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2. Ski binding - Wikipedia

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   A ski binding is a device that connects a ski boot to the ski. Before the 1933 invention of ski lifts, skiers went uphill and down and cross-country on the same gear. As ski lifts became more prevalent, skis—and their bindings—became increasingly specialized, differentiated between alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country, Telemark, and ...

3. Marker (ski bindings) - Wikipedia

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   During the early 1950s a number of skiers introduced systems to help release the foot in the event of a fall. The most worrying injuries were spiral fractures caused when the ski was forced sideways and twisted the lower leg. In 1950 Look introduced the Look Nevada binding, which allowed the boot to release from the ski when it rotated to the ...

4. Ski boot - Wikipedia

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   A typical "universal" ski boot of the leather era. This example, by G. H. Bass, includes an indentation around the heel where the cable binding would fit, and a metal plate at the toe for a Saf-Ski release binding. The leather strap is a "long thong", used by downhill skiers to offer some level of lateral control.

5. Taking your old skis to the mountain? Here’s what you should ...

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   Consider changing the bindings on skis as similar to getting an oil change or changing tires. It’s an investment of a few hundred dollars to save thousands in hospital bills — or worse.

6. Glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms - Wikipedia

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   The tension-release setting which determines the amount of force required for a ski binding to release from the skier's boot during a fall or impact. DIN is an acronym for the German Deutsche Institut für Normung. downhill downhill ski The lower ski (i.e. lower on the hill than the uphill ski) or the one that will become the lower ski during a ...

7. Cable binding - Wikipedia

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   Cable bindings, also known as Kandahar bindings or bear-trap bindings, are a type of ski bindings widely used through the middle of the 20th century. It was invented and brand-named after the Kandahar Ski Club in 1929 by ski racer and engineer Guido Reuge. [1] They were replaced in alpine skiing by heel-and-toe "safety bindings" in the mid-1960s.

8. Spademan binding - Wikipedia

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   The binding plate, screwed to the bottom of the boot, is held in place by these clamps. A plate has been inserted in the upper binding for illustration purposes. Spademan was a type of ski binding, one of a number of "plate bindings" that were popular in alpine skiing during the 1970s.

9. Nava System - Wikipedia

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   A pair of Nava System bindings with the skier in place. The boot is clipped into the binding, which is almost flush with the ski, and the control arm, black, is in place behind the skiers calf. The Nava System was a ski binding and custom ski boot offered for sale in the 1980s. The system used a combination of flexible sole plate to keep the ...