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Can you ride FKS with one brake

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scratchskier321
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So I went to bent my brakes... Got the first the 3 wings then snapped the last wing. Can I just ski on the one heelpiece that only has one brake wing?
Feb 12 2012 1:42PM
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Balto
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can you: yes
should you: ehhhhh probably not, if the final one bends and doesn't catch the snow, your ski is going to go for a run without you
Feb 12 2012 1:46PM
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scratchskier321
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Any safety reasons y I shouldn't use them? I'm sure the one wing will catch the ski from sliding too far away
Feb 12 2012 1:50PM
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SteezoSaurus
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On paper this seems logical, but in real life things are a bit different. One brake will not stop a ski from flying down the hill. It puts people below you at risk, and worse off will definitely get you a lawsuit or worse a lost pass. Take it from someone who went through it. I had FKS's mounted to EPs and i lost one. It travelled over 400 feet downhill before running into a volunteer ski patrol. It resulted in an immediate permanent loss of pass.
Feb 12 2012 2:52PM
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scratchskier321
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crazy
Feb 12 2012 2:56PM
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Bong_Master
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this is true but you could have told the patroler or who ever would yell at you that your brake broke on that fall when your ski popped off. that makes sence to me atleast
Feb 12 2012 6:29PM
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RyandaGod
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+k for saying something makes sence LMAO
Feb 12 2012 6:32PM
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.nasty
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yeah one of my moment melee's (which didn't have brakes) went flying down the hill and didn't stop til it hit a trail sign and snapped the ski. Some kids said it went directly in front of them, I could've been fucked....
Feb 12 2012 6:43PM
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zerospinskier
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1 brake is fine. It will still stop the ski from getting away from you. A ski with 1 brake will still almost always stop. It may keep going on a steep, smooth slope, but it just inches along. I haven't had all 4 brakes on park skis in a while. I consider myself still golden with 1.
Feb 12 2012 10:58PM
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Stose
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you can do anything as long as you belive
Feb 12 2012 11:06PM
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spinks
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Keep in mind the brake arms do the work of stopping your ski, however the brake lever part that your heel sits on is crucial to maintaining the vertical height of your heel and keep the necessary pressure from the heelpiece to keep your foot in the binding properly, and have the proper release settings.
Feb 16 2012 3:18PM
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Willard
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was just gonna say that
Feb 16 2012 4:36PM
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scratchskier321
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This guy makes all other NS'rs look like retards, if you have FKS questions... Ask him!
Feb 16 2012 4:58PM
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rozboon
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That's brutal, unless you were out skiing with brakes that you knew didn't work. If you brake broke in a fall and the ski hit someone, well that's just damn unfortunate.

I had a fairly huge yardsale on some Hellbents and ripped a heelpiece (and brake) off the ski. Not much stops a ski like that, it ended up maybe 1000ft away from me down in a gully. A patroller even offered to ski down and get it for me.

Feb 16 2012 6:48PM
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