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Old January 4th 08, 06:08 PM posted to rec.skiing.snowboard
Bob F
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"Sean" wrote in message
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One thing I've found is that my bindings by themself do not allow enough
forward lean. This limits how much I can bend my knees on toeside to absorb
bumps. Therefore the bumps tend to throw me around a lot. On my old board, I
made a pair of wedge shaped risers to give me a couple degrees more of
forward lean, which pretty much solved the problem. I just got a new board
which doesn't yet have the risers installed, and have found I have much more
of a problem turning toeside again. I am just finishing a new riser set for
that board.

The riser is just a piece of 3/4" plywood cut carefully with a handsaw into a
wedge of about 1/4" at the front and 1/2" at the back. I then cut the pieces
to match the bottom of the binding, and cut a hole for the binding plate.
Next, I primed the wood, and then coated the whole thing with polyurethane
caulk using an old credit card to give it a rubbery grip surface, and bought
longer screws for mounting the bindings through it.

Bob



Innovative work, Bob. Norm Abrams would be proud! That sounds like a great
idea. I may have to run a piece through the bandsaw and see how it feels.

What type of bindings do you currently use?


The ones on the newer board are Ride SPi's.


Does anyone have any experience with the K2 of Flow models with the highbacks
that 'flip' down? Or should I stick with conventional?


I can't help here.

Bob


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