The Marker Griffon 13 ID GW with 90mm brake is a superb all-round ski binding for a wide range of skis, and for skiers who are advancing their ability and expert skiers. This is the black colour option.
The bindings are supplied with 90mm wide Royal Family brakes, and we recommend these for skis up to 88mm wide. Although they will also fit a 90mm width ski, the brakes may require some adjustment to clear the sides of the ski, or go for a 100mm brake option.
The binding features an "anti-ice" rail, a scraper on the toe of the bindings which is ideal for scraping compact snow and ice from your ski boot soles before clipping into the bindings.
The Sole.ID system allows you to run virtually every boot sole type. These will fit legacy alpine boot soles, the latest GripWalk soles and ski touring boots too. The anti-friction-plate which is spring loaded, is fully adjustable to allow perfect setup whichever ski boot soles you have on your boots.
The Royal Family brake system means that the brake is more secure than other bindings - Firstly, it slides onto the rear mounting plate to avoid it lifting from the ski, and secondly TWO screws are used to independently mount the ski brakes to the heel of the bindings. All the screws supplied are no-pull-out screws for maximum strength.
The Marker Griffon offers an optimised central swing-weight, which means that the ski is as balance as possible if you have them on freestyle skis and wish to ride switch or for doing casual spins and tricks more easily.
Technical specifications for the Marker Griffon 13 ID Ski Bindings
SOLE.ID - Height-adjustable AFD plate to be compatible with alpine (ISO 5355), touring (ISO 9523) and GripWalk soles which is Easy to adjust - a pozi-drive 3 screw at the front adjusts height of plate.
AFD (Anti Friction Device) - The bindings are equipped with a moveable AFD supporting a precise release almost entirely unhindered by dirt, snow and ice! Individual adjustment of the AFD plate can be made to be compatible with Alpine (ISO 5355), Touring (ISO 9523) and GripWalk soles
ANTI-ICE RAIL - Use the built-in metal rail to scratch off ice and snow on your boot soles.
INTER PIVOT 3 FREERIDE HEEL - The 3rd and newest generation completely redesigned for improved power transimission, energy absorption and vertical heel elasticity combined with an improved step in comfort.
TRIPLE PIVOT ELITE TOE - The toe construction with DIN/ISO up to DIN 13 allows for impressive retention when freeriding. The spring in the toe is inserted horizontally and with a sole plate inclined by 5° it provides the higher energy absorption so as to reduce the risk of early release. The large supporting surface optimizes the power transmission and allows for great stresses and strains. In relation to their weight, toes with this technology therefore achieve a never-seen-before performance.
Brake width: 90mm
Colour: Black
DIN range: 4.0-13.0
Sole compatability: Alpine, GripWalk, Touring, Adult
Maximum skier weight: 120KG
Stand height (excluding skis): 24mm
Heel adjustment range: +/- 10mm
Weight: 2060g per pair
Buying The Correct Ski Binding Brake Width
It should be simple, ski bindings come with different brake width options, measured in MM, and you simply select the brake width to match your skis and everything works. Or does it?!
Where the ski brake sits on the ski, is not in the centre of the skis. However, the measurement manufacturers give you and sometimes even put in the ski name – The ski waist width, or width underfoot, is at the mounting centre line of the skis, and with some brands varies slightly depending on the length of the skis. So when we determine the correct ski brake binding width we need to consider this and add a few mm to be safe, without going too wide so that they stick out. But it is ALWAYS better to be too wide than too narrow, otherwise your brakes will not drop down when you clip out – or fall out – of your bindings and shoot down the mountain, which is dangerous for others and could loose you a ski!
Also, different ski binding brands measure their brakes differently. Some measure the inside to inside distance when the boot is in the binding (and try measuring that easily!!) some centre to centre, and some outside to outside. Pretty frustrating isn’t it!
If you visit forums, all you will hear is “don’t worry bend your brakes out” but this is NOT a good idea and should be a last resort not a standard practice. When you bend your brakes out or in you effectively weaken them a little. Further, when you bend them out, they move in an arc up to the skis and can end up clearing the ski sides but out of position making them easier to catch leading to them failing to work correctly. We have seen brakes bent on the arms, but the mechanism that keeps them in place is damaged through twisting making the brakes dangerous. So ALWAYS try to use the correct width brake, even if it means spending a few pounds on a different set of brakes – the safety risk just isn’t really worth it.
How to measure which brakes to use
STEP 1: Identify the width of your skis “underfoot” which is the middle measurement of the geometry information normally printed on at least one ski, or shown on the product pages website. So for example 122-88-110 is telling you the tip, waist, and tail widths in MM. so this ski would be 88mm under the foot at the mounting centreline of the ski.
STEP 2: Add 2-5mm to give you the minimum brake width you should opt for. So in this example, we would go for a 90mm to 95mm brake. Marker brakes are 90mm, Look brakes offer 95mm, and other manufacturers will do there own thing but have a brake a few mm wider than what you know you need. Do NOT go for anything narrower however good a deal it is, and even going the same width can be tricker as the brake may stick on the sides of the skis and not fully drop down to act as a brake.
What happens if I go too WIDE with my brake width
We actually prefer to be too wide rather than too narrow when it comes to ski binding brakes, as the brake will not get jammed on the side walls of the skis. However, if you go far too wide, the skis when clicked together by the brakes will scissor around a lot which can make handling tricky, and also may stick out beyond the ski width enough for them to drag on the snow when carving hard on the mountain. So for us, in our example, if you have an 88mm ski waist and put a 100mm brake on the skis, that will be OK, but if you went for a 110mm or wider, you would be going too wide in our opinion.
Still Need Help?
Don’t worry if you still don’t know which brake to go for. Just get in touch with us with your ski details and we can advise you. Also, when we sell skis with bindings here, we will always check what the customer has ordered, and if the brake width selected is suitable we will change this before any mounting takes place to ensure your skis brakes function correctly and remain safe on the mountain.