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

[Wendy]

These were at SIA a few years back...these people actully paid money for a booth.

This post made me laugh the most. Because that means they are (were?) a Thing.

What I can’t figure out: Why are ski boots in a snowboard binding? Why not a snowboard boot?
There’s also no lateral support in that setup. No fore/aft, no lateraL But wait! If the shock compresses, couldn’t the snowboard binding/ski boot thinger depress the heel of the binding, causing the skier to eject?

I can’t stop laughing at this.

 

[Philpug]

This post made me laugh the most. Because that means they are (were?) a Thing.

What I can’t figure out: Why are ski boots in a snowboard binding? Why not a snowboard boot?
There’s also no lateral support in that setup. No fore/aft, no lateraL But wait! If the shock compresses, couldn’t the snowboard binding/ski boot thinger depress the heel of the binding, causing the skier to eject?

I can’t stop laughing at this.

The list of things wrong here are in the double digits.

 

[SpikeDog]

Looks like some sort of landing gear for big airs.

"You want big air, kid?"

 

[scott43]

The list of things wrong here are in the double digits.

In one of my favourite expressions, "it's non-trivial.."

 

[crgildart]

"go go gadget skis!"

 

[cantunamunch]

What I can’t figure out: Why are ski boots in a snowboard binding? Why not a snowboard boot?
There’s also no lateral support in that setup. No fore/aft, no lateraL

By that definition, this sit-ski has no fore-aft and no lateral support either.

KBG Homage Mono Ski

Designed by Kevin Bramble Goodz, the Homage mono ski is a tribute to the classic KBG sit ski with improved performance and adjustability. This beefy sit ski is designed for big mountain skiing

enablingtech.com

The only real difference between the two linkages is the length of travel available to the sit-ski above.

But wait! If the shock compresses, couldn’t the snowboard binding/ski boot thinger depress the heel of the binding, causing the skier to eject?

No. It doesn't move in that direction -at all- unless one of the pivots goes bad.


It's rather evident the person(s) who came up with this had been looking at double wishbone suspensions. I'm not sure they got theirs right, but they definitely looked at others.

Double wishbone suspension - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I can’t stop laughing at this.

I laughed too - until I realised they were meant for people with existing ACL injuries.

Hence my post "NEED" above. This technology does need to be explored and developed - just like the sit ski was.

 

[Wendy]

By that definition, this sit-ski has no fore-aft and no lateral support either.

KBG Homage Mono Ski

Designed by Kevin Bramble Goodz, the Homage mono ski is a tribute to the classic KBG sit ski with improved performance and adjustability. This beefy sit ski is designed for big mountain skiing

enablingtech.com

The only real difference between the two linkages is the length of travel available to the sit-ski above.




No. It doesn't move in that direction -at all- unless one of the pivots goes bad.


It's rather evident the person(s) who came up with this had been looking at double wishbone suspensions. I'm not sure they got theirs right, but they definitely looked at others.

Double wishbone suspension - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I laughed too - until I realised they were meant for people with existing ACL injuries.

Hence my post "NEED" above. This technology does need to be explored and developed - just like the sit ski was.

OK, so it wasn‘t a SIA troll, it was somebody designing for a purpose.

But a sit-ski skier is strapped into the chair, and their feet are as well. And the chair itself provides some lateral support to the skier’s body.

And a ski boot in a snowboard binding is a seriously questionable interface at best.

I think @cantunamunch could design a better system.

 

[cantunamunch]

OK, so it wasn‘t a SIA troll, it was somebody designing for a purpose.

It just totally looks like a ski-loving medical person gave a mech engineer a design-to-prototype brief, with limited scope and hoping to have someone else do the refinement.