Nevermind. It's your first post.

Did you sell the boots?

I can't see the photos either.

Your gear isn't the problem, spend your money on getting more days in on what you have.

4 or 5 days a season will get you nowhere. You need to get on them 4 or 5 days a week.

Back in their day I used that binding on Canada Heli access huts trips. The knock on them is the short compression springs, easy to max out, could rip binding out of ski. I seldom fell back in those days, never had a problem. Still have a pair on some old K2 world piste. Come to think of it I broke ...

There are not many groomed trails in Yellowstone Park. My recommendations are a way to have fun without picking your self up out of the snow so often. While I love to use a good kick wax it takes good technique to make it work, which beginners never have. Buy used gear, after you learn or ski with a...

I learned how to ski in Yellowstone. If you are working out of Mammoth the snow pack is thinner with lots of elk tracks and beds to ski through, you will need a ski with metal edges, and for a beginner get fish scales. Forget all the camber talk. Something around 60mm-80mm wide under foot. The wider...

I now ski on a Voile V6 with Lynx bindings and boots are TX pros. That said if I didn't ski steep country, that being above 38*-40* degrees I would use much lighter equipment. Before the V6 I was on the Voile Chargers @ 191cm and about 115mm under foot they were a lot of ski in the BC. Before the Ch...

When those bindings first hit the market we called them Rottenfellas. I broke most of the available 3 pin bindings of the day using the old Merrell leather double boot. I too run larger then the average dirt bag at about 230 lbs. The only answer is give up on the 3 pins or switch to a flimsy leather...

Jholmb, If you want faster skis don't buy waxless. I only use my waxless skis when temps get above 32* F and I don't want to use gooey waxes. Waxless skis are slow and noisy. If you want to save wax when hot waxing crayon the wax on then iron you will use no more wax then corking it on. Then I like ...

Short answer is YES.
If you have a ski with some side cut, metal edges don't hurt, and you haven't been ruined by skiing plastic boots.
I ski an X6 on my skinny skis.