What DIN do YOU ride at?

yea id go to a diff shop but its an hour and a half away. and this one is 20 minutes. but my boot sole is 28.5. they shoulda had me up at a 6 or 7 for sure. i changed it though so its all good
 
16 sounds like a lot but its obviously something he's worked out over a period of time. Big mountain would mean falll and die, so you definately don't want the ski coming off. also i'd imagine he'd be hucking a few things as well.

To diss someone's din with knowing their skiing background and day to day skiing is a bit rash. I rode whistler last season with a guy who was an ex-racer, the dude only fell once for the season. once. out of 100+ days of charging. his din was huge but they make bindings with din's that high cuz people need it.
 
Even though I'm a good skier, I keep my DINs fairly low since I broke my leg last season due to the DINs being too high. There were obviously other factors like an akward position for ejection, but I'm really afraid to put my dins over 7 now.
 
im 5 8, 130 pounds and i crank mine up

usually as high as they go cause i hate half landing

a trick n your ski pops off when you know you could

have stuck it.
 
Its a real bad idea to max out your bindings like that. That is probably why you were pre releasing. I wouldn't go to 12 unless you have a 14+ din binding. I ride at 12 on some scratch140s (14) and some older FKS 18
 
cranking them doesn't matter. if your forward pressure is off you will pre release. that's as important if not more than the actual din setting.
 
To comply with DIN/ISO standards, its my understanding that all consumer bindings are tested to release effectively at all levels within the DIN range (obviously with a certain margin for error)
 
I had mine at 7 (perfect for my size and weight) and I told them to not change the DIN and they gave them back to me with a 6, assholes.
 
its an old wives tale not to use the top few, the company's are happy to let it play out cuz then you spend more coin on higher din binding.
 
this past season i was riding on 7, but now that i have new skis and will be doing bigger and better tricks i will crank it up to about 9 or 10.
 
For all you double digit ers keep in mind that seth morison skis with his at 13-14 din.

For me it all depends on which binding I am using.

On my PX 15s on directional big mountain skis I ride at a 12.

P 18s on semi directional I ride at 12

P 14s I ride at 11.

TTO8's I ride at 11.
 
just be careful when setting your din....dont want that shit to be off the charts just for the hell of it.....i know some people that wihsed there shit would have poped off
 
i cranked my din up on my scratch bcs enough so i can nose press hard with out ejecting so i like being at a 10
 
i'm 5,11 140punds. My dins are all 8 excpet my small park skiis which are 7. The shop puts my dins on 6. My coach won't let me have it under 8 because I pop out the way I ski.
 
I'm 6' and 165lbs and I ride at 7 on Axial 140s, but my dad keeps going on at me about how that's too high and I should go down to 5 or 6. He's only saying this because he messed up his knee skiing like 20 years ago....is he right??
 
i ride on 8

i got told by the shop i was on work exp at that the DIN that is reccomended for you is half the pressure needed to break your leg

is that true?
 
Don't worry about it too low.. worry about it when its too high and you blow a knee. If you are going big and you release for seemingly no reason, then crank them up a small bit at a time.

This is not professional advice and only advice from watching and fighting with my son on turning his DINs up. He is at 140 and is at 10 now
 
First off go find a chart, here is the one, it doesn't mater what company chart it is since it is a standard on all the companies.
When changing your dins make sure your BOOT IS CLICKED INTO THE BINDING!!!!

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Again this is the standard, you can set them higher by 1/2 intervals until there is no pre-release
 
just a question. this thread kinda made me think about. besides being bad for your legs and knees is it bad for your bindings to ride the DIN all the way up? kinda curious
 
If you're riding them maxed out, then you will wear out the coil and eventually start pre-releasing, before that happens you will most likely break a leg or tear up your knee. If you want to ride at that high of a din, then you want to buy some bindings where you setting is halfway, for example i ride an 8 park, 9-10 Pow/BC
 
alot of you guys are idiots...shops dont 'mess up' your din by setting it at a 6 or 7...
din is based on the BSL, skier type (I II or III) height, weight, and age.
if they give you a 5-6 or even a 7...that means that the chart that the techs use says thats the rating they fall under...if they set it to a 9 cause little johnny thinks hes cool and he rips his knee out cause his bindings didnt release, then it quikly becomes a court case.
if they set it to what the chart that the corportation supplies (ala salomon, rossi, etc) then all they have to say is that they followed the exact specs from the company, eleviating the blame on the said shop/tech.
at the same time though, it completley depends on what you are doing...you could rate a 6 but in a gs ski your ski will be popin of all the time on the same person so in certain cases crankin the binding isnt so bad.

but someone who is 5'8'' 140lbs should not be riding a 10 in the park lol. unless you are throwing down double cork 14s on 80 foot kickers...then i might see a cause for worry of a pre-release.
same thing goes with cliffs, pow, charging etc.(this was mainly aimed toward the lil kids who think they are cool riding a din of 12)
 
215 lbs. 336 bsl 6'2.

park skis w/px12s are at 11 but that is too high for the binding I think. Get some pre-release, but always release when I should.

pow skis w/fks 185's going for 11/12 not sure yet.
 
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