
Calvin E
Gender
Male
Height
6' 1"
Weight
200 lbs
Shoe Size
US 11.50
Skier Type
Type III - Aggressive
Ski Frequency:
25 - 50 days / year
Recent Posts
1/19/2023
I really like these bindings! They work very well, have a nice fit and finish, are very easy to step into, and reasonably light. The mechanism for locking the brakes flat for uphill travel, works better than other branded touring bindings I've used. All typical of ATK, the "Cadillac" of touring bindings! I recently mounted some on DPS skis, but I had been already been using the similar Hagan Pure regularly. The lower release value is plenty for me, I'm older, ski mellow, don't drop big jumps. Never had a pr...
1/19/2023
I really like these bindings! They work very well, have a nice fit and finish, are very easy to step into, and reasonably light. The mechanism for locking the brakes flat for uphill travel, works better than other branded touring bindings I've used. All typical of ATK, the "Cadillac" of touring bindings! I recently mounted some on DPS skis, but I had been already been using the similar Hagan Pure regularly. The lower release value is plenty for me, I'm older, ski mellow, don't drop big jumps. Never ha...
1/18/2023
Right on! I just assumed you were out of them for the season. You never know with the supply issues these days.
1/18/2023
Warning - Since SkiMo is out of stock on the 184cm length, I ordered these skis from one of the other Utah suppliers, NOT SkiMo, and received the DPS Pagoda 112RP, though their description online read "DPS Pagoda Tour 112RP". Apparently, they don't know the difference. I will be keeping these anyway, because I believe they will be good for resort skiing with some sidecountry. To clarify, DPS makes three versions of the Pagoda 112RP, the Pagoda Tour, the Pagoda, and the Pagoda Piste. The normal Pagoda's ...
1/16/2023
Yeah, some of my skins are just straight untrimmed strips, about ski waist width. They seem to work just fine for me. I've been on a few hair-raising steep traverses where you don't even get the whole width of ski flat, and haven't had any more trouble than my buddies with wall to wall skins.