What's the ideal angular setting for snow board bindings?

Answer 1

it's personal preferance for the most part heres some things to think about though

duck mounted allows you to ride switch easier however both forward makes regular riding much easier....most racers or big mountain guys use forward stance while most park guys use duck.

for powder you may wish to move your stance to the rear.

more forward angle will make carving at speed a little easier however if you like to ride switch a lot than keep your angles pretty mild since the more angle you add the harder it will be to ride switch

I would start with 15 front and 5 rear

Answer 2

look at a board and think of it as a sled it needs to glide though the snow fast and with the speed let be light, use the air plane materiel to make it. this is light, and use an angle that you know will glide you and life easy without breaking. It has to make the jumps high and flips land nice, make sure your measurements meet your length of your body, and feet stand. Like my leg that is made for me. If it is not right I will fall, and it will not walk right... your snow board will not work right if you do not have your math right. lift the ends up at a small angle so it does not dig the snow up, but make sure they or even on both sides of the board. Also gives you a grip to hold the board when making the turns. this will give you the action when you do your flips and turns. Make your feet hold even with your hips apart standing at an even height, hold your feet apart as if your standing about what you feel conformable on the board. Then mark it and but your straps there for the feet. Good luck in making your broad and hope it works....

Answer 3

I mostly agree with "serene79", but since I think that you should learn regular riding and switch riding at the same time you should set your angles smaller.

Many shops setup the back foot 3 to 9 degrees forward and the front foot 12 to 18 degrees forward. This makes riding in your normal direction much easier, but turns your body too far in one direction to ride switch comfortably.

Last year, I set my bindings to 3 degrees in the back and only 9 degrees in the front. It made riding regular a little more difficult (especially on the flats at high speed) but made riding switch much easier. Now I can do an entire intermediate run comfortably riding switch.

For proof of this, look at the boarders that ride the pipes which requires a lot of switch riding - many of them even use the "duck" stance which angles both feet toward the closest tip. I tried it and didn't like it.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

How "ducked" your feet doesn't have a set ideal angle. It's all about how your feet feel in them. I stand on my board without bindings like I would if I was riding, get a basic knowledge of how angled it will be, then put the angle at a rough estimate, loosely screw them on, and then fine tune them. As long as your feet aren't both pointed in the same direction, (which isn't technically wrong, but it would be really awkward and hard to ride), and as long as it feels comfortable and easy to ride, it's ideal (for you).


If you mean forward lean angle, I have mine set to the second tier on my Missions.

Answer 5

You have to figure out what is best for you. They ususally have some tools so you can make adjusments at the resorts. What might be ideal for someone else, might not work for you. Everybody runs a little different stance and binding angles.

Answer 6

basicly if u know wat footed you are (goofy or regular) ether or your front binding should be at about 15 and yout back 0-5 is the usual settings, go by what feels good on the slope and what you can handle easily, you can always try somthing and then give that up and change it, you can always make it fit!