Tech Binding Ski Boots

This is an important distinction as standard alpine and touring boots are not compatible with tech bindings.

Tech binding ski boots.

They are also sometimes called dynafit inserts and require bindings designed for tech inserts iso 13992 certified. The simpler tlt super light speed turn and atomic backland bindings keep your foot closer to the ski. Hence the popularity of what is referred to as a tech binding. The more sophisticated tech bindings have a greater stack height.

If you have a hard soled boot we throw on custom rubber tread lifters for better grip and protection. This is particularly achieved by the excellent grip rounded high profile soles and the gripwalk binding components perfectly tailored to them. As a result special tech compatible alpine touring boots are required when using tech bindings. Instead of fins on the binding that hold the boot in place tech bindings use metal pins that connect directly to steel inserts in the boot.

Walking in ski boots can be a rather slippery affair on some surfaces. These ultralight bindings replace the traditional alpine toe piece with two pins that lock into tech compatible ski boots. For beginner skiers it s really just about connecting your boot to the ski and making sure it comes off in a crash. Cast boot conversion allows you to keep rocking the alpine boots you know and love while adding tech compatibility for super efficient touring.

The lightest bindings have the lowest stack heights. Tech bindings were originally designed for ski touring and ski mountaineering using narrow skis and soft ski mountaineering boots of the 1980s. Tech inserts are metal reinforced indentations in the toe and heel that make a ski boot compatible with tech bindings for ski touring. The kingpin tecton plum summit and g3 ion lt all have stack heights over 39mm.

But the new gripwalk sole and binding system turns a conventional ski boot into a real performance miracle. However testing realities dictate that we can t use every boot with the same exact ski and binding set up. Our testers agreed the stiffest boots were the lange xt freetour. If you have replaceable soles we will modify those soles and your boots for tech compatibility.

Repurposing the design as a freeride binding is problematic. Tech bindings originally released by dynafit in 1986 are quite different from their framed counterparts. For the uninitiated ski bindings are the piece of tech that holds your boot to the ski.