What bindings does Whitney McClintock currently use?

[WBLskier]

Does anyone know?

[C5Quest]

Reflex

 

[Jordan]

 

[skialex]

I wouldn’t want my release jammed between front and rear shell. The rear shell looks like it touches the arms of the release.

[condorpilot]

Logo on the plates says "Reflex" by the looks of things. So I think a fair guess is Reflex. Looks like black cuff front and R type rear

[BraceMaker]

@skialex the release will still work because it spins around the arm just so long as the arms are properly leaning rearward.

 

 

[skialex]

@BraceMaker well yes if the force is significant and usually is, but also the uncut tip of the shell will not let the release fully spin around the arms. Anyway all I’m saying is that I wouldn’t use this as is.

[ozski]

The rear boot is not an R-style, its a a moded std boot and it looks like an intuition liner.

[C5Quest]

The liners are radar

 

[rockdog]

@skialex do you think a professional water skier such as Whit is using a setup which she has no idea whether it will work or not? Cmon man.

[OldboyII]

It is not a question to sportsmen, it is a question to manufacturers - recommend users not to compromise with safety for better performance.

if sportsman does any modification, he/she does it on his own risk.

Original Reflex construction does allow full arm swing.

 

[Deanoski]

They use tape on the toe bar for two reasons alignement if needed. And to hold the toe down after the shell is heated and flatened. It takes up the space on top of the boot. Because the toe bar cannot be adjusted that low after the boot is flatened

 

Im sure most skiers dock test the release

 

Mine releases fine with all the same modes as her front boot.

[Horton]

Is clearly Reflex + R style rear & none Reflex liner in rear.

 

@skialex I run my R style super close to my front boot. it does not interfere with the release.

[skialex]

@Horton yes, as long as the top of your rear shell’s tip is cut off, the r-style shell is. If you use an uncut shell super close, full arm swing is difficult. I’m not saying a release is impossible but not as it should be and the blocking of the heel can result to hitting the ski with the shin and other body parts.

A friend of mine runs his rstyle so close that the rear shell touches the back of the front shell.

His r style tip if cut off

 

[ISP6ball]

Maybe an R Style concept, but not an R Style boot.

 

[skialex]

Now that I see the closeup, boots are not that close together, a proper rstyle boot or a straighter arms release such as 840 would make this a safer setup without needing a get used to period.

[Brewski]

Look like the (Reflex Style) boots Quantum was selling sometime back. I have done lots of testing on this set up. The release has to move back less than 1/8" if the block on the back of the front boot is cut down. That set up does not look like it would release correctly from the pix its hard to tell if there is enough clearance

 

[Killer]

Pretty sure Matt Rini knows how to set skis up.

[brody]

I have that exact boot set up, r style rear boot