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Are my Bindings too back?

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Sickboi
Posts: 79 - Karma: 39
hey, I ski a lot park but i like to ski bckcountry too. are my bindings way back? should i re-mount?

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Oct 28 2011 9:08AM
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seward
Posts: 5233 - Karma: 2,174
wut??
Oct 28 2011 9:11AM
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ibeski
Posts: 475 - Karma: 62
they look fine. u dont need to have them center mounted to ride park and especially if ur not going to do park the whole time
Oct 28 2011 9:23AM
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manzear
Posts: 843 - Karma: 849
its all about preference...dont feel obligated to go center mounted because everyone else does..
Oct 28 2011 9:25AM
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mountainviper
Posts: 1931 - Karma: -3
The above responses are correct and I agree fully but let's play devils advocate shall we? While riding those through the park do you ever feel as though your fighting to not cross your tips? When your riding switch do you ever feel "squirrely" or fall backward "over the bars" while riding switch? When you do any aerial spins do you under or over rotate? Do you ever feel as though your constantly landing "backseat" or too far back? If you answered "yes" it could mean your mount is too far back for you. But that's not a definitive answer. It could also be a skill issue. What I would recommend is demoing some skis and ask the tech to adjust the demo bindings to a near center feel and see if that improves your riding. What I wouldn't do is decide to just remount your bindings and hope it helps. Dramatically altering your mount can actually force you to relearn all your basics. IE: turn initiation, turn exit, etc. If you answered no to the above questions than your fine where your mount is. If you went more center and relearned your basic mechanics than yes, a closer to center mount on the correct ski could improve in the areas I mentioned above. Sparknotes: if it ain't broke......
Oct 28 2011 9:45AM
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SKI.ING
Posts: 2695 - Karma: 2,535
You are riding an 18din binding and are asking this. Kinda scary.

For the riding you described the position looks okay from this picture, but its better to give us numbers as pictures of binding position are always decieving.
Oct 28 2011 1:28PM
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seward
Posts: 5233 - Karma: 2,174
exacty.

who throws up a pic of their skis and says "are my bindings too back"?
Oct 28 2011 2:51PM
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Sickboi
Posts: 79 - Karma: 39
how should i measure it? like, which reference from midsole?
Oct 28 2011 3:18PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
Posts: 958 - Karma: 33
you gotta figure it out yourself dude. if you are riding those in park most of the time yeah they are probably too far back. if your riding them more around the mountain and like the way the ski feels dont bother changing them.
Oct 28 2011 3:58PM
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Iliveinutah
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 5,147
I like true center preferd to actual center on the ski althoe spins are slower you can how a better edge when carving when not in the park ( true center is about a inch back from actual center ) so if u ride mostly park and want faster spin go actual center rather then true center it all depends on ur preference
Oct 28 2011 9:57PM
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maxwell666
Posts: 554 - Karma: 20
why? they could be set at 9 and hes just a giant.
Oct 29 2011 5:57AM
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GBS
Posts: 1386 - Karma: 33
No, they too front...
Oct 29 2011 10:23AM
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iffe
Posts: 984 - Karma: 120
When skiing, does it feel like they're too far back? If not, then they are not.
Oct 29 2011 3:56PM
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seward
Posts: 5233 - Karma: 2,174
LOLZ!

thats exactly what i was thinking.
Oct 31 2011 9:28AM
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