Message #18186

[Liam]

Those people mount flat because they cannot balance on a tipped ski in a 3-d surface, so being closer to the ski is more secure for them.

And that is good reason to flat mount off-piste oriented skis: easier balance and greater security in 3D conditions, who wouldn't want that?  Why do you have to make it a put down?   I disagree that it's purely about what people can and can't do, but rather what people want to do.  Frankly, striving for big angles off-piste is a niche pursuit, we shouldn't be surprised or haughty about the corresponding niche use of risers on offpiste skis.

I will say, I drastically prefer a more powerful/ heavier binding on wider skis (I recently switched from a fairly wide but light Marker Griffon, to a heavier Look Pivot 14, and it delivers more stable power to the edge of the skis for sure).