Releasable vs nonreleasable bindings.

I just broke my leg by twisting it when skiing on waxless backcountry skiis with a non-releasable three pin cable binding. Is this common? How many others have experienced this? Has anyone here ever broken their leg when skiing with a releasable binding?

Sorry to hear about your injury -- I wish you a complete and speedy recovery.

I haven't personally broken my leg -- but I know several other people that have -- including my sister -- of course that was in pre-DIN rated binding days.

DIN rated bindings do a good job of protecting the lower leg from spiral fractures.

No current binding provides meaningful protection from an ACL tear or most other knee injuries.

Skiers that I know that have broken their leg have a pretty good track record for recovery and returning to full function and strength -- What I've seen amoung by friends is that the recovery from an ACL tear is longer and less certain.

I have always skied releasables since a buddie busted his leg at the bottom of a gully. He had to get hauled up to the road and that took about 5hr. Big guy up hill, no good. It got to be a little scary, he spun his tipia.I think he was skiing Asolo extremes and a cable it was about 18yrs ago. The release gear has improved, and are not as fickel as it used to be.
The only time I've poped out of the newer stuff was a few seasons ago when I pearled into a giant pile of wind packed crud, that should have been pow. I can land on my tails and all kinds of stuff and the don't pop like the used to. Some tele events require relesables now

I've been skiing on 7tms for 4-5 years now and am very happy with their performance. I've released a few times and only when it was appropriate (when I got the settings dialed in). Like Randy, I run them lower than I would an alpine DIN (though it's been years) -- I find they perform well at 7, for me, and I ski them fairly hard. They still release easily and may be getting into the range of soft tissue injury prevention at that low a setting, though I've gotten the occasional ligament tweak with no sign of them coming off.

I'm thinking of putting them on my waxless backcountry skis, but I weight a lot so if they keep me from breaking my leg again, it'll be worth it. I should get some lessons or something so I'm skiing correctly. I probably wouldn't have broken it if I would have gone straighter down the fall line instead of trying to take gradual turns.
Better to be a wuss and ski waxless with releaseables don't you think?

I've known a couple of people who have, but it's always been on a heavier tele set up.

I've always managed to come out of my bindings whenever I've wrecked hard enough, so I felt I haven't needed to go to releasables (I'm knocking on wood right now).

Sorry about your bum wheel