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Sorry, I don't know the story. It happened before I found this community, I don't even know the year. I heard they used very small hexagonal crest on their bolts. It was too easy to break it. Also these bindings (maybe older models) are notorious for ripping the inserts out of the boards. I'm pretty sure these problems were not the things that got them out of the business though.

Just for correctness: CATEK never made specific skwal bindings, but their bindings are small enough to fit the skwal (I seen them on 126mm wide skwal). You can find all info about them here https://www.catek.com/OS2-plate-binding.htm .

F2 bindings has 145mm width, so I won't recommend it for any board that has less than that around inserts. You can also add cateks. They are narrow enough, however they were discontinued ages ago.

@yamifumi, yes, the Skid road. The part with the wooden fence fragments on the left. I managed to get home, now I can concentrate on recovering.

Thank you for the company, @tdifan_2003! I hope to ride with you again next season. And for everybody I missed due to this unfortunate event: see you next time!

Sadly I'm out of commission for the next couple of months. A kid jumped in front of me on a catwalk. I didn't have the time to react and got into the trees back first on the full speed. I didn't break anything important. They discharged me from hospital on the same day. However it is the end of a season for me.

Got both rivets broken in a span of three days. Luckily in both cases I've just found the slipped washer at the end of the day. No carves harmed.

We also have IKON passes, and quite a few Buddy passes to share.

I'm going to be late today, on the mountain by 11. I'm on black oxess skwal. I'll try to find you.

Then I hope Sunday is not the only day you going to ride on the next week.

I plan to go to Loveland on Sunday. But I can get to Copper on this Saturday (23rd). I won't make it by the first chair though.

Hi, I'm going to join you guys on Sunday 24th.

I'm going to ride at Copper (and Loveland on Sunday 24th) on the last week of March. I know there are quite a few carvers in the area. Hope to see you all!

While I won't deny the things mentioned in this article are important it somehow neglects the problem stated in the topic. At some point speed control becomes necessary to carve. There are two ways allowing you to reduce your speed while carving. The first one is obvious: make sharper turns with the part along the fall line as short as possible. I'm pretty sure everybody does that without even thinking. The second one is to finish every turn with a little uphill climb. It's not hard to do if the slope is wide enough. Although it's not as intuitive as the first one but it's a really effective way to shave off the speed.

@RJ_ I'm going to Belleayre this weekend (both Saturday and Sunday). I'm not a coach but I do ride skwal and have some experience. You're welcome to join me on the slope. PM me if you're interested.