Not FIS legal and Other Things Possibly Wrong in this Picture.

[Philpug]

I'll just leave this right here.

 

[pchewn]

Why ????

 

[cantunamunch]

NEED.

 

[DanoT]

Ok, it turns knee deep pow into ankle deep, but what else does it do?

 

[Plai]

What DIN adjustment would be needed? The height is effectively increased, but boot binding kind of creates a new joint, albeit locked.

 

[crgildart]

 

[Philpug]

This is the only thing missing...

 

[textrovert]

Is the space below the boot where the jet packs attach? Looks like something Wile E. Coyote would cook up.

 

[Philpug]

And an Anton Glider..

But I do like the Marker 1400 on a plate that was not designed to accept it.

 

[Philpug]

I wonder if Öhlins makes an upgraded shock.

 

[graham418]

Well, I was thinking about getting a lifter plate..........

 

[Ken_R]

I'll just leave this right here.
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When a mech. engineer / MTB susp. designer takes into skiing...

 

[Bad Bob]

Somebody won the lottery?
Not sure if that would help or hinder getting more edge

 

[Philpug]

Somebody won the lottery?

Or lost a bet...the jury is still out on this one.

 

[cantunamunch]

When a mech. engineer / MTB susp. designer takes into skiing...

You might be giving them too much credit - they probably know their way around a CAD program but we don't know that they've actually had successful designs anywhere else.

 

[KingGrump]

That's what a mudder use on their day off.

Their everyday foot wear.


I do like the look of the high performance liner in the Apex boot.

 

[Ron]

aside from the obvious, it appears there's no upper clasp to hold the boot (and the rest of the skier) in place.

 

[cantunamunch]

aside from the obvious, it appears there's no upper clasp to hold the boot (and the rest of the skier) in place.

You mean from tipping forward (over the handlebars?)

We don't know what the kinematics of that shock are, but one of the interesting consequences could be that longitudinal impact actually causes vertical travel. In other words, hit a death cookie that punches your ski back, and get lower to the ski as a result.

 

[ScotsSkier]

but think of the rebound you could get out of the turn if you play with the shock and spring settings.....

 

[wallyk]

Sooo Wizard of Oz with the curtain....."don't pay attention to what is behind the curtain"...

Is such an engineering feat being developed in the depths of the SkiTalk ski lab..aka Phil's garage?