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Rob Rosen (rosen@ucbvax) writes:

> Using bindings that are less than four years old is a very dangerous
> practice... Back in 1977 I broke my arm in three places because my
> Salomon 444's didn't release properly...

This story is similar to many I have heard in recent years, but the 
thing all these stories have in common isn't the age of the bindings,
it's the fact that they were Salomons.  I will probably have to replace
my old Spademans (Spademen?) this year, since my new boots don't have
any place for the soleplate, so I'm interested in the current state of
the binding art.  Most of the pros around here use Salomon 747s, but
I've run into an awful lot of people with leg casts acquired on
Salomons, so for once I'm reluctant to imitate the pros.  I'm looking
for recommendations from anybody with experience on the subject.
I'm a reasonably good skier (I can ski almost anything around here)
and inherited knees which are easily injured.  I've been setting
my bindings to release easily for the last few years, and putting up
with a few false releases for the sake of my knees.

What does anybody have to recommend?

Thanks in advance  -- Walt Haas

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