Snowboard binding setup

Hey,

I've just bought my first snowboard and a pair of bindings, I need to
obviously attach these to each other. Any one point me to a website or
offer advice to the various ways of doing this. i.e. how far from the
tip should the front boot be etc etc.

Cheers

Tony

You could try this:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~daan/snow/stance.html

oooh looks handy. Gonna use that for my stance on my new board. The stance
on my current board is still about what they set it in the shop (only
changed the angle of my back-foot)

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~daan/snow/stance.html

oooh looks handy. Gonna use that for my stance on my new board. The stance
on my current board is still about what they set it in the shop (only
changed the angle of my back-foot)

In my second season I started to sort of "listen" to symptoms on the slopes and
I managed to work out a good set-up just by feel. Some things were more
obvious; pain in calf muscle solved by allowing back of bindings to go back
more. Weight distribution is a key one. My board's a bit long so I simply moved
my stance forward and it felt fine. You gradually get a feel for the physics of
a board almost by instinct. Enjoy!

(Tony) wrote in message . com...
Hey,

I've just bought my first snowboard and a pair of bindings, I need to
obviously attach these to each other. Any one point me to a website or
offer advice to the various ways of doing this. i.e. how far from the
tip should the front boot be etc etc.

Cheers

Tony


All boards have a centered stance that is usually marked o the board.
Start with that and go from there.

og wrote:

All boards have a centered stance that is usually marked o the board.
Start with that and go from there.



yeah, there's also a 4x2 bolt pattern (one for each binding) on most
every board. if you start by placing the binding in the middle four
holes on each, you will be centered over the board. eventually he may
want to move his feet slightly back or farther apart, depending on the
type of riding.

also I tend to let beginners know, if you set the front foot to about 15
degrees and rear foot to 5-10 degrees (whatever is comfortable), then
that's a good starting point.

good luck to OP

bri

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EMOVE (Tom) wrote in message ...
I've just bought my first snowboard and a pair of bindings, I need to
obviously attach these to each other. Any one point me to a website or
offer advice to the various ways of doing this. i.e. how far from the
tip should the front boot be etc etc.

Tone-boy,

You could try this:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~daan/snow/stance.html

And also just put "snowboard stance" into Google and see what's there (the
first hit is the above one).

Bear in mind everyone's different though. I ride a board technicallya bit too
long for me, and with very slightly ducked stance, but it suits me fine and I
ride it with ease. So you might find a few tweaks either side of the
theoretical norm works for you.

Tom


Nice one Tom, Just the thing I was looking for.

Cheers

Tony

"Tony" wrote in message
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EMOVE (Tom) wrote in message
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I've just bought my first snowboard and a pair of bindings, I need to
obviously attach these to each other. Any one point me to a website or
offer advice to the various ways of doing this. i.e. how far from the
tip should the front boot be etc etc.

Tone-boy,

You could try this:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~daan/snow/stance.html

And also just put "snowboard stance" into Google and see what's there
(the
first hit is the above one).

Bear in mind everyone's different though. I ride a board technicallya bit
too
long for me, and with very slightly ducked stance, but it suits me fine
and I
ride it with ease. So you might find a few tweaks either side of the
theoretical norm works for you.

Tom

I'd say that's the no. 1 thing to remember. In fact I'd go further than a
few tweaks. In the group I go boarding with we all have completely different
setups. One of my mates rides a symmetric duck stance, another almost
alpine. We all do pretty much the same things but it's just what is most
comfortable and gives you most control. I hate it when kids tell me they
have this or that angle because that's how their particular snowboarding
idol does it.

Jay.