Explain to me your DIN

I am a very good skier… It’s honestly frustrating i have to pay extra for a binding that at least goes to 18, ugh. I weight about 165 pounds, my dad gives me a ski allowance of $5000 per year for gear, it’s annoying, but you gotta work with what you got I guess.
 
14482002:Skier_75 said:
I am a very good skier… It’s honestly frustrating i have to pay extra for a binding that at least goes to 18, ugh. I weight about 165 pounds, my dad gives me a ski allowance of $5000 per year for gear, it’s annoying, but you gotta work with what you got I guess.
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Anyone want to ski Deer Valley with me this year?
 
I’m 6’7 260 and I like to ski fast. Because of the length of my boots/feet 11’s enough for them to hold when I want and release when I want.
 
I started at a low din and every time I released when I felt like I shouldn’t have I turned it up a little. Landed at 9-10ish
 
I'm 6', 230lbs and I ride a relatively heavy setup. 12 din has always treated me well, across both pivots and tyrolias. I pop out when shit goes wild, and not when I set hard for something. I like skiing fast, I like jumps, rails, cliffs, side hits, etc. I used have had some scary crashes where I wish my skis would have stayed on when I was younger which is what made me start slowly upping my din until I stopped popping out on dumb shit.
 
Because I want to do hoodrat stuff with my friend.

5’8” 165lb. Din normally at 9-9.5. Sometimes I’ll back it down to 8 doing rail stuff
 
Mine is 18, i’m a typical type 3 skier and my hard euro carves are hard enough to pop me out of any binding. That is just how it is. I am that good.
 
standard bro DIN math

DIN = (X) + 2, X = what a shop would set them at. I’m 175 level 3 skier. Shop says 9…… 11 it is!
 
i’m the opposite of most here, started at 18 and went down 1 for each xCL injury. i’m at a 5 DIN and i can’t feel anything.
 
topic:LawnBoy said:
I already know it’s at 11, tell me why.
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I go fast and im not talkin groomers. Im 5,10 175, so I am definitely a heavier guy for my height. Din is set to 8.5 on my touring setup (kingpins) and 9 on my all mountain setup (pivots)
 
If your a squirrely chicken leg Vishnu kid that cant ski backwards "getting into park" then yeah turn the dins down.
 
pivots 11, holds me in, sometimes the ski popping out results in a far worse crash than being able to save it

shift 13, same

demo bindings 10, laziness and just a few laps on them
 
6’ 140lbs and premature release if they aren’t at 11.

last year I my ski came off prematurely on a simple FS and got myself 11 stitches and a $4000 medical bill… also nose butters they be coming off hella under 11 for me

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14482478:DTetz said:
6’ 140lbs and premature release if they aren’t at 11.

last year I my ski came off prematurely on a simple FS and got myself 11 stitches and a $4000 medical bill… also nose butters they be coming off hella under 11 for me

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Bro you should make sure your forward pressure is set correctly, that might be causing your prereleases. Like at your weight you shouldn’t have to run them at 11
 
14482481:MastePoleWhacker said:
Bro you should make sure your forward pressure is set correctly, that might be causing your prereleases. Like at your weight you shouldn’t have to run them at 11
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I was a ski tech for 4 years. I know how to set fwd pressure

I just come down hard af and send to flat lots coming out of spins or something you hit you ski at a weird angle and it smacks off. Doing a nose butter as fast as you can be going- I’d rather not have my skis coming off at all.

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14482483:DTetz said:
I was a ski tech for 4 years. I know how to set fwd pressure

I just come down hard af and send to flat lots coming out of spins or something you hit you ski at a weird angle and it smacks off. Doing a nose butter as fast as you can be going- I’d rather not have my skis coming off at all.

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140 lbs on an 11 din is insane lol
 
14482478:DTetz said:
6’ 140lbs and premature release if they aren’t at 11.

last year I my ski came off prematurely on a simple FS and got myself 11 stitches and a $4000 medical bill…
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Must have been the biggest front swap of all time
 
14482568:olddirty said:
Must have been the biggest front swap of all time
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was coming to sw and didn’t land perpendicular to snow more of in a carve, but on icy landing ski just blew off. I think the snow your skiing makes a big different because I run 10’s in power but would feel sketch riding 11 din on my power ski, much less “blunt” force off piste compared to park.
 
I started at 8 had 2 pre-releases

Upped it to 9, still pre-released

Upped it to 10, had one pre-release

Now I'm at 11 on my STH16s, no pre-releases

topic:LawnBoy said:
I already know it’s at 11, tell me why.
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This would go hard as a haiku

14482622:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
I started at 8 had 2 pre-releases

Upped it to 9, still pre-released

Upped it to 10, had one pre-release

Now I'm at 11 on my STH16s, no pre-releases
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14482573:DTetz said:
was coming to sw and didn’t land perpendicular to snow more of in a carve, but on icy landing ski just blew off. I think the snow your skiing makes a big different because I run 10’s in power but would feel sketch riding 11 din on my power ski, much less “blunt” force off piste compared to park.
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Ive had various combinations of boots/bindings, where the boot sole is worn, or the binding is a little jacked up/not set quite right etc., which in turn causes the the brakes to compress down towards the snow a tiny bit...not a problem when landing forward, but if you land hard switch, especially in a carve the brakes catch the snow and instantly blows up. Sounds kinda like what is happening to you.
 
14482478:DTetz said:
6’ 140lbs and premature release if they aren’t at 11.

last year I my ski came off prematurely on a simple FS and got myself 11 stitches and a $4000 medical bill… also nose butters they be coming off hella under 11 for me

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Dawg I'de literally just stitch it myself if it cost 4k lmaoo
 
I'm 6'2, 150lbs. Din is at 10 on marker squire 11s and I'm popping out all over the place. Is my fp set up incorrectly or are my bindings just too weak
 
14483032:apesawce said:
I'm 6'2, 150lbs. Din is at 10 on marker squire 11s and I'm popping out all over the place. Is my fp set up incorrectly or are my bindings just too weak
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it’s the squire. even young kids break that thing so i’d get a beefier binding if i was you.
 
5'8", 175lbs, yes I know... Im big boned. 9.5 on my Pivot 12's and 14's and havent had any prereleases. They have come off when needed though.
 
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