Howell Ski Bindings Technician Qualification (n/c with binding purchase)
Howell Ski Bindings Technician Qualification $9.99
NO-CHARGE with purchase of Howell Ski Bindings.
Passing the on-line test is required for Howell Ski Bindings Technician Qualification.
Technician Qualification is required for mounting, setting, and/or testing Howell Ski Bindings.
Individual skiers, ski retail ski shops, and ski rental operators can become Howell Ski Bindings Qualified Technicians.
First available — June, 2029.
Qualification training includes:
Traversing the features, benefits and advantages of Howell Ski Bindings.
Review of required tools, use of optional (though suggested) release test-equipment and fixtures, mounting procedure, selection of release settings, test-measurement specifications, troubleshooting procedures and corrective-action, warranty-return procedure — for new and used Howell Ski Bindings. User-instructions, maintenance, record-keeping, copyrights, trademarks, service-marks, patent(s) notices, Qualification Test, and web links for service updates.
Upon successful completion of the Howell Qualified Technician Test, Howell Ski Bindings will send an official Howell Ski Bindings 'Qualified Technician' certificate suitable for framing.
Easy and fast re-certification is required, annually, for continued mounting, release setting adjustment and service-maintenance. Service updates will also be posted within the Howell SkiBindings website without notice.
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To pre-order Howell Ski Bindings with an $80 reservation-deposit:
Howell Venus DIN 3-8 For smooth recreational female skiers. Extra ACL, MCL, meniscus, tibia - integrity - expressly for women. 4-modes of release. Additional lateral-heel release. Additional vertical-toe release. Excellent edge control. Easy step-in even in deep powder with short boot soles. Lite.
Howell Mars DIN 4-10 For strong, smooth recreational skiers. ACL, MCL, meniscus, tibia - integrity. Anti-pre-release. Powerful edge-control. Low stand-height. Decisive balance of release and anti-pre-release.
Howell Planet-B DIN 8-22 Only for strong adult racers and extreme skiers. High strength aluminum alloy housings. Super-wide 8-point boot-contact for ultra max edge control. Wide off-center release-pivots provide max anti-pre-release. Low 21.5mm standheight allows race-plates conforming to FIS standheight regulations (race plates not included). Floating Mounting System mitigates binding pull-out’s from skis. 1, 2, 3 - degree cant kit, including longer mounting screws for the cants. Adjustable toe-height for solid boot interface. CAUTION: PLANET-B IS FOR EXTREME SKIERS & RACERS ONLY.
Howell Ski Bindings (sm)
PO Box 1274 • Stowe, Vermont 05672 USA
1.802.793.4849 • rick.howell@howellskibindings.com
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Copyright © by Rick Howell and Howell Ski Bindings, 2025. All rights reserved. U.S. Patent 9,463,370. Content subject to change without notice.
'ACL-integrity', 'Anti-Pre-Release', 'It was inevitable.', 'Howell Ski Bindings', 'Howell Venus', 'Howell Mars', 'Howell PlanetB’, Howell Planet-B’ — are Service Marks (sm) of the company, Howell Ski Bindings .
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Howell Ski Bindings is against (a) ski waist widths greater than 90mm AND (b) all 'pin-bindings' (except Trab TR2 and the two Shift brands) — due to their association with severe, high-energy tibia-plateau fractures. This type of skiing injury matches the growth of fat-skis and pin-bindings. The high-energy nature of this type of fracture involves multiple bone-fragments, difficult surgical reconstruction, and 10 to 15-months of aggressive rehabilitation. Fat skis on firm snow are a serious problem for the sustainability of our beautiful sport. ‘Pin-bindings’ are hardly “tech”.
References: (1) Dominik Heim, MD; SITEMSH-Japan, 2016. (2) Zorko; Nemec; Matjacic; Olensek; Alpine Skiing Simulations Prove Ski Waist-Width Influences Knee Joint Kinematics; ISSS-Innsbruck, Austria, 2017. (3) Stenroos; Pakarinen; Jalkanen; Mälkiä; Handolin; Tibial Fractures in Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding in Finland: A Retrospective Study on Fracture Types and Injury Mechanisms in 363 patients; Scand J Surg Off Organ Finn Surg Soc Scand Surg Soc., Sept 2015, doi:10.1177/1457496915607410. (4) Improved Short Term Outcomes in Tibial Plateau Fractures of Snow Sports Injuries Treated with Immediate Open Reduction Internal Fixation; Janes, MD; Leonard, MSPH; Phillips, PA-C; Salottolo, MPH; Abbott, MD, Bar-Or, MD; ISSS-Innsbruck, Austria, 2017.