A lightweight binding system that transformed backcountry skiing and put telemarking on the path to obsolescence. The Tech was developed by Austrian and introduced in Europe in 1984 by , though it was slow to catch on in North America. The relatively bare-bones binding, which includes a front piece with two small pins that lock into a user鈥檚 boot, allowed alpine skiers to free their heels for touring and then lock them in for descents. Dynafit held the patent on the bindings until 2007, and now , , and others have joined the fray.
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