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Brake eject problems landing switch (HELP)
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NOTE: I USE FKS120
Throughout this season, I've been having this problem with my brakes that cause me not to be able to do anything that involves landing switch on jumps.
It's happened to me a couple of times and it's just a BITCH to fix:
I throw a 5 on a jump and the second I land switch, i just "catch" and eat it. According to the shop tech/friends, When I land, my heel lifts a bit causing my brakes to lower just enough to catch on the snow (and anyone who has even looked at their brakes know the problem that would occur here), my brake bend really far down (enough so that when I clip back into my skis, they are still dragging).
Sometimes I do land and I ride away with no brake problems but most of the times, I land clean and I just flip back due to my brakes catching and I eject.
Does anyone know a fix? Is it a loose binding problem? Is it just me landing bad?
Note, I've had this happen just landing switch off rails, and also small jumps.
Appreciate your help guys, thanks.
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I would try bending the brakes up a little bit, Put your foot in the binding and reach down and pull the brake arms up until they are clearly not gonna catch.
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you mean until they wouldn't touch at all when I eject?
that would mean a run-away ski?
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no i mean like 1 cm or so up of what they are now. if that doesnt work get a shop to check your forward pressure because there is no way your unweighting of the ski should depress the heel.
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Yea i would put my foot in and then bend them up so that they are parallel to you ski and so they arn't aimed down at the snow anymore. From the sounds of it you have bent it once in the past and then they have now always been more prone to catching in the future.
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There is no ski binding on the market that is good for landing switch. Tyrolia, Marker, Rossi, Salomon and everything else out there blows for landing switch. I'm waiting for a company to make a binding that wont eject/catch brakes on switch landings.
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Every single time Yong lands switch, his brake gets fucked up. Help him out.
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I went through four pairs of brakes this year on my sth14's because of the same reasons. Unfortunately I haven't found out a real fix, but I've just been cranking my heel DINS way up and hoping for the best. Not the best idea haha, but I'm just fed up with them and hoping for no runaway skis until I buy new bindings for next year.
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i just bend them up a bit, so they will stop ur ski if u eject but wont catch when landing switch!
this happens to me, but usually when i fall the side of my ski dragges in the snow bending the brake
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