Jonathan Gogan wrote:
Farty;
I have welded my bindings shut with the boots in.
I now buckle up my boots andthe skiis are "already-on" (tm)
time saving and they never come off when I fall (as if!)

Dick Buek claimed he just screwed his boots to the skis - no bindings at
all. And he won several World Cup level downhills ...

Of course his all-metal knee, with angle lock, probably helped some.