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morbumps4me
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
I just happen to notice a below post about DIN setting and realize that some of you were saying that you set your DINS and 12 and so on. That's fine, set them wherever you want, but the kid asked for a chart. IT's important that he/she start low and if they find they are popping out then crank them a setting or so. I'd hate to see someone get hurt........here is a website with the chart. Look at it and seriously think about the concequences of NOT popping out. I consider myself very lucky to this day, there are many times my releases have saved me on high impact types of landings. I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm just trying to get some of you to realize the concequences of an overtuned binding.

http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/din.html

Now don't be a bunch of hardasses. Read the instructions and PLEASE just give it a shot and set them to where the chart says. If you find you're popping out then fine, set it higher but until then DONT BE A BULL HEADED HARD ASS MOTHER f*****. See you in the ER
Jan 27 2003 12:01AM
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EmcEEmahEm
Posts: 466 - Karma: 10
This guy is right on. I haven't read your initial post, but keep in mind that even though there are a LOT of phenominal skiers on here, there are some people who are still developing. There are VERY few people in the world that are supposed to be set at a 12 DIN. For example, myself at 6'4' and 200 lbs and having skied for 13 years, my suggested DIN is an 8.5. As a general rule, you add a DIN for every 2' or 25 lbs. So, a suggested DIN of 12 would be for someon who is 6'6' and 325. That's a damn big freeskier.

The reason that the charts are made is because those settings are what have been mathematically/physically calculated to be safe for the skier. It's not a game, being a professional in the ski industry has shown me that a lot of torn knees (NOT fun) and spiral fractures (even LESS fun) can occur from a binding not releasing when it's supposed to.

As a side note, the reason people crank their DINs is because most bindings (Rossignol/Look, Salomon, Marker, Tyrolia) have decreased release settings for twisting falls. Unfortunately, a twisting fall is very similar to someone who doesn't have the best skiing form ripping a hard carve. So sometimes the ski will come off when you don't want it to (prerelease). The new Pivogy binding from Line eliminates this type of prerelease.
Jan 27 2003 12:42AM
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