Ski Binding Design with Hoji, Lars Chickering-Ayers, & Giray Dadali

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4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

At Blister Summit 2023, we brought together Hoji (Dynafit), Lars Chickering-Ayers (CAST Touring), and Giray Dadali (Daymaker Touring) for an extremely interesting and important discussion on the past, present, and future of ski bindings. We get their thoughts on “acceptable use” for certain bindings; the “Age of Confusion” surrounding different binding designs; being “handcuffed by standards” and thinking about the binding / boot / ski interface as a whole; what we should (or should hope to) expect from bindings in the future, and much, much more.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Intros & Backgrounds (5:56)
“Acceptable Use” for Certain Bindings (12:49)
“Age of Confusion” re: Designs & Standards (21:58)
Boot / Binding Interface Challenges & Future (34:22)
Release & Retention: Alpine vs. Touring Bindings (43:40)
“Ideal Systems” for Bindings, Boots, & Skis? (1:00:25)
Advice re: Wear, Tear, & Icing (1:09:07)
What We’re Celebrating (1:17:22)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,
0:12.1	and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:20.9	Well, today we are running an in case you missed it episode.
0:26.4	It's a conversation that we had at our last blister summit
0:30.3	on ski binding design with Hoji, Lars Chickering Ayers, and Garai Dadali.
0:38.0	And I think this is an extremely interesting and extremely important discussion on the
0:45.0	past, present, and future of ski bindings.
0:48.7	And in this conversation, Hoji, Lars, and Garai talk about, quote-unquote, acceptable use for certain
0:57.1	bindings and how that varies between individuals.
1:01.2	They talk about the age of confusion surrounding different binding designs, being, quote-unquote,
1:08.3	handcuffed by standards, and thinking about the binding to ski boot to
1:14.1	ski interface as a whole what we should or hope to expect from bindings in the future and much
1:22.9	much more and honestly i really do think of this as basically mandatory listening for every
1:31.9	backcountry skier out there and honestly pretty much every inbound skier out there as well.
1:39.2	And if I had to single out a single portion of this conversation and why I regard this as kind of
1:45.8	mandatory listening. I guess I would pick the part about thinking of the interface of your
1:53.5	binding to your ski boot to your ski, that interface as a whole. And because I regard this conversation as being so important and as
2:04.1	one that should be taken into account as we're thinking through our setups and purchasing
2:10.5	gear, we did post the video of this conversation about a month ago over on our Blister YouTube channel. So you are welcome
2:20.5	to go check out that conversation on YouTube. But for those of you who missed it on YouTube,
2:27.1	well, do not miss this now. Because, as it was once said, knowing is half the battle.
2:36.8	This episode of Gear 30 is presented by our collection of Blister recommended shops,
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