u/TriIceS

Buying another binding and I am thinking about how do you balance the releaseability of the binding between skiing steep couloirs and breakable crust in the same day? I suck at skiing breakable crust and I tend to go super slow in them and I really worry about me breaking my tib if i fall in the incorrect way. but I also don't want to feel too much elasticity in my binding when I am skiing steep stuffs where I do not want my binding to release.

I knew part of this is really because I suck at skiing and I am putting unnecessary forces on my bindings that makes them tend to pre-release and I am skiing unnecessary slow in breakable crust.

I see ATK bindings have adjustable toe release while they are not technically lateral toe release. Do those actually help releaseing the binding in slow twisted fall? or is there any other gear could that makes the tradeoffb betteroff?

I am shopping for a new tripod for mostly shooting and also camera in super heavy wind. I wonder if anyone has first hand experience comparing the leofoto juggernaut vs RRS shooting tripod like the TFCT and the invert 22 etc... I see leofoto legs are significantly thicker than the RRS ones but I am not sure if they offer similar rigidity. I have previously saw some tripods much thicker than the rrs while being way less rigid. I dont mind too much about the extra bulk given they are 1/2 the price but I dont want to sacrifice too much on the performance.

Any throughts or comments?