Dynafit

Beast Binding

The limited-edition Dynafit Beast 16 Binding is a big-mountain Tech (TLT) binding with the heart of an Alaskan-born steeps-slayer and the legs of a purebred alpinist. Dynafit designer Fredrik Andersson and professional skier Eric Hjorleifson created and refined this mold-shattering monster, and the touch of two pros shows through in spades. Just like Dynafit's other Tech bindings, the Beast features a frameless design that makes every stride silky smooth when you're touring so there's no lifted weight or awkward toe pivot point, just fluid forward motion. The Beast is beefier than almost any other Dynafit binding, but it's also lighter than most other touring bindings that offer a release value up to 16.

Dynafit broke the mold when it created the Limited-Edition Beast 16 Binding. Previously it was assumed that something had to give when you combined the security of a high-release value Tech binding and the security of a rotating toepiece―thankfully it appears that Dynafit believed otherwise. Mated with a touring or powder ski, this is a binding that won't waste an ounce of your energy on the way up, and it'll allow you to push as hard as you want on the way down. That's because the toepiece offers 12 degrees of horizontal rotation to help prevent injury during a forward-twisting fall, the binding platform is wide and low to create a responsive boot-to-ski connection, and the entire binding features improved flexibility to prevent premature ejection in rough conditions.

A quick step into the toepiece causes a pair of Tech bindings to engage the Tech fittings on the toe of your boot, and an easy stop of the heel engages a four-point heel retention system. In contrast to the dual-pin design of a traditional Tech binding, the Beast features extra-wide, teardrop-shaped heel pins and a pair of fangs that close down on the boot bail. With just a flip of a lever at the toe and the engagement of the first level of heel riser, you can switch from ski to walk mode. Just like a traditional Tech binding, there's no need to step out of the Beast to switch between ski and walk modes. Your buddy rocking fast-and-light, ultra-minimalist bindings will be impressed when you transition at the summit faster than he can strip his skins and stuff them in his shell. And when you do drop in, you'll blow him away; hammer wide open faces, pick your way down tight chutes, mach in and out of the trees, and blast those mid-line drops you've been eyeballing for years. This is the dawn of a new type of Tech binding, and it has fangs.