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I called someone at h2oproshop and with their recomendation I think I'm gonna go with a Vector/RTP setup. Found one cheap @ SIA, but if I don't like it I'm gonna go with Wiley's. Thank you everyone for your advice! Ben

@LakeOneSkier, did you get my emails? Sorry for the hassle but I'll get it sorted if you give me a couple days. Thanks, Ben

ski6jones, disland- I think the Wiley's would be a very good choice. My only concern is that they won't have enough support (especially compared to the Approach)... I don't want my feet/ankles flopping around. But then again all I'm going off are the pictures, maybe they're more rigid than they look? Do you think I could ski into 32 /35 off in them? I'm also much more comfortable with a Wiley/RTP setup than an Approach/RTP. At this point I'm looking at 4 options: -Wiley/RTP or double Wiley's, don't know. -Vector/RTP (Personal favorite) -Stradas (Don't think I have the $$$...) -Buy a second Approach (Least favorite). Thanks again, this is harder than I thought it'd be...

Hmm... I've gotten 50/50 advice for keep Approaches/get rid of Approaches. And 50/50 for use RTP with front Approaches and don't use RTP for front Approaches. Sigh...

My Strada arrived Friday, skied my best pass on my 3rd set (22 off @ 34), now a few days later I'm ripping that pass at 36 mph. Great ski.

Alright, Just sold my old ski on SIA, adds $175 to the binding fund. This leaves me with $240 to spend, plus a front Approach. If I can sell my Approach for the $90 I got it for I should have enough for some used Stradas. Here's the problem: My brother uses my ski as well. He funded about half of what I paid but it's still partially his (I am 6 mph and 2 line lengths better and ski twice as much). He has a 10.5 foot, I have a 8.5/9, and we're both still growing. I'm wondering if buying the Stradas, which form to your feet, would be a good idea. He has my Mom's feet (wide), while mine are much narrower (Dad's). If the Stradas won't work for the above reason, what suggestions do you have? MS- Thanks for the re-assurance on the Approaches. I'm still seriously considering buying a back boot for $75 off SIA, I told the guy I'd send the check Monday so I have till then to decide. Thanks a lot for all the advice so far.

If I go with double Approaches, should I cinch them down tight so that they won't come off, or loosely so they will?

Ok, at this point its looking like I'm going to return the RTP that's being shipped and order a rear Approach. If anyone's against that speak up, I really don't want to make the wrong decision here. Thanks for all the advice.

I've got a 63.5" Revolt for sale as well (2006). http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&category=Slalom&postid=15908

That certainly is encouraging. I talked to a guy at Wiley's who said he wouldn't mix and match front and rear boots (1 in 1 out problem), so if I went with a back Approach I would have some more peace of mind. I just want to make sure they're not super terrible in terms of safety. If the newer, Strada/Exo boots really are that much better/safer I'll step up, but if not I'd like to stick with the Approaches (love the forward cant, forces me to bend my knees).

HO-410- First off, I appreciate your advice, but I don't the trade would work very well because I did some wheeling-and-dealing myself and got the Strada for 700, which is the price of the Vice (I think). There are no Vice's on SIA yet, either I don't think. And to clarify, you think staying with the Approaches would be a bad idea as well? kfennell- I didn't really care about safety until this morning when my Dad crashed and I started reading some stories on forums like these. One tweak of the knee and I'd miss my second straight year of soccer (broke my leg last year). Thanks again everyone.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into those. Maybe I'm being a little over-cautious, but this morning everything was thrown into prospective when my Dad punctured a lung in a crash while I was driving...

Hi all, I recently bought a 2011 Radar Strada, and I'm having problems deciding on which bindings to put on it. Without doing any research, I bought a 2009 HO Approach binding for the front and a Radar RTP for the back. Since then, I've realized that this is possibly the most unsafe binding combination ever to be mounted on a waterski. I am definitely sending back my RTP, but I was wondering what to replace it with. Would the bindings be much safer if I got a rear Approach (same binding, same release tendancies...?) Or are the Approaches really the "ankle-breakers" they're made out to be? If this is the case I guess I'd have to start from the beginning and order a totally different front and rear boot. I've heard the Stradas are excellent bindings, but being 16 years old and very short on money, they're almost out of the question. Any suggestions as to a safe, yet high performance binding set up are appreciated. I'm not sure if it matters, but I ski around 22, 28, and 32 off at 36 mph. I am 105 lbs now and growing quickly. Thanks for the help, Ben