Editing Ski binding (section)

=== Cable—1929 ===
[[File:Trulte-Heide-Steen-OB.RD0001e.jpg|thumb|Cable binding]]
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The introduction of the cable binding allowed the [[Stem Christie|Christie turn]] to become a standard on downhill runs, and to further support this style of skiing the Swiss racer Guido Reuge in 1929 invented a cable binding with steel clips below the boot heel to enable clamping the heel down for downhill portions. He named the product "Kandahar" for the international [[Arlberg-Kandahar|Kandahar Cup ski races]].<ref name=":3">{{cite book|last=Huntsford|first=Roland|title=Two Planks and a Passion|date=10 November 2009|isbn=9781441134011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY7hYFesJe0C&q=kandahar+binding+reuge&pg=PA286}}</ref> In use in alpine races, the Kandahar binding led to serious leg injuries, and by 1939 experimentation began in earnest on bindings that would release the boot in a fall.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|last=Masia|first=Seth|title=Release! History of Safety Bindings|url=http://skiinghistory.org/history/release-history-safety-bindings|publisher=Skiing History magazine}}</ref>