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i`m about to go for my first snowboarding and right now thinking about buying new bindings. This confusing me because for a newbie like what kind of bindings that fits me. i came across Salomon SP1, Salomon SPX45 Light, and Salomon force. so i`m asking for help anyone who can figure out which bindings suits me best. 🙂
Hi Snowflakes. Welcome to the Frosty Rider forums. How about explaining a little about your experience snowboarding and maybe a little bit about you and your style. Then we can have a little more to go on for recommendations for you 8)
thanks Frosty,well for now i`m just riding down the mountain and been thinking bout doing some air tricks soon. But since i`m a newbie and going to buy my first snowboard wondering which bindings that best for a newbie like me. I think i`m more into freestyle riding actually. 🙁 🙁
frosty probably knows alot more about salomon than i do, so id take his advice if you're deadstuck on that brand. (salmon makes great stuff btw, my home resort uses them as rental boardsand they're really nice)being a newbie have you looked into flow? its a step/strap in style that'll save you the hassleof strapping in every time you end a run, and when you're first starting out, thats the worstpart about snowboarding.
Not to say anything bad about flows, cuz they are pretty good, but I'd stick with ratchet bindings for newbies. When starting out. a newbs sense of balance on a snowboard may be a litte sketchy. So when they have to kick their feet into the bindings while keeping balanced on the board, it can get a little tricky. I've trained a few newbs, and that's their biggest gripe with Flows. Ratchets, on the other hand, can be attached while sitting, so they are actually easier to put on. Its pretty hard to do that with Flows (standing is required to get the Flows on). Also, since newbs are unfamiliar with what's comfortable/stable, they'll have to make constant adjustments. With Flows, adjustments are a real pain, at least for the older models.K2 has the cinch bindings, which combine the entry of a Flow with the adjustments of a ratchet. I saw tSalomon makes great boots and bindings, no doubt. I have to recommend the SPX45 to you mainly because they have an easier highback forward lean adjuster. As a nub you will want to be playing around with different forward lean angles to see what is best for you and it's just better to have that to be easy to do on the fly. The Force are good rigs too, but they are more for experienced riders on a budget who already know their highback lean settings then just go.Make sure you get the right size binding!
thanks all senior riders hey frosty now that you mentioned about forward lean, how do you measure the angle between the plate and highback? anyway thanks for your advice. I knew posting a topic here will be the best solution for my problem cuz i looked through the net and read review about binding and salomon force was for beginner to intermediate rider, but advise from the experienced rider itself will be the best. Thanks for that suggestion 😀 😀
…how do you measure the angle between the plate and highback?…
It is measured in degrees inward from 90 degrees. I think the standard is 12 degrees of lean.
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