Member montoya

My mates in Japan has this very same problem last year, check out the thread that I started here about it:

http://splitboard.com/talk/topic/malfunctionpins-falling-out-of-tesla-bindings/

After reading your report, I’m a bit disappointed that this problem is still occurring. The press-fit design is not very robust from a structural standpoint and…[Read more]

andbrown, my friend had to bash in the pin pretty hard. Not sure how much it will continue to move as a result — not something he wants to find out, so he will probably switch back to his LT-pin system bindings for now.

Their customer service is polite. But I have asked a bunch of questions about what caused this malfunction and how to prevent…[Read more]

Just an update for anyone following this thread, I was with the original
friend who experienced the lost pin (right binding). Today we hiked 700
meters to the top of a chute here in Japan and when he transitioned from
skin to ride mode, the inside pin on his left binding was protruding
enough so that he couldn’t lock the toe-ramp down, like…[Read more]

pow_hnd, Spark got back to me and said they would send some replacement baseplates
for my friends here.

My opinion is this is a low-probability / high-risk situation. You might be ok for half the
season, but should the pin fall out, you could be in a very exposed situation. What are
you going to do if you have a +5 hour exit that you were…[Read more]

schralptowner, if you are set on coming over, let me know. I could probably hook you up with the right people for lines and lodging, at least in the Nagano/Hakuba area.

If your DVD is not region-limited, probably the best bet is to contact small local stores directly, send a few demos and see if they’re interested in carrying stock.

hey, if…[Read more]

That animal is called a “kamoshika” in Japanese. In English it’s called a Japanese serow, looks like a cross between goat and deer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Serow

We see them from time to time during the winter as they don’t hibernate. Usually are pretty tame, but as a friend found out they can get pretty ornery if you happen to corner one.

SanFrantastico yeah, we should have lots of trip-reports this year. We finally decided to ditch Tokyo and move full-time to the mountains. Another goal is to take our photography to the next level and put together a photo-album of backcountry in Japan. There are some amazing areas here, if you’re willing to put in the time hiking in. Hokkaido gets…[Read more]

thanks, we have been showing it to a lot of people here in Japan.

the snow is starting to fall here. sooo stoked.

bcrider, what software did you use to make this??

thanks man, nice to see shots of Japan in there… my wife was yelling “hey that ‘s me, that’s me!”.

that was a great video! keep it coming

Jogi,
Just wondering, what size did you use for the colltex rubber clamps on the end?
There are a bunch listed here:
http://www.colltex.com/en/produkte/spanner.html

I’ve thought about tossing the slider plate gasket also (to get a stiffer interface).
bcrider, why do you think it is more important for stiff/metal bindings?

oh man, what I’d give to be in that photo right now. still waiting for the snowpack to build up in Japan.

I just got a new camera (Panasonic DMC-FZ5), this season hope I can come up with some good shots like this.

Jogi, very nice work. I’m interested in this modification also. How did you fasten the
“colltexâ€Â

by the way, I can’t access portions of the website, such as
http://www.splitboard.com/reviews
http://www.splitboard.com/shop
etc.

getting timed out when I try to ping http://www.splitboard.com

yep, works nice and fast from my end. looks like the search-mod worked.

testing from tokyo….

Lots of good photos at
http://wa.slf.ch/index.php?id=278

Beni Zweifel (zweifel@slf.ch) is the contact if you want to re-use the photos there.

ok for those interested here’s a re-post of the Shimano-stuff:

Shimano Snow Technologies. It looks like the Accublade is the new line coming out this year (whereas Rapidfire is a bit older):
http://snowtec.shimano.co.jp/publish/content/snowtech/sic/jp/index.html;jsessionid=83f3ffb2-6aad-4b40-8079-a5bf46c51437

Backcountry-oriented store in Tokyo…[Read more]