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Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I'm looking to order the Reflex Hardshell, I'm thinking white cuff. Curious about the sizing, it looks like largest size is 12? I generally wear a size 12 or 13 shoe. Do they run big or small? Also, what is the difference between the thick and thin liner and would would people generally recommend or would intuition liner be a bit better? Thanks.

I'm thinking about buying a MOB and using a Reflex supershell. I have a couple questions on this. Is it possible to get just the supershell 2.0 boot and not the whole binding system from Reflex or if you wanted to do this would you buy the Flexible Hardshell white cuff boot from Reflex? I assume the whole binding system from Reflex is not necessary. Second question is if I use the MOB w/ a supershell for my front foot can I just get the R-style rear? Is there anything needed from MOB to use an R-style? Is there an advantage to using MOB w/ the R-style? I'm going to be moving from Stradas to this binding system, not sure if that matters but just wondering if there is a good hardshell system that is a good first step from Stradas to hardshell. Thanks.

Broke both sides of my talus on an OTF even though I came out of bindings. I had to have both sides of my foot operated on, this was back in mid-July. I have made a ton of progress but am not walking "normal", have some residual swelling and some pain. At this rate I'm just hoping I can ski next summer.

Probably a dumb question but how do you release out of the r-style? does the liner slide out in a bad fall? It's not clearly answered on the product description page on the reflex site.

@mmosley899 thanks for the info, it's a good description and i'll spend a lot of time on your site learning more. Might have some more questions for you. @Wish Agree. The day I got hurt I wasn't skiing good. I was failing to run a pass I had been running 80% of the time over the last 15 passes and I was frustrated. Should have just stopped but really I don't know what happened. I've never fallen like that before. I turned 3 ball, was late to 4 but not out of control. I made the edge change and next thing I knew my ankle was broken. That set I had a sensation of being too far forward, should have taken a break. Hard lesson learned.

I know this question has been asked before but I wonder if the info in the older threads is still accurate. I joined the ankle injury club this year. I had my first OTF in some time, and while I did fully come out of my strada bindings it was a little too late and I broke my ankle in two spots. Given all the extra time I now have since I can't ski and the fact I'll save a lot of money on gas I have been researching and thinking about buying a new binding system. My question is what is the safest setup? In general I think this is the opinions I have read here: Hardshell like Reflex -- good but requires you to stay on top of maintenance and testing the release and making sure you set it at the right level Stradas -- requires you to make sure you don't over tighten the laces. I will say I'm well aware of this and never felt I was over tightening but obviously something happened. Maybe it's just my stradas but sometimes the tongue of the liner pops out and pushes against the laces and essentially tightens them. OB4 -- Advantage is it releases in 4 directions? I assume same maintenance and testing of the release as a reflex? There is no 100% safe system, if you ski you are going to run the risk of an ankle injury My question on mechanical release systems like reflex or ob4 is what are the chances of a pre-release when you are crossing the wakes or something like that? When snow skiing I hate it if my bindings release when not needed and this would be scary waterskiing. My question on the OB4 is if you mount strada bindings on the OB4s do you get both the mechanical release as well as the ability for the strada liners to release independently of the mechanical release?

@AdamCord @Than_Bogan @disland thanks for the input. I guess maybe I should spend some time tinkering with my fin this summer and get a copy of the fin whisperer book. I've been working off the idea that for most people you should put the fin at factory settings and forget it. It seems to be working for me but maybe it's time to play around a bit.

The biggest question I have on the Denali is if an average joe will be able to get the settings correct. I have very little, lets call it zero, experience fin tuning/setting a ski up. With my current ski (HO A3) I just got everything as close to factory as I could, actually Trent F. set my fin up. Its unlikely that I will get to a tournament or coaching opportunity with someone who knows how to dial in a ski. So given that how hard will it be for someone like me to dial in the Denali? Is it just a matter of filming sets, sending video and getting tips on what to do and then trying myself to make the adjustments?

Thanks @Horton, I look forward to the review. Also hope you get your hands on a Denali, would love that review. @jimski I have the same concern. I'm not really into tweaking gear. I set my fin as close as I can to factory and leave it. I like my vapor boots because I know all I have to do is not over crank the laces but I'm curious about the performance gains one might get w/ a hard shell.

@Horton did you move completely to a hard shell setup or do you still use the radar bindings? I ask because my last ski purchase and binding purchase was driven by this site. As I consider a new setup I am thinking about hard shells and curious if you made the switch or even if you feel safe in hard shells you prefer the radar bindings for some reason.

While probably not popular I have to disagree with one aspect of Marcus Brown's post. I disagree with the statement: "if you’re one of those people that didn’t watch or didn’t like the US Open strictly because there were only 4 buoys, you are part of the problem." For me the 4 buoy course was simply not as fun as watching on a 6 buoy course and therefore watching the US Open over the webcast was not as enjoyable. I hardly think this makes me part of the declining participation problem in the sport of competitive waterskiing. I would probably agree with that statement if it was more along the lines of you are part of the problem if you complain about 4 buoys while doing nothing to help put these events on. It's not fair to sit on the sidelines and complain, I'll agree with that and it's why I didn't complain. While I would prefer a 6 buoy course I can understand why organizers of these events may choose to do 4. I also think it's probably worth trying to see if it does boost participation or awareness.

Great meeting you @Rpc29. Glad you enjoyed skiing in MT. Inspired me to contact ballers for my trip down to CO next week.

I was inspired by a baller visiting our lake last night and thought I'd see if there are any ballers ant Laku Landing in Colorado? My in-laws live about 10 minutes from the lake and while I've been down there many times and driven to the lake I never thought about trying to ski a set. I'll be there next week and just thought I'd see if it might be possible to ski a set or 2. I'm good for gas, bad skiing and cold beers. Thanks.

@303Skier what if anything did you do differently when skiing 35off? I ran my first 32off of the year yesterday, didn't get very far down course with 35. I generally don't really approach any of my passes differently, I just try and focus on the things I think I need to do to ski well. Curious on your thoughts.