The New Salomon S/LAB SHIFT MNC

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BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The new SHIFT MNC 13 from Salomon & Atomic represents a significant leap forward in binding design. Check out our conversation with Salomon's Cody Townsend Chris Rubens, and Benoit Sublet, and our initial on-snow impressions.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Introductions — Cody Townsend, Chris Rubens, Sam Shaheen, and Ben Sublet (1:58)
What does this binding do, and what makes it different? (5:45)
Which boots work with this binding? (11:15)
"No compromise" safety (14:23)
How & when did the idea originate, and why was it controversial? (15:10)
How long has the current version of the binding been tested? (23:33)
The big breakthrough: carbon-infused plastic (27:09)
Downhill Performance: Salomon STH2 vs. S/LAB SHIFT (29:20)
What was the most difficult element of this binding to design? (34:23)
How the toe works (37:10)
How often and in what scenarios will Cody & Chris use this binding? (39:40)
Uphill performance (and why "touring steep is stupid" (47:48)
Icing Issues? (52:08)
Durability & the question of consumers as Beta testers (55:30)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of our new Blister podcast, Gear 30.
0:09.0	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and as always, you can check us out online at blisterreview.com.
0:16.6	Today we are talking about the new Solomon Shift-A.T. Binding, which is a product that already looks to be one of the most truly innovative products we've seen in years.
0:25.7	And if our long-term tests are as positive as our initial impressions, the shift represents a real solution to a problem that more and more skiers are experiencing.
0:35.6	We spent the whole day yesterday skiing the shift, first touring on it, then banging out hot
0:40.6	laps on it at Alta, and we'll be doing the same thing again today.
0:45.1	You can see more photos and videos of the binding on the site and also read Sam Shaheen's
0:49.8	write-up and initial impressions on snow.
0:52.9	And of course, we are going to be putting a ton of days on
0:55.2	this binding over the course of this season. But in this podcast conversation, Sam and I talk to
1:00.9	Solomon athletes Cody Townsend and Chris Rubens, who both started pushing the concept of this
1:06.1	binding years ago, as well as Benoit Sibley, the lead designer on this shift project. It's a great
1:13.4	conversation, and we hope you enjoy hearing more about this binding, what makes it unique,
1:18.5	and why this was such a challenging and ambitious design process. This episode of Gear 30 is
1:25.0	brought to you by MarbleBrewery, the official birthplace of Blister.
1:29.7	Head over to Marblebrewery.com to check out all of Marble's offerings.
1:33.8	And now, here's our conversation with Cody, Chris, and Benoit about the most interesting and innovative new product we've seen in quite a while.
1:44.7	So, we are here at the Rustler Lodge in Alta, Utah, and we are here talking about this new
1:55.0	Solomon Shift Binding.
1:57.9	And joining me are Cody Townsend, who is probably best known for his appearance on
2:04.9	episode six of the Blister podcast, also very well known for being married to Elise Sogstad,
2:14.0	and then finally is an aspiring trad climber so I think we've I think that pretty much covers the
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