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TreyDudskiSo i was up at PC this past week and witnessed my brother tear both ACLs doing a 3 on a park jump, we have not come to a conclusion on why/how it happened (DIN too high, loose tendons, heavy skis...was on a pair of 2014 line opus, etc.) but we believe that the DINs were way too high...13 I think. My question is this, what is a good DIN to be set at while not absolutely destroying your knees but also a perfect medium so they arent popping off every 5 minutes?
MikeUrichIt goes off of your weight mainly, from my knowledge atleast. How did he land? Did he land back seat and in a twisting motion? If so thats the main way of tearing your acl along with hyper extension. I have been riding KneeBindings in the park the last 5 seasons in the park. I tore my acl in 2014. They have a 3rd realese. Its a lateral release in the heal piece. I have do cork 7s, sw9s, 450s on, 810s out with them and they really give me an extra sense of confort in the park. You and your brother should check them out! Any questions, shoot me a message! Hope your brother recovers fast!
galardogodThis , normal bindings do little to help ACLs and a lot to protect against broke legs . The knee binding is the only binding that releases in a plane that helps mitigate knee Injuries. I had a pretty awful experience with the knee binding though, I’m not sure how you are able to ski park on them as I was frequently pre released when I tried to spin. They are also heavy , ( not that much different than pivots given I just am use to squires or wardens) . The carbon may be a little lighter . Overall they do work, clinically speaking they reduced knee injuries a significant amount.
@MikeUrich what do you set your dins on? I’d like to be able to ski mine .
ericformanDamn that sucks. But man don’t set the dins at 13 especially if you know you are gonna fall learning new stuff. Just let a professional set them properly.
Wear a back protector and get comfortable bailing. Landing backseat and trying to ride it out is a huge problem. Sometimes you gotta slam and it helps if you get some padding to get through the mental hurdle.
TreyDudskiBtw he ain’t a beginner and these weren’t his first 3’s.. he landed backseat off a hard carved cork 3.. thanks for all the support!!
TreyDudskiBtw he ain’t a beginner and these weren’t his first 3’s.. he landed backseat off a hard carved cork 3.. thanks for all the support!!
