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Anyone with any thoughts on this? Thanks you.

All my racing skis always come with plates. (I don't believe in "telemark" skis... To me, the only real skis are alpine racing skis!)

While I heard some people do mount their bindings over the racing plates, I find it's much easier to simply remove the plates and mount straight into the ski. Add some risers according to taste/bindings...

I am not trying to hijack the thread, but I have a question on race skis also that LJ can probably answer. I had a pair of Stockli SLs but I just swithched to NTN and the Stocklis have too many sets of holes in them. So, I am thinking of another pair of SLs or a cheater GS ski, any favorites or recommendations?

Hey JFR,

You shouldn't care much about holes... Just fill them with plugs & epoxy. Worst case scenario you'll end up breaking them in the spring bumps like I do every season... (Aaaahhhh! GS skis in the bumps, I love it!! : )

I use those cheap and cool plugs from Tognar:
http://www.tognar.com/plastic-binding-hole-plugs-black-or-white/

It seems like 80% of the racing teams here use Rossignol skis, so this is pretty much what I get from ski swaps year after year. 9X and 9S... They are such great skis. From time to time I get my hands on Fischers and Salomons. I always have one pair of GS and one pair of SL mounted on NTN.

I wanted something in between this year, something between 21m and 13m. So I got my hands on Dynastar Contacts @ 16m. The radius is really cool, exactly what I was looking for. But I miss the stiffness of racing skis a lot.

Thanks LJ,

I have always mounted my 75mm bindings myself but have taken my NTNs to a shop. It was the shop that said they could not mount the bindings. I have a 2nd ski kit, so I will give it a go on my own. I am not a big guy, 155lbs, so that is why I am leaning towards a cheater GS ski (16-19mm radius) rather than an FIS 23-27mm ski.

Thanks again