Northstar, California

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Weather: Damn cold..and clear
Conditions: Perfect groomer zoomers on limited terrain
Gear I was on: K2 Pinnacle 130 boot and Head i.Rally along with two runs on Atomic M;EX's mounted with Neox EBM electronic bindings.


Summary:
I skied the morning with one of Start Haus's customers and spent the few first couple of hours making railroad tracks a very task with the magnificent Head i.Rally. Other gear that I spend some time with what the new Poc Forix BC w/MIPS helmet and the Zeal Optics goggles with video. Outerwear was provided by Descente.
In the afternoon, I thought I would give the Atomic Neox EBMs a try. I have these mounted on some period M:EX 175s. The EBM is a motion sensitive binding so when it was just in the rack, the binding was dormant and then as soon as I moved the skis to put them on snow, the toe displayed OPEN. When I clocked in the Atomic logo showed then the toes DIN, then the heels DIN then forward pressure >I< showing that all was week then OK was displayed, safe to ski. The binding performed without fan fare, just as I would expect a binding to react. As far as the ski, it is amazing how skis have evolved int he past 7 years. The M:EX used to be a pretty good ski, but by todays comparisons, it...well..sucks. No worries, they did their job providing a platform to test the EBMs. Now, the EBMs will either be installed on another pair of skis or make it to the binding collection in the "One Hit Wonder Wing" with the likes of (but not limited to) the Line Reactor, Geze SE3, Look XM and Marker M40 Sensomatic.