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Pulling ski off while grabbing

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denmark
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Three times in a day. Doing 360 mutes, pull the left ski over with my hand and my boot comes clean out on binding. Then ensues one footed twisted death landing.

The weird thing is when I'm on the ground testing it, however hard I pull the ski in the same direction i'd pop my knee out before my binding releases.

Any ideas? Bindings are on a 9 which is over my 3+ rating, and hardly ever release during normal crashes.
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CheddarJack
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Wow do you lift bro?
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Lou.
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Your dins are fucked if you can pull off your skis while grabbing
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TACO-DOG.exe
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Turn your din all the way up.
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ABalls
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Superglue your boot into the binding
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7-11_Slurpee
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Just drywall screw your boots to your skis. Bindings are unnecessary extra weight.
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theabortionator
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You din is set to high. I know it sounds strange but for big jumps sometimes the lower your din is set the less likely it is to release. It's different for carving groomers but for big jumps you def want to go with your dins super low.


I usually hit big jumps with mine set at 3.



Don't ask me why but it works. Try it
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denmark
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Thanks so much everyone. I'm forever indebted. I will try each one in order and report back. Keep up the good work.
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Wizerd
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Yeah me too. I actually like to loosen them all the way. The boot has some room to move and doesn't click out as easily. I don't know why it works but it does.
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gapers4life
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When I hit 70 ft jumps I usually just take my bindings off
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theabortionator
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Idk man, that sounds pretty fucking sketchy.
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*steeze_is_good
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Earlier this season when I was doing backflips sometimes my skis would come out, and it could be a similar situation to this. I tightened my dins up to a level that probably wasn't safe, and even got a new pair of fuckin skis because it still wasn't working and it was dangerous

(Its pretty scary spotting your landing for a backflip then realizing both your skis have popped off)

When I went to get my bindings mounted at the shop they said the toe pieces of my boots were so worn down they couldn't give me my skis due to liability. I had never even thought of this for some reason, but now I haven't had a problem since.

See if this is the problem, in the park you come out of your bindings enough when you fall and the contact point from boot to binding gets worn way down
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Jon_Taffer
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dont you snowboard?
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theabortionator
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I skied for a long time before you were even born. Also bought skis again this season and have been trying to get my skills back.

Also even if I had never skied it's irrelevant regarding the above post.
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El.
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What bindings are you riding? This matters a lot.
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skier58284
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What are you trying to do, uber tricks?

But for real, check forward pressure, or better yet, have a ski shop tech look at them. Do not raise the DIN any more, they might already be too high. 99% chance it's a different issue.
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frickindarn
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OP: start snowboarding
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Dorf.
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Your din are defiantly to high for hitting jumps. You should be riding at 2 - 4 din for sure. Hope this helps!

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John_Brown
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRmT_LOn5Dw
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John_Brown
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skier58284
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Ask Epicski, they know more about bindings.
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brysenm
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Speaking of big jumps can you do those big jumps right before rails? When I do those I have to keep my din really high too, at about 2.
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COskier
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You can mess with forward pressure and possibly make them work a little better, but the fact is that it doesn't take much pressure to remove a binding if you pull in the exact wrong direction. I used to have trouble pulling my ski off on right side dub corks where I grabbed mute (only time it was a problem) because I was pulling hard to stay tucked. I had my bindings at like 16 before I learned to just not pull so hard.
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Gr0mo
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Its probably because of how fast you tweak your grab. I had the same issue on my last set of skis. Figured out that it was the way i was grabbing, supper hurried and like a sharp quick forceful pull.

If i pulled on them just a little slower i could tweak em hard as shit.
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slowaimer
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snow on your boot...?

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CART.__.
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Wizerdry?

hehe























I really need to spend less time on here.
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JoshWong
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Happens to me a loot on really tweaked mutes. Pump up din. New toe pieces. And don't yank it so quick. Do more tweak with bending your knees up. Less with pulling the skis with your arms.
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bradwestwood
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buy race bindings and crank it to 20
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S.Ki
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Dont grab mute.
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BeastBacks
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ya i've had this happen check your boots maybe replace the boots toe's
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ChipDirt
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Get new bindings your ski shouldn't be releasing on a mute 360
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powderwhore_
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turn off your xbox off and go skiing. what do you think this is? ssx?
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The_Polock
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Troll. This doesnt happen. Been skiing for 30 years and never have seen someone fucking pull their ski of in a grab. I bet it you tried a grab jumping off a cliff it would hold.
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b-kul
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^did you read he thread? there is a video of it happening. happened to simon dumont at the x games too.
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skiRay
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this happened to me like 3 years ago once doing a mute on a larger tranny find. exploded on impact i did
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cogan13run_ski
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This just sounds like something the Real Skifi guys would do on purpose. Then they would proceed to drop the ski, stomp onto their bindings and ride away cleanly. Maybe just try that and not even worry about the bindings? Could make you famous or something.
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goat00
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Jesus...
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