Baller Deanoski Posted January 4, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Vernon Reeve Posted January 4, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 4, 2022 I used to have Look bindings back in the 80's. I still feel like they were some of the best bindings with the swivel heel release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RGilmore Posted January 4, 2022 Members Share Posted January 4, 2022 I would think the Cubco bindings could have had some influence on the more recent "MOB" concept and its forerunners. https://www.skiinghistory.org/history/release-history-safety-bindings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mbabiash Posted January 5, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2022 Voile CRB telemark binding is awfully similar. I had a set years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Deanoski Posted January 5, 2022 Author Baller Share Posted January 5, 2022 Reflex comes from a Silverado at binding and mob comes from arc that came from from Besser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller aupatking Posted January 5, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2022 @Deanoski that’s “SilvaRayDoe”. Possibly Silvretta, but more likely the first, since it’s filled with tornadoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mmosley899 Posted January 5, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 5, 2022 @RGilmore I actually have seen a pair of skis with the Cubco bindings hanging on the wall in a Zaxbys. @mbabiash the Voile bindings are very similar and Voile actually makes the adjustment screw for me. The MOB release is derived directly from the ARC release built by @Deanoski . I started using the ARC in ‘93 and continued using it until I had to start making replacement parts in 2013. Then I updated the design and materials to develop what I am building today. Mike's Overall Binding USA Water Ski Senior Judge Senior Driver Senior Tech Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gsm_peter Posted January 6, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 6, 2022 Americana binding in the middle from approx 1975. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller wawaskr Posted January 7, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 7, 2022 Yes - The Spademan's (on the orange Olin Ballet skis) were the freestyle/ballet snow ski bindings of the day. Mostly used with the old Scott boots. The pair on the red/white/blue skis look to be Besser binding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller wawaskr Posted January 7, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 7, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted January 7, 2022 Baller_ Share Posted January 7, 2022 Wow..Scott boot and Besser system look tailor made to mount to a ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drmadd Posted January 8, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 8, 2022 I was a Gertsch man myself. At least till I broke my leg in 1969. I'm using that on my trick ski now, with a Hanson Boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drmadd Posted January 8, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 8, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DangerBoy Posted January 9, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 9, 2022 When I was a teenager I really wanted a pair of Scott boots because that's what a lot of my cool friends and people I looked up to were skiing on. When I went to buy a pair, I found out that my foot size was right at the end of the size range for the medium shell and probably better suited for the large shell. But I thought the proportions of the medium shell looked way more aesthetically pleasing and cooler than the large shell so I insisted on getting the medium shell. The problem was that in order to fit the medium shell I had to go with the absolute thinnest liner they made for that shell. As a result, I only had at most a 1/8 inch thick liner around my feet and my feet nearly froze solid in any kind of weather. Horrible. It just goes to show how non-sensical some of your decisions were (or at least some of mine were) when you were (or at least I was) a kid/teenager. I look back on it now and just shake my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller wawaskr Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hanson boots - forgot about those….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hansons looked cool but were notorious for cracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gsm_peter Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 Agree. They look very much alike but I am quite sure it is an Americana binding or that they emerged later.The Americana was most plastic and not aluminium. Skied on one for a few seasons on the short mogul skis.Horrible function but very light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drmadd Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 I had the Hanson Pro I believe. THat was the years of the Jet Sticks. I was on a pair of Splading Siderals. The side cut on those were way back of center. A LA the French Techniqe. I though I was Jean -Cleud Killey. Skiing 5hose tails. Actually a good memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drmadd Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 Oops I forgot, I had that setup with the Gertsh binding, I had to be a a little carful. They released not only laterly, but upward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller slow Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 A lot of crappy ski equipment on this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Deanoski Posted January 10, 2022 Author Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 and that’s what us water skiers get for bindings crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller drmadd Posted January 10, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 10, 2022 Want something even worse! How about a pair of 210 Hexel Comps, paired with the Scott Boot. Holy C--P, try those on Ice. Another interesting long-lasting memory, I'll never forget. Even at my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jcamp Posted January 11, 2022 Baller Share Posted January 11, 2022 Funny story:A good friend of mine is the worldwide president of a sporting goods manufacturer that has products in both the snow skiing and inline skating worlds. A water skiing employee of his sent him a picture of a water ski binding and suggested they try to develop a competing product. Knowing that I was a skier, my friend sent me the picture, saying "this is obviously an old binding for a combo set or something, but what do you think about the binding market in general." The picture was of a brand new, high-end (for water skiing any way) Reflex set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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