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First of all, I would recommend all Reflex users to either have a lot of experience in setting them up, or get help from an expert (I was a Reflex dealer for a number of years).

Second, Reflex changed the height of the boot back tab where the binding touches the boot when the Silvretta 500 came. They put it higher. The one you are using in the video is the newer one. Compare the boot that works OK with yours and see it the other one has the older height.

After that:

Although I cannot be 100% sure about the amount of pressure you require to apply for closing it from the video, it looks like too much.

If you are putting on the binding woth your boot on, you should be able to close it with one hand. Neiter with just two fingers nor with both hands.

Looks like you are using the old atraching system that has two small pieces with 4 bolts on each side of the Silvretta. For a number of years, the alu one that allows a micro-adjustment in the release unit position has been used for precisely being able to better adjust the closing position.

Boots are different and wear our and get looser in the binding with use.

Many of Reflex’s related accidents and mishaps are because of a poor setup. I would not recommend to use it unless you are 100% sure it is correctly fitted.

42” should work for them.

Take in account that they need to use the same front foot if they want to share it.

So you want something that prevents your arms from being straight when going from the buoy to the wake???

I am not an expert, but I do not know it something that limits your elbow ROM would do any good to your arm when resisting a boat pull. A jump sling (not that you would wear one while slaloming…) uses a totally different mechanic, limiting the elbow distance from the body, not the elbow ROM.

I do not have any issues with runoffs.

They are actually in line with @Than_Bogan ’s initial idea, and one of the exciting parts in a tournament.

An extra pass for every skier will make things longer, more painful to watch, confusing and slower that runoffs (all get 1, not just the occasional tie for qualifying and first place).

I have never spent any time thinking about it. Whatever is in the dock, usually cheap dishwashing soap, diluted or not. Most dishwashing soaps are promoted as biodegradable.

If you do 30 sets per day, at a generous 10cc per skier, it would be 300cc per day in a 100,000+ m3 lake. 100,000 m3 is 100,000,000,000 cc. I would be more worried about the gas and oil the boat puts in the water.

@BS74 , the plate and horseshoe are different between Reflex back and front bindings.

The black boot is kind of the standard for tricks, it has limited hinge/ankle movement.

Just hit my elbow in a slide, nothing major nor painful, but now I have a golf sized lump in my elbow, and an elbow bursitis diagnosis. No pain, only some tension feeling when completely bending the elbow

Any advice? How long to get back to normal? Would skiing make it worse?

On plate weight increase with the G10 plate, it will not be relevant at all for perrformance.

As a matter of fact, using a normal sock in your foot will increase your binding+boot weight by far more - in a place where the added weight is not relevant.

What plate are you using? Are the plate holes in good shape? Are the horseshoe screws tight on the aluminum bases tight before attaching to the plate?

They might get loose, but not usually that often.

It is also a good practice not to store the ski with the boot locked to the plate, and clipping the binding with the boot in the foot (not inserting the foot with the liner in an already clipped boot). That gives you an additional check before skiing.

The leverage works similar to the Wiley for me, with the advantage of the laced overlay (older stlyle, which I have “on stock…). I had a Wiley for some time, but pressure felt the same in summer.

For years I have used a back Leverage with my front Reflex. Although I do not fully tighten the overlay, I still get a sore back foot in summer with hot water in my last passes.

Anyone can advise on pros/cons of using a back T-Factor in the back?

@bsmith , on all good soccer players learning to play with both feet, Maradona would disagree with you.

By the way, @Horton , Maradona was a lefty as well.

@dude, i had for more than a while in my back foot. I put a gel heel cup, and that made it better and allowed me to ski.

“If you have plantar fasciitis for more than 10 minutes you are going to the wrong doctor.” Seriously???