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Mounting Freerides on Pontoons Crazy? I’m considering mounting...
By jmpilo
Ranked #21 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis
October 27, 2009
Mounting Freerides on Pontoons Crazy?
I’m considering mounting my Fritschi Freeride bindings on a pair of Pontoons. Is this crazy? What kind of brakes work? What type of skins will attach, to a shovel that big, will I have to make up a custom rig, and if so is it even practical to skin on a pair of toons?
I sure wouldn’t want to be on a tight side hilling situation. I am also concerned about the touring capabilities of a reverse camber ski with the toons dimensions.
I envision using this as more of a side country access set up rather than for multi-day BC trips and would primarily use if for inbounds but would like the versatility of the AT set up. Has anyone done this?
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By jmpilo
Ranked #21 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis
October 27, 2009
Shane, thanks I've heard that G3 makes a skin that may work out of the box, now if I could only get my hands on a pair of the Shane McConkey tribute Toons.
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By Shane O'Donnell
Ranked #1 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis
October 27, 2009
I know people that have done this with Duke bindings, which seems to work pretty good for them for short sidecountry trips. You don't need custom skins per se, just the biggest ones you can get, and that still isn't wall to wall, which isn't always 100% necessary. The shovel does pose a bit of a problem for the skins, but it might work, and if not, you can pretty easily rig something for that. The reverse camber can make touring difficult, but not un-doable. You would need the 130mm brakes for the brakes to be functional, but most people on 'Toons I know don't have functional brakes.
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