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On the same subject .... does anyone know much about cross-country ski bindings and whether they should release in the same way?

I fell on my first X-country ski attempt and twisted my ankle so badly (as my ski went on pointing straight ahead and the rest of me went left), that I sustained a spiral fracture lower third right fibula!

My orthopedic surgeon said the ski should have come off, but I'm not sure the bindings on X-country skis work in the same fashion. I didn't even tell the ski hire people that my ankle was broke cos I didn't want to make a fuss, and felt like a right plonker at the time!! :o

I've often wondered though .... it's funny ... years later, my ankle starts tingling at the very memory! :blink:

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Definitely good advice. The more easily you pop out the better.

I twisted my knee after falling and my bindings not releasing. First lot of surgery to correct ligaments in 8 weeks. :eek::unsure:

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Ohh - good luck!

Although you can take it to the other extreme. We did the Vallee Blanche once (in hire skis) and literally everytime my OH did a turn or anything vaguely dynamic he popped out , in fact he could jump out of his skis. Not good or safe either.

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ok, after skiing all weekend down the mountain at lake louise, and still not having a single lesson, i'm a little worried that i have no idea what the DIN setting is and this may cause my leg to drop off, please advise.

ps where can i see you for a 69 in my lesson.

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How did the boot buying / fitting go?

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Destination Ski was where I ended up buying the boots. The chap spent a total of about 3 hours with me in two separate sessions - the first session carried on half an hour after the shop closed - 8:30 pm on a Friday night. He made one set of adjustments, and then another; punching out the ankle and the front of the foot a bit. He also put in orthoses to correct my weird feet. I think the total came to just shy of $700 inc taxes but any adjustments over the next year are included. (Plus I spent an extra $140 on getting new bindings when he pointed out my current ones were damaged - did this at Sport Mart though as all their bindings looked a little high-end for my liking).

Having been out in them a few times I think I'm going to have to go back and get some more adjustments made as I'm still not quite satisfied, but they're a lot better than my old boots. I suspect that the orthoses are affecting the muscles I'm using as I'm feeling a lot more stiffness in my thighs than before. So maybe that'll go with continued use.

Of course, the spanner in the works here is that I don't know how much of any discomfort is down to my lousy technique...

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Bazzz, I'm spending the next few days at Sun Peaks, and the snow conditions are pretty good for this late in the season - cooler than average, and some regular inch or 2 snow falls over the past week.

When you're there over the weekend, spend a few dollars and rent a Flaik GPS tracker to carry in your pocket - it's fun to see where, how far, fast etc that you've skied. The attachment illustrates some of the data you can log onto the Flaik website to see, from a day out I had a few weeks back.