Rossignol Axial2 Freeride 200 XXL Ski Binding - Wide - 2008 BCS

incredible bindings for big mountain skiing. love that they come with the super wide breaks on them.

So i've never owned a pair of Rossi Axial bindings before. Frankly the phallic-looking heel piece was always kind of a deterrant. I mean imagine landing in the back seat off of a huge drop and getting that friggin' thing up your backside. Not fun. But in search for a no bull, high DIN binding I can mount on my big mountian skis, I found that there was a lot of pros talking up the Axial2 Freeride 200. So I dropped some coin and bought a pair. All I can say is, step in and hold on because these bindings will take you for a ride, a freeride...haha. I've never had a problem popping out when I didnt want too ( a problem I encountered frequently with my old Salomon bindings). Just yesterday, I did a fun tomohawk off a steep face at the Bird and my skis stayed on the whole time. No injuries, no problem. Another time, I was coming out of a shoot on a deep powder day when I hit a death cookie and my foot got tweaked in a bad direction. The Axial2s popped off very easily then which was good because I would have messed up my need bad otherwise. The only negative thing I have to say about them is that they are pretty heavy. But if your riding super stiff heavy skis, you wont even notice them. All in all, a great high din, big mountain binding that will hold strong when you want it to, release when you don't.