abakker Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 i recently helped a friend of mine convert a pair of solomon xscreams with the pilot system into telemark skis. while we had the plate removed to drill and put t-nuts into it to mount the tele bindings, i got to thinking about the pilot system on a snowboard. the idea would require slightly different construction to deal with the board's added width, but i think especially with titanal boards which are subject to point loading, the idea could aleviate alot of stress caused by a metal binding. in addition to that, even on a non metal board, it would reduce the risk of breaking the board by folding the nose, because the board would be able to distribute the flex to the rest of the board without the insert pattern and binding interupting its flex as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Old Bastard Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Is it some kind of plate that bolts to single point on the ski ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Or you could just use a derby plate and you wouldn't have to change the construction of the board and the bindings would still work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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