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Rocked the shifts last year and tore my ACL, so not tryna use them again (IK the injury had nothing to do with the bindings). Checking out CAST because the pivots seem safer, but its really fkin expensive. Is it worth it the price?
AlaskaDogfartRocked the shifts last year and tore my ACL, so not tryna use them again (IK the injury had nothing to do with the bindings). Checking out CAST because the pivots seem safer, but its really fkin expensive. Is it worth it the price?
How much did your ACL injury cost?
Seriously though if you're a bigger person, want to send it really hard on a touring set up, or can really only manage to have one setup and ski a lot of really firm conditions/refrozen shit, the Cast system is absolutely the best option. It's not really that much more costly than the shift or the Duke PT.
yes, especially if you are planning on mounting it on several skis - their second ski kits then make the setup really quite affordable. If you plan on using the skis both inbounds and touring in the backcountry, then there is nothing that delivers the same kind of performance, ease of use and reliability.
What type of ski tourer are you? If you go up for the down, and don't ever do huge ascents/you ski really hard on the down then yea they are worth it. It's nice to not think about locking our your toes or skiing differently because of your bindings. Also you can ride skis inbounds which is a huge bonus for sidecountry
1. Will this be a tour specific (no resort use) setup?
2. How often do you (realistically) go touring throughout the season?
3. How many miles / vert do you put out in a typical day in the bc?
4. How aggressive do you actually ski?
Regarding #4 as this applies to the vast majority of backcountry skiers:
1. Will this be a tour specific (no resort use) setup?
2. How often do you (realistically) go touring throughout the season?
3. How many miles / vert do you put out in a typical day in the bc?
4. How aggressive do you actually ski?
Regarding #4 as this applies to the vast majority of backcountry skiers:
I could probably use pins and be just fine, but I have family in the ortho industry who see more injuries from pin bindings than anything else
hot.pocketCompletely depends on:
1. Will this be a tour specific (no resort use) setup?
2. How often do you (realistically) go touring throughout the season?
3. How many miles / vert do you put out in a typical day in the bc?
4. How aggressive do you actually ski?
Regarding #4 as this applies to the vast majority of backcountry skiers:
I get the whole "pins are fine" and will continue to use kingpins, but I tomahawked with one ski still attached to me and the dins set to 10 with the toe not locked at all. That was 3 years ago and I still have hip problems. I'm 200% certain that my pivots would've released in that situation set to 11 or 12. Kinda sketched me out of hitting any bigger drops with pins but tech lines and powder are fine and that's mostly what I do touring.
