Rossignol began to realize that while the 30mm+ stack height worked well on narrow skis, it neutered the performance of wider ones. The Rossignol Group’s Look SPX Konect was doing double duty as a system binding for its narrow retail skis and a demo binding for trade shows. While the current Attack2 demo can be commended for its ease of adjustment and ability to accept every sole on the market, that versatility comes at the cost of its ability to show the best attributes of a ski. It became 32 mm tall, about a full centimeter taller than its retail counterpart, the consumer Attack2 13.

Once Tyrolia added GW/AT sole compatibility, it completely changed the characteristics of the binding. No better example of this is the current Tyrolia Attack2 13 demo. More adjustment means more separation of the boot from the ski. These new designs are different than traditional DIN soles and require more than just fore-and-aft adjustment they also need different height adjustments to accommodate the taller soles. Such bindings became the choice for many of our readers, even on $1,000+ skis.īut the pendulum is swinging again, because of the advent of GripWalk and tech soles. For all but the Nth-degree skiers, they skied very well. Other brands followed suit and started producing higher-performing adjustable or track bindings,which were then marked as system bindings on many popular skis. The Marker Griffon demo set the bar because it skied almost identically to its regular retail counterpart and really became the first demo binding accepted by better skiers. The Marker Griffon demo was the first demo binding for me that took its purpose seriously, and that purpose was to demonstrate the attributes of the ski. Just as “mid-entry” boots of the 90s had a bad reputation while today's walk mode boots are accepted, now it is demo=good, rental=bad. But as skis started getting wider, these bindings were masking the skis' performance, and we began to see a change. In most applications on a traditional straight ski, that really didn’t matter, and ease of adjustment was still the most important aspect. Weight, height, and other inefficiencies of the binding often created a disconnect between the boot and the ski.

Through the years, ease of adjustment remained paramount over performance.

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