I am hoping for some advice on a new ski & binding choice. I have been skiing on an HO Monza with Approach bindings for the past 10 years, and I plan on updating my equipment for the next year. I ski almost exclusively open-water on the Illinois river, 36mph. (As a point of reference, I have run 22 off.)
So I have two questions:
1. I am thinking of an HO Omni (Syndicate or Carbon?). Which of these would be a better choice? Any other alternatives I should be looking at?
2. At the end of this season, I ruptured my (back foot) achilles tendon, so I assume I should move to a RTP? And for safer release of the front, should I prefer Animals over a binding such as xMax? (With the Approach's I've had some bad crashes in which they didn't release. To keep my feet from moving around, I need to have them quite tight.)
Thank you! :)