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Old January 22nd 04, 04:04 AM
John
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I've been skiing for about 15 years and first tried snowboarding back in
1999. I loved it for the week of vacation in 99 so again in 2000 I boarded
the entire week at Tahoe. Its been since 2000 but I'm going again in a few
weeks and just bought my own board. I just have a question about the
stance/bindings. Mine is setup with my front foot pointed slightly toward
the front of the board. The binding indicates about 4 degrees forward. My
rear binding is set exactly perpendicular to the board. When I used rented
boards I never really noticed the exact binding placement. What would the
typical setup be as far as what direction the binding point from
perpendicular to the board. I had assumed both would be a couple of degrees
out from 0 like a natural stance.
If it matters, I have strap bindings.

Any advice where to start would be appreciated, thanks.


John


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Old January 22nd 04, 04:25 AM
John
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Well I just stumbled onto a nice link that has some great information
regarding my question. I would still appreciate any helpful comments if
anyone feels so inclined.

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

John



"John" wrote in message
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I've been skiing for about 15 years and first tried snowboarding back in
1999. I loved it for the week of vacation in 99 so again in 2000 I

boarded
the entire week at Tahoe. Its been since 2000 but I'm going again in a

few
weeks and just bought my own board. I just have a question about the
stance/bindings. Mine is setup with my front foot pointed slightly toward
the front of the board. The binding indicates about 4 degrees forward.

My
rear binding is set exactly perpendicular to the board. When I used

rented
boards I never really noticed the exact binding placement. What would the
typical setup be as far as what direction the binding point from
perpendicular to the board. I had assumed both would be a couple of

degrees
out from 0 like a natural stance.
If it matters, I have strap bindings.

Any advice where to start would be appreciated, thanks.


John




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Old January 22nd 04, 09:22 AM
Han Solo (D)
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Default Bought my first board, a little help please

"John" wrote:

What would the typical setup be as far as
what direction the binding point from perpendicular to the board. I
had assumed both would be a couple of degrees out from 0 like a
natural stance.
If it matters, I have strap bindings.

Any advice where to start would be appreciated, thanks.


John



Well, i would recommend you 30° in front and 15° in back.
With that it is easy to learn, and we always set bindings like that in
courses.

HanSolo
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Old January 22nd 04, 01:05 PM
Friedemann Wolpert
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30/15 for Beginners - Agreed

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"John" wrote:

What would the typical setup be as far as
what direction the binding point from perpendicular to the board. I
had assumed both would be a couple of degrees out from 0 like a
natural stance.
If it matters, I have strap bindings.

Any advice where to start would be appreciated, thanks.


John



Well, i would recommend you 30° in front and 15° in back.
With that it is easy to learn, and we always set bindings like that in
courses.

HanSolo



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Old January 22nd 04, 02:41 PM
Snowboardripper
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This is a little extreme
Well, i would recommend you 30° in front and 15° in back.
With that it is easy to learn, and we always set bindings like that in
courses.



I would go with 15 in the front and 0 in the back. The above is more
of a hardboot set up. checkout http://www.hammersnowboards.com
then go to Tips then click on Binding Mounting - read all of them!
Watch the videos to!
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Old January 22nd 04, 04:21 PM
paul m
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Default Bought my first board, a little help please

i've definitely noticed a difference between the euro-centric stance
suggestions and the american more freestyle stance thinking. thats not a
cut, just an observation. 30/15 is a good setup for speed and cruising,
but i think its too aggressive for learning, when you're going to be doing
the falling leaf, which by its very definition means you're going to be
riding switch half the time.. riding switch (fakie) on a 30/15 setup is
difficult. period.

here in utah, all the shops use a 15/0 setup as the defacto stance, and
thats how i've always setup my friends when they're learning. now that
doesn't mean that they don't adjust that over time, but as a rule i think
15/0 to start is good.

Snowboardripper wrote:

This is a little extreme
Well, i would recommend you 30° in front and 15° in back.
With that it is easy to learn, and we always set bindings like that in
courses.


I would go with 15 in the front and 0 in the back. The above is more
of a hardboot set up. checkout http://www.hammersnowboards.com
then go to Tips then click on Binding Mounting - read all of them!
Watch the videos to!


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Old January 22nd 04, 04:21 PM
Chet Hayes
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Default Bought my first board, a little help please

Typical is about 21 front, 6 back, for free riding. However, it all
depends on what you like and what kind of riding you do.
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Old January 22nd 04, 08:04 PM
Han Solo (D)
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riding switch
(fakie) on a 30/15 setup is difficult. period.


you can ride switch with a race board and 65/55, that's not much more
difficult than 15/0.
it's just a matter of the right technic.

and 30/15 is definitly NOT aggressive...and it's well enough to do all of
the tricks :-)

Martin
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Old January 22nd 04, 08:53 PM
John
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Thanks for everyone's input. Right now I'm set at 18/3. I think I'll
give that a try and keep my tools handy for adjustments.

John



"John" wrote in message
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I've been skiing for about 15 years and first tried snowboarding back in
1999. I loved it for the week of vacation in 99 so again in 2000 I

boarded
the entire week at Tahoe. Its been since 2000 but I'm going again in a

few
weeks and just bought my own board. I just have a question about the
stance/bindings. Mine is setup with my front foot pointed slightly toward
the front of the board. The binding indicates about 4 degrees forward.

My
rear binding is set exactly perpendicular to the board. When I used

rented
boards I never really noticed the exact binding placement. What would the
typical setup be as far as what direction the binding point from
perpendicular to the board. I had assumed both would be a couple of

degrees
out from 0 like a natural stance.
If it matters, I have strap bindings.

Any advice where to start would be appreciated, thanks.


John




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Old January 22nd 04, 08:59 PM
Mike T
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Default Bought my first board, a little help please

Thanks for everyone's input. Right now I'm set at 18/3. I think I'll
give that a try and keep my tools handy for adjustments.


I think that's a great place to start, and bringing the tools along is a
good idea for several reasons. I recommend you give yourself a at least
a few runs to try and get used to any stance changes you might make,
unless something is so uncomfortable that you are sure it's wrong. Keep
in mind you can change not only the angles, but the stance width as
well... if you change angles and it doesn't improve your experience, you
can always narrow or widen the stance too.

Mike T



 




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