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K2 Sidestash failure (Again). Suggestions?
- Charlie Hagedorn
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Irrespective of ski/brand, i would be leery of subjecting any of my dynafiddle mounted skis to the same beating that i give my downhill setups. Also Maybe look into swap plates or inserts to help achieve a more robust mount and help your skis hold up under resort use?
In this particular case, it looks like the binding and binding/ski interface weren't at fault; looks like the ski delaminated.
Good luck with the ski hunt!
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- Shred
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- SeatownSlackey
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What Charlie said. Your choice of bindings doesn't have anything to do with it, it's a case of core integrity and/or adhesive strength if the whole topsheet pulls off like that.
respectfully disagree here. Yes if the ski had a burlier core and or beefier glass layup it obviously would hold up better in all situations but to say that a dynafit toe puts the same or less stress on each of its primary mounting screws as say a salomon, look, or a marker toe is far from accurate. Many if not most of the dyna pull outs i've seen either first hand or pictures of tend to be of this variety where the downward force on on one pin(side) causes the opposite side to pull out. since most alpine binders have an afd that sits flat onto the ski you dont create the same level of force on the screws as you can with dynafits, where the stress load is suspended above the ski.
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Seatown, it's possible that the design of the Dynafit toes (pin & socket) and smaller footprint deliver more torquing leverage to the topsheet, but a full-scale delam like that from toe to heel indicates some sort of major materials failure. To be fair, K2 doesn't have a monopoly on this, and I've had many K2 skis that lasted for years (though most were cap skis and not prone to separating in this area).
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