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Marker Squire Schizo Bindings....

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agonos5
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I'm usually a snowboarder, but at a ski camp I went to this spring, I won a pair of 2012 Line Step-Ups. Rather than selling them, I decided I want to start skiing some. Recently, I went to my local ski shop and began to look for bindings. The guy at the shop insisted on the Marker Squire Schizo for me due to their ability to adjust and my level of skiing. They were on sale so I bought them, but after reading some things about Marker bindings, I have my doubts. I almost exclusively ride park when I snowboard, so I was hoping to do the same with skis. Will these bindings work for me? I'm 175 pounds and wanna be able to be in the park all day (due to my midwest location). The bindings have a 3-11 DIN range. I just don't want these to break after a year or so.
Jul 16 2012 1:30PM
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snakerton
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if you are just starting skiing you dont need a super heavy duty binding. There is one model pf schizos that suck. they fixed it and newer ones are ok but they are still really heavy. if you are only gonna ski park you dont need schizo. just keep them at center
Jul 16 2012 2:22PM
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rozboon
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At 175lbs you WILL break the Squire. It's a grom binding. I'm surprised they even suggested it.

But the guy at the shop is clearly not very onto it. The Stepup is a symmetrical ski, meaning it's made to be mounted at one position only, center. Putting a schizo on it is pointless, as you wouldn't want to change mount position anyway. Hence I would take anything he tells you about bindings with a grain of salt.

Jul 16 2012 8:31PM
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