This article is reprinted from The Professional Skier.
All copyrights apply.
Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. If Elton John ever decided to take up telemarking, he'd probably head to Norway. Risers increase the leverage you exert on your skis and thus direct additional pressure to your edges. In both Europe and the United States, small companies are manufacturing thick chunks of plastic and selling them as fat risers to mount directly onto skis. Screws are used to fasten the riser to the ski, and once the riser's mounted the binding is then attached to the riser with its own set of screws.