jsinger
03-28-2004, 09:20 AM
I went to a local Line Skis demo yesterday to check out their skiboard products for next season and to get more info on the Reactor release binding.
So, there were 10 pairs of mostly last year's demo skis (all with Look and Marker bindings) and NO skiboards. There was ONE ski with a Reactor binding mounted on it, but no mate, so there was no chance to try the binding.
There was one glossy brochure (no copies) with pictures of next year's skiboards. They are the same two boards as this year (FLY and Pro, both with 90cm and 98cm lengths but with new graphics that looked ok, but pretty plain IMO. The skiboards are supposed to be offered with both the plastic 8-hole non-release bindings as well as with inserts for mounting the Reactor binding. The inserts are 38mm x 43mm, so those boards will only mount the Reactor binding, nothing else and the Reactor binding cannot be mounted on any other board.
The retail prices for the boards are: $199 with the inserts (no binding) and $249 with the plastic 8-hole binding. The Reactor binding will come in two flavors: DIN 10 and DIN 12. Retail on the DIN 10 is $249 and on the DIN 12 $299.
Since the Reactor binding was attached to a ski I couldn't get a sense of it's weight but the Line rep said it was about like last year when it was very heavy. The binding is not in production yet (it's being made in China) and there won't be any units available to dealers until the Fall.
It looks like it would be possible to come up with aluminum adaptor plates that would allow the Line binding to be mounted on 4x4 boards and allow standard 4x4 bindings to be mounted on the new Line boards. Anyone interested in these can post here.
So, there were 10 pairs of mostly last year's demo skis (all with Look and Marker bindings) and NO skiboards. There was ONE ski with a Reactor binding mounted on it, but no mate, so there was no chance to try the binding.
There was one glossy brochure (no copies) with pictures of next year's skiboards. They are the same two boards as this year (FLY and Pro, both with 90cm and 98cm lengths but with new graphics that looked ok, but pretty plain IMO. The skiboards are supposed to be offered with both the plastic 8-hole non-release bindings as well as with inserts for mounting the Reactor binding. The inserts are 38mm x 43mm, so those boards will only mount the Reactor binding, nothing else and the Reactor binding cannot be mounted on any other board.
The retail prices for the boards are: $199 with the inserts (no binding) and $249 with the plastic 8-hole binding. The Reactor binding will come in two flavors: DIN 10 and DIN 12. Retail on the DIN 10 is $249 and on the DIN 12 $299.
Since the Reactor binding was attached to a ski I couldn't get a sense of it's weight but the Line rep said it was about like last year when it was very heavy. The binding is not in production yet (it's being made in China) and there won't be any units available to dealers until the Fall.
It looks like it would be possible to come up with aluminum adaptor plates that would allow the Line binding to be mounted on 4x4 boards and allow standard 4x4 bindings to be mounted on the new Line boards. Anyone interested in these can post here.