Need some help...popped out of my newly mounted skis & bindings

steezyjibber

steezyjibber

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so i just got back my skis & bindings from the shop

obviously i was very stoked to try on the new setup, of bindings and skis (boots weren't knew)

Things needed to know

07/08 atomic urban punx 175

4frnt deadbolt 4-12

Also:

5'6

125 pounds

"Level 3 skier" (what i put down)

307mm bsl (size 26.5 SPK boot)

i put on both my boots and clicked into my skis to test the lightness and butteryness. i checked the lightness & it was fine. i then went to do a liiiiitle nose butter, and BOOM, i popped out of both bindings (and almost hit my head on the ping pong table).

DIN they set at was 5.5

here's my question

do i crank the din up or what?

my friend N.Diddy told me that that always used to happen with him (he had t-halls and i THINK marker m11.0's)

he told me he cranked the din up and it didn't keep happening.

Thanks.

 
take them back to the shop and let them fix your din, because if you do it you might not do it correctly and you could blow out your knee or something bad like that, its an easy solution
 
had dude i did that my first time. gee your 5'6 and you have 26.5? but yeah just crank up the din yourself. remember theres one in the front of the binding and in the back.

How big is your foot???????? I just bought spks and i wana compare.
 
you put down you are a level 3 skier, that means you are confident in your ability on all slopes or some BS like that, either way it does not mean that you are skiing park doing butters, hitting tables and all that good shit so for most people that ski park you will have to put your din up one or two from where the shop put it. Best way to figure out where your din should be is by skiing pretty hard one day, start at what the shop set the DIN to, see how it goes, if your skis are popping off left and right turn your din up a little, ski some more and continue doing that until your skis stop coming off when you dont want it to
 
i would go up to 7or 7.5 if they still wont hold you in go to 8 or 8.5 and remember that when your turn the dins up you have to have a boot in the bindings, clicked in! not just have the hel up they ahve to be holding the boot in place for them to be set correctly.
 
I almost always crank my bindings up from what the shop techs put them at. They probably put them lower just to save their own asses incase you bust your knee.
 
before you crank the din up, check the forward pressure, if you dont know how take it to your shop and have them check it. it should be free and they could check and fix in about 30 seconds
 
i think its something for the forward pressure but truthfully when my coaches turned upmy dins before a race they would make us step into the biinding. so ive always done it like that ahah
 
im the same height and weight and i cranked my DIN to 7.5....they release when i want them to, but not when buttering or anything like that
 
that may be just because you have you boot on and its easier to get the heal piece up, especially if you are a racer (with a high din) and then you can just go ski away when you are done. that is my philosophy of it but bey, you racers always know more than everyone else so ill take it as valid info. thanks + k
 
it seems like everyone on here skis with really high dins. i'm 5'11" and 160 lbs, and i skied an entire season with my dins at 7, might have had a handful of prereleases. i'm a moderately aggressive skier. maybe it was due to the fks 120's reliable release, but it seems weird that i would have no problems skiing the same din as someone 5 inches shorter and 35 lbs lighter. anyone ski relatively low dins without problems?
 
Shops are not legally allowed to raise the DIN higher than what the chart says. also, shops set din's way to low for aggressive skiing. im 5'8" 158 and ride at almost 11.
 
i would constantly have them at 9 i think mabye 8, but if the course was bumpy or shitty and chattery they would turn them up 1 or 2. and for super g probally like 1 or 2 higher than normal, and i am 135-140 when i raced.

and to the guy up there^^^^ it may have been easier to move them since it was cold out and easier if someones foot held the ski in place, but i neer asked haha just always did that hen ever i moved my dins. im sure its not too big difference either way but ive always done that.
 
you don't have to have a boot clicked in to adjust the DIN...your coaches were adjusting your DIN and checking your forward pressure to make sure you were dialed...don't comment on shit unless you actually know what you are talking about...
NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION: crank up your your toes atleast 1 and if you want you can set your heels a little higher (1 more than your toe setting), and you shouldn't have a problem pre-releasing...plus you have less of chance tweakin the knee.
 
fuck you buddy, no reason to be a dick, tell me how i answered wrong? i am right, i was clicked in so my foward pressure was adjusted correctly, o wait i said that in my first post! now you shut the fuck up douche. and later i said i wasnt sure that you had to be clicked in, but i always did it cause my coaches did, not that i thought it was wrong to not click in.
 
If i set myself as type III, that happens to me too, i could step right out of them. If you get them tested by a shop again, set as type III+. Really, just crank up the dins .5 and lean forward. adjust until you dont pop out anymore, you dont want to over do it and have it not come off ever.
 
The reason they were set at 5.5 and you may be prereleasing is because of your weight being right on the borderline between settings. If you had have said 126lb they would have set the DIN @ 6.5

Also buttering puts abnormal pressure on the bindings compared to standard aggressive skiing so they are more prone to release doing that sort of activity anyway (DIN charts don't assume you will be buttering around)

 
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