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Binding mounting posistion lingo

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kepler.
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ok this might be a super noob question but i hear people talking about mounting bindings they say things like forward of center, or back from center.

an example: someone says "o you should mount your bindings 2cm forward of true center"

now they don't mean in front of true center thus making the ski surface area behind the binding greater than in front of the toe piece right?

i always say "so and so cm" back from true center. i don't know what is right. could someone explain?
Sep 10 2007 4:20PM
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TWoods
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True center = the point where there is equal amounts of running surface in front of and behind the point. 

Core center = the recomended mounting point, the line where the sidecut is at the thinnest dimension and the core is the thickest.

people get it mizzed up all the time. it's easier to say "center" and "recomended"
Sep 10 2007 4:24PM
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kepler.
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yeah i'm not confused of the difference of core and true. more the wording of "forward" and back and behind and in front of in terms of mounting point
Sep 10 2007 4:26PM
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when people say forward, they usually mean a lil forward of the recomended. when they say a lil back,, they usuallyl mean a lil bit back of center. fucked up lingo. there are some people that mount forward of true and back of recommended though
Sep 10 2007 4:30PM
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