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Hi,I was just wondering what binding angles (front and back foot) are good for an intermediate all mountain boarder, since this is my first time mounting my own bindings, and I don't have my old board with me. Also, how far apart should the bindings be? I've heard your shoulder width is how far apart your bindings should be…is that correct?thanks for the help
Shoulder width is good. Angles are a personal preference. I ride +25 -10 and that works for me as an expert rider. I would not think any different for different ability levels, mainly just personal preference. I came to those angles by simply standing on my board and simulating motions that I do while snowboarding naturally, like toeside turns, heelside turns, slashes, tucks and grabs.Hope this helps you 🙂
Wow those are some serious angles. lol. I ride something like 18 in front and 6 in back or soJust do what feels right for you.
Since we're on this topic… When i go boarding, I freeride on the diamonds most of the time, but i still like hitting some mid height jumps on the easier slopes, or hit up the ramps. I'm working on my 180 and some other low skill tricks, so I am riding switch sometimes.Could I get a recommendation on binding angles? I've been riding 15, 0 for the past 4 years… so maybe something moderate and then I can ease my way into the more extreme angles like frosty :PJosh Yu
LOL, I am not used to people saying my angles are extreme. I knew this guy named Chris, he rode total wide duck — +35 & -35 … Now that's extreme!Anyways, I have seen dudes rip on any angle out there, just preference. They say that ducking out the back foot helps in riding fakie, but again I have seen some guys tear it up with a positive back foot angle, so hard to say for sure. Everybody's body shape and flexibility is different, so… Maybe take a little screw driver with you and tweak the angles a little each run and experience them all 😀
Well they're more extreme than mine 😀 I heard that putting a lot on your back foot can be hard on your knee(s?)
… I heard that putting a lot on your back foot can be hard on your knee(s?)
Sometimes it can. It depends on body shape, flexibility and riding style. I do a LOT of fakie riding, so that may be why I am more comfortable with having some outward angle on the back foot.
Thanks for all the great input guys!While we're on bindings,I was trying to figure out what stance i what to set my bindings up on. I ended up getting the Burton Elite, and I am very satisfied with the board. I've been messing with the settings and i don't know the terminology for this, but I know that my board has the binding holes 1″ back towards the tail. Right now, my tail side binding is set an extra inch towards the tail, thus, my nose is 4 inches longer than my tail where as if i moved it up, the nose would be 2 inches longer.Should I move my bindings up?My angles are 18, -6, if that makes any difference
Well, it's all personal preference man. Typically, freeriders ride more back and freestylers ride more centered; but believe me, that is NOT set in stone. Try different ways and use what you like best.
When I picked my stance for my new boards, I laid the board down on the floor and stood on itcomfortly. I ride slightly bigger than shoulder width, but I put my feed dead center of the bindingholes and checked the stance. If that felt good, I mounted my binding with the sliders left-rightso I could adjust slightly on the mountain. It gives you about a quarter inch in either direction,half inch total of adjustment (atleast on my rides).My all mountain board has an 8mm set-back in the stance, so I ride it a bit on the tail side.My park board has a centered stance (no set back) and I ride it centered.I set my angles by putting my bindings on a piece of wax paper and standing on my boardin my ride stance, then stepped out of the binding gently to leave it in place on the board,and bolted in.I ride +25/-15 all mountain and +15/-15 for park. It took some dialing in, but I think yFWIW, my orthopaedic/sports medicine doctor (I had some knee related issues a year or so back) warned me that they see a lot of snowboarding related injuries from riding duck footed. I'm not saying it'll happen to everyone, but just be aware that it could be a more injury prone stance. I'm just starting but am steering myself more towards freeride and >= 0 degress on the back foot just to play it safe.On the plus side, he did confirm that it's all better than skiing in term of potential for knee related injuries. :-)Daniel
Nice post Daniel. I would also like to add that a stance that works perfectly for one rider may not be right for another. Everyone is built differently and styles of riding make a HUGE difference in stance options. A good rule is the more comfortable and stable feeling your stance the better.Also, I would like for your Ortho guy to get in on the boards here and start a thread on injuries and we can all share our thoughts and experiences on that kind of stuff 🙂
i have Ride bindings. do you prefer certain brands?? 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
i have Ride bindings. do you prefer certain brands?? 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Sure, I got opinions on bindings. Should probably make a new thread about that tho 😛
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