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In the case of a binding release, the cable prevented the ski from running away down the hill, a task normally accomplished with a ski brake. The spring would then automatically pull the ski back to the user and, if properly aligned, reconnect it. [2] [3] [5] The system, like all plate bindings, had a number of disadvantages.
Bindings are separate components from the snowboard deck and are very important parts of the total snowboard interface. The bindings' main function is to hold the rider's boot in place tightly to transfer their energy to the board. Most bindings are attached to the board with three or four screws that are placed in the center of the binding.
Burton Snowboards is a privately-owned snowboard manufacturing company that was founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977. [2] [3] The company specializes in products aimed at snowboarders, such as snowboards, bindings, boots, outerwear, and accessories.
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.
This led to further design improvements, and eventually to a 1969 production run of 1000 pairs of bindings from the newly formed Spademan Release Systems, Inc. [2] Continual improvements followed to allow the binding to hold more strongly, and by the winter of 1974/75 the binding was a must-have on the pro freestyle skiing circuit.
Reaper-binders were in wide use in the People's Republic of Poland, but farmers often could not operate them due to shortages of twine and a lack of replacement parts. This was such a regular occurrence that baling twine ( Polish : sznurek do snopowiązałki ) remains a symbol of the dysfunction of the communist economy in the cultural memory ...
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Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species lacks forelegs and has only rudimentary hind legs. [ 2 ] Pygopodid lizards are also referred to as "legless lizards", [ 3 ] "flap-footed lizards" [ 4 ] and "snake-lizards". [ 5 ]