Half-day at Mohawk Mountain in Cornwall, CT today.
Conditions: Shitty. Rained most of the morning. Temp-45-50F. All man-made snow base of 16-24". Basically, the shittiest conditions possible for trying to really test out something new...but at the same time, the best conditions.
First test. Wife falls waiting in line to get on lift. Left MNP pops. Suprise, suprise, suprise. they work just as specified. A great percentage of ski injuries happen waiting in line. We are elated.
Second test. Point downhill and go. Hard carves are almost impossible because of sheer amounts of garbage ridden crud infesting the slopes. I push to make my BG work for some undercover ice...nothing. I switch to fakie, figuring I have a better chance of not compensating as well in crud. It works. There is no saving myself when ankle deep in shit. Tips catch and down I go. The Spruce Risers work perfectly. Pop the tails and step back in. On I go. I'm smiling.
Third test. Go to the other side of the mountain and test them out on something a little more challenging. A couple blacks, connecting two blues and finishes off into a basin. All fairly high speed with some pretty substantial bumbs along the way. I follow a last year model MNP fitted with bombers. We finish side by side. Along the way, I hit three bumps squarely and have no unasked for releases. Hard stops and chatter do not make the Riser release. Hard falls do.
Conclusion. Anybody who has thought about buying a set of releasble skiboard bindings...these are the answer. Anybody who is still riding non-release and hates toe clips. These are easier. They are cheaper priced. Spruce Mountains Skiboards has hit a home run with these bindings.
More testing tomorrow....due to the crappola conditions at Mohawk, I think we'll be traveling to Butternut, Mass. Will provide more tomorrow.
Way to go Jeff. These bindings have provided alot of answers for me and skiboarders now and into the future.
-Sticks
Conditions: Shitty. Rained most of the morning. Temp-45-50F. All man-made snow base of 16-24". Basically, the shittiest conditions possible for trying to really test out something new...but at the same time, the best conditions.
First test. Wife falls waiting in line to get on lift. Left MNP pops. Suprise, suprise, suprise. they work just as specified. A great percentage of ski injuries happen waiting in line. We are elated.
Second test. Point downhill and go. Hard carves are almost impossible because of sheer amounts of garbage ridden crud infesting the slopes. I push to make my BG work for some undercover ice...nothing. I switch to fakie, figuring I have a better chance of not compensating as well in crud. It works. There is no saving myself when ankle deep in shit. Tips catch and down I go. The Spruce Risers work perfectly. Pop the tails and step back in. On I go. I'm smiling.
Third test. Go to the other side of the mountain and test them out on something a little more challenging. A couple blacks, connecting two blues and finishes off into a basin. All fairly high speed with some pretty substantial bumbs along the way. I follow a last year model MNP fitted with bombers. We finish side by side. Along the way, I hit three bumps squarely and have no unasked for releases. Hard stops and chatter do not make the Riser release. Hard falls do.
Conclusion. Anybody who has thought about buying a set of releasble skiboard bindings...these are the answer. Anybody who is still riding non-release and hates toe clips. These are easier. They are cheaper priced. Spruce Mountains Skiboards has hit a home run with these bindings.
More testing tomorrow....due to the crappola conditions at Mohawk, I think we'll be traveling to Butternut, Mass. Will provide more tomorrow.
Way to go Jeff. These bindings have provided alot of answers for me and skiboarders now and into the future.
-Sticks
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