How To Snowboard Tips : How to Prepare Up Your Snowboard Bindings with Danny Kass

If you want to gear up upwards your snowboard bindings correctly, your stance on a snowboard should be almost shoulder width, with approximately 15 degrees of angle on your forepart binding and around 0 degrees in the back. Experiment and find what's nearly comfortable for you, in the stop it's individual preference.

What Bindings to Use

The majority of bindings and boards have standardized mounting systems, and almost all bindings are are compatible. All the same, there are mounting variations most commonly establish on Burton boards known as ICS, or The Channel System, as well equally their proprietary three-hole mounting blueprint. That being said, the vast bulk of major binding manufacturers provide disks that allow mounting to any type of mounting system out there. If ever unsure, consult a local shop, or contact the bounden manufacturer to run into if they tin can send you the right disks to use, or guide yous through the procedure.

What Yous'll Demand to Mount Your Snowboard Bindings

  • #3 Phillips Screwdriver
  • Measuring Record (optional)
  • Instructions that came with your bindings (also optional, but helpful)

How to Mount Snowboard Bindings Steps

  1. Choose a pair of bindings that fit your foot size and riding style.
    • All binding companies volition have size charts available to make sure you can get dialed in correctly.
  2. Make sure your right binding is in the forepart of the lath, and the left binding is in the dorsum.
  3. Determine your stance width.
    • It should be comfortable and by and large a bit wider than your shoulders.
    • You lot can also use the distance from your kneecap to your heel for a standard stance width.
    • If yous're unsure of where to get-go, endeavour the board's reference opinion first.
    • The reference opinion is a suggested spot to mountain your bindings that come up marked on nigh snowboards.
  4. Find your hardware packet which will contain your mounting disks, screws, and washers.
  5. Place your disks in the bindings and begin to dial in your angles.
  6. Rotate the disks so that the reference arrows on the outside of the binding ring line up with the desired degrees references on the mounting disk.
  7. To beginning, we suggest mounting your front end binding with fifteen degrees of positive angle.
    • This is a basic starting point, and it helps open your hips for initiating turns.
  8. Mount your back binding at 0 degrees.
  9. To keep your bindings in identify while you lot mountain them, put 1 spiral and washer in opposite corners of the disk mounting holes and tighten virtually a quarter of the way
  10. This will ensure your bounden stays centered over the holes while you add together the final two screws and washers
  11. Hand tighten all bolts with a #3 Phillips screwdriver until you lot experience a potent resistance.
    • We don't advise using a ability drill, since it can potentially over tighten your bolts and damage the base of operations of your snowboard.
  12. If you lot want to ride park, brand sure you centre the stance on the lath and add together a flake of negative angle on the back binding.
    • This creates a favorable stance for riding switch, known as a "duck" stance.
  13. As yous progress, you can beginning to experiment with different mounting preferences
    • Set your unabridged stance back from centered position to create a longer olfactory organ and give more than float for powder days.
    • Every bit you progress, experiment with your stance and notice whats comfortablemore bending, less angle, wider, narrower, etc.
    • Each adjustment yous make is designed to fit your riding style to the board and to the conditions.

More How-To Snowboarding Videos and Information

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How to prepare your bindings with Danny Kass. Photo: Chris Wellhausen