out of the park (surprisingly). If you can afford multiple skis I would get these for park only they probably aren't a great one quiver ski. Feel free to PM me with questions. Performance The first pair I bought I broke the first day skiing them, Atomic replaced them with a new pair. They are the lightest and softest ski I have ever owned. They are awesome for park and switch hits. Surprisingly they do perform well in moguls and at high speeds as well. Fit 100% symmetrical, I got a 175 which is way to short for me. Characteristics Extremely soft and poppy. Softer than invaders.
Overall If you liked Idea or the webisodes, this movie is for you. If you're not into in your face hour long MSP and PBP style movies check this out. Its a little expensive for how long it is but they did give us 8 free webisodes throughout the season so I think the price is worth it. Value It was really short and pretty much had no bonus features. They did release 8 Webisodes throughout the season, so I justified the price by thinking that some of the money was reimbursement for the free webisodes. Content One of the freshest ski movies to come out in a while. Sure it was short but it was original and it was the first ski movie to come out in a long time to be free or rap and wanna be park rat gangsters. The soundtrack features artists such as David Bowie and Guess Who. I don't remember seeing a single rail in the film just innovative backcountry features, lines, and a few park jumps. The Nimbus Independent Crew set out to do something different after the highly successful release of Idea last year. If you have seen the webisodes, the movie takes on an entirely different approach to editing. Rather than focusing on athlete segments or location segments like many movies the entire movie was just a compilation of footage from throughout the season.
Overall These skis are very sick. If you would like to try a pair PM me or any one with ON3Ps. Also watch for www.on3pskis.com and in the mean time if you want to know more, PM Iggyskier or join the info cult here; http://newschoolers.com/web/content/viewcult/action/view/id/4397/ Performance I have skied these in every condition from groomers, crud, windblown pow, light Montana blower snow and heavy knee deep wet (PNWish) snow. I couldnt believe how well they got around. I had no problem reaching high speeds in any of these conditions and found no speed limit even on the groomers. The only time I wanted to switch to a different ski was in moguls and for park. These skis do fine on the few jumps I have used them on but I don't want to try rails on them. Powder is what these are made for. They float like no one's business and I had no trouble reverting to fakie at high speeds, making a few turns and reverting back. 180s off of natural features and drops into pow was no problem either. Design These skis are like a Hellbent with half the weight and twice the pop. My pair is extremely soft and poppy which is characteristic of the bamboo core. The only design flaw are the exposed bamboo sidewalls. These were only around for the first round of prototypes, the next round of skis will have P-Tex sidewalls so this will no longer be an issue. Graphics were done by Matty Jeronimo (Freezed) and are very sick. Value These skis were such a steal that I had to spend a night in jail. Scott (Iggyskier) and the rest of PNW ON3P crew put in countless hours staying up all night at times to get all the skis done. If I could have I would have been there helping. Fit These skis are 191 cm long but with the tip and tail and tip and tail rocker (35 cm x 2.5cm) The running length is 92 cm. There is minimal underfoot camber. I have these mounted at -3 from center which is the recommended mounting point. Needless so say they like to go backwards as well as forwards and are very easy to revert. Characteristics Minimal carbon and a bamboo core make for a very soft, buttery, yet very poppy and responsive ski. Durability These skis were constructed with care and it shows. The base is very tough. I have nailed two rocks that would have easily been a core shot on a lot of skis but the thick base they used so far has not been penetrated. The top sheet is holding up well and I havent experienced any peeling. The sidewalls require some maintenance but as I said earlier this will not be an issue for the production line.
