This is a weird situation. I broke my leg in December, a gnarly tib fib fracture with my left tibia splintered just above the ankle and repaired with a plate and a dozen screws. After the cast was removed 3 weeks ago I realized my foot is rotated outward (duckfoot) a good 20 degrees. I haven't discussed it with the surgeon yet (he looked at x-rays taken inside the cast and handed me over to a tech for cast removal) but I think this is a permanent condition. I'm almost 70 and don't really want to break and reset the leg and go through the recovery process again as long as I am basically functional. I do want to keep skiing and need to change gear or binding mounting so I don't ski into the woods every other turn.
I've been skiing on alpine gear for 60+ years, almost all on piste with a bit of backcountry. I did try tele gear using parallel technique for a couple of season but got tired of going over the handlebars and reverted to alpine. My home mountain is Mad River Glen and snowboarding is not an option there.
I've discussed this with several ski mechanics with no definite solution. None have seen a binding mounted anything but parallel with the ski centerline, which was my initial thought. Even with a wide (>110mm waist) ski an alpine binding mounted on a 15+ degree skew would hang off the sides and would need an interface plate. The bench jockeys were skeptical about proper release on that kind of angle. Two of them suggested canting under the binding which would put the left ski on edge and turning inward, That seems sketchy but what do I know. One guy suggested tele gear as it would be easier to skew the single front binding and keep it centered on the ski, though my heel would be half off at the rear and probably need an overhanging plate for heel support. This morning a friend suggested a monoski (single wide ski)- that could perhaps work. Then there's adaptive (seated) monoskis but I don't think I want to go there (yet)
I am still doing PT and am not expecting to get back sliding this season but I would like to figure something out for next year. Any suggestions?
I've been skiing on alpine gear for 60+ years, almost all on piste with a bit of backcountry. I did try tele gear using parallel technique for a couple of season but got tired of going over the handlebars and reverted to alpine. My home mountain is Mad River Glen and snowboarding is not an option there.
I've discussed this with several ski mechanics with no definite solution. None have seen a binding mounted anything but parallel with the ski centerline, which was my initial thought. Even with a wide (>110mm waist) ski an alpine binding mounted on a 15+ degree skew would hang off the sides and would need an interface plate. The bench jockeys were skeptical about proper release on that kind of angle. Two of them suggested canting under the binding which would put the left ski on edge and turning inward, That seems sketchy but what do I know. One guy suggested tele gear as it would be easier to skew the single front binding and keep it centered on the ski, though my heel would be half off at the rear and probably need an overhanging plate for heel support. This morning a friend suggested a monoski (single wide ski)- that could perhaps work. Then there's adaptive (seated) monoskis but I don't think I want to go there (yet)
I am still doing PT and am not expecting to get back sliding this season but I would like to figure something out for next year. Any suggestions?
