Editing Ski binding (section)

=== Huitfeldt—1894 ===
[[File:Huitfeldt-bindingen.JPG|thumb|right|A late model Huitfeldt-style binding. The toe clip runs through the core of the ski to bend up on either side. This model uses a metal heel strap with a lever buckle instead of an all-leather design.]]
Starting in 1894, Fritz R. Huitfeldt invented a binding with a secure toe iron which allowed the heel to move freely and evolved through the 1930s as the standard design. His innovations included:<ref name=":2" />

* Adding vertical metal brackets on either side of the ski to hold the ski boot (1894), augmented in 1897 by passing the iron bracket through a rectangular hole from one side of the ski to the other, before bending up the tabs.
* Passing toe straps through the rectangular hole and providing a buckle over the top of the boots, attached to the brackets and firmly bind the boot in place.
* Passing a strap over the free heel, augmented in 1904 with a cam lever substitute for the buckle over the heel, called the "Hoyer-Ellefsen toggle".

Skiers wishing to affix their heel to the ski, employed a "long-thong" strap.<ref name=":2" /> Further innovations included:<ref name=":2" />

* [[Mathias Zdarsky]]'s development of a ski binding that replaced the heel strap with a long metal plate under the sole of the boot, hinged at the front to allow the heel to rise, in the early 1900s. The heel was held to the plate by a short strap attaching at the back.<ref>John Allen,  [https://books.google.com/books?id=VVgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12 "Mathias Zdarsky: The Father of Alpine Skiing"], ''Ski Heritage'', March 2008, pg. 12</ref>
* [[Marius Eriksen]]'s 1920 introduction of pre-formed plates that were screwed on top of the ski.
* Guido Ruege's 1929 invention of the Kandahar binding, which incorporated a front-throw lever that tightened the heel cable past the ski-mounted toe brackets and became known as the [[cable binding]].<ref name=":3" />