Good beginner binding

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AndrewUtter

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Hi newschoolers i am starting out freestyle sking this year and i wanted to know what a good beginner binding is? +k for bumps and help
 
Unless your over 200lbs I'd say go with the look px12ti....it's inexpensive and bulletproof...hope that helps...if not, throw out some more info and I'll take another shot.
 
Were ya a pretty aggressive snowboarder? If so it won't take long for you to transfer that mentality into your skiing....once you figure out turning and stopping you'll pretty quickly be able to do most of what ya did on a sb on skis. I grew up skiing but dedicated 2 yrs to sb cause all the cool kids were doin it...lol...I could rip park on a sb but I always felt I had much better control on skis in the trees so I went back to skiing.....it only took a few times out to translate my sb park skills to skis and I actually think it made me a better skier because it altered my style in a good way....anyhow you should maybe check out the higher end look pivots if you can afford them...even the lower end looks are damn good bindings....I'm on markers right now cause I'm bound....haven't had any issues but I hear alot of horror storys on ns about them failing and having that in the back of my head kinda holds me back....so yeah look or rossignol....they're the same bindings....different brands but both are looks....peeps swear by the Rossi fks....hope that helps.
 
you're too light for an FKS binding unless you can find an old FKS 120.

if you're just getting going, get something like a marker squire. easy on the bank account and a good binding for someone your size.
 
Go to a shop and have your DIN calculated. Knowing your DIN will tell you which DIN range of bindings you should look for. You will want to have some room to "grow" above your DIN, meaning if you have a 10 for your DIN, do not buy a 10-DIN binding. You want to be at a minimum 2 away from the max, otherwise the DIN spring will not have enough elasticity in it to provide consistent release settings. From there, depends on your budget. The more you spend, the higher the DIN goes and the more durable the binding gets. Hope that helps.
 
Ya i was very aggressive snowboarder, park basically all day long and i have skied before i started snowboarding, so I'm pretty sure I'll pick it up easily and do you prefer Salomon bindings to start off because i have heard a lot about them
 
Most every company is going to make a great binding, but you have to compare DIN and price. A Marker Jester is going to be better than Salomon Z10, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Marker is better than Salomon. First, find your DIN. Second, how much do you want to spend?
 
Well i was also looking at the Salomon z10 and wondering is that a park binding because that has a lower price to it compared to a lot of other bindings
 
There's really no such thing as a park binding. In fact, the high end FKS 180 is basically a race binding with a different paint job. Keep your search simple, or you will get confused. The more you spend on a binding, the higher the DIN gets (which might be a bad thing for you given your weight, which is why you need to find out your specific DIN), the more metal is in the construction, and the more the binding favors retention rather than release.

The cost of a binding is based on those factors, and the presence or absence of those factors is what makes a price go up or down.
 
they can fit 100mm doesnt mean they are 100mm wide. the shop can adjust them or probably throw in a different set if they are too wide.
 
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