Wow, I wish I could have watched your videos ten years ago. I had boots that were too big, my stance was too narrow, way too much heel overhang, and always rode duckfoot. Now I have corrected most of these issues and switched to posi posi. It has made me love snowboarding again. Thank you for these tips!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that with me!! Made my day!

Lars you have one of if not the best Snowboarding channel/s out there.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you so much for finding my channel :-)

@speed2001x

6 ай бұрын

100% agree 👍

@joshthesquash1793

5 ай бұрын

This guy is a legend!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

4 ай бұрын

@@joshthesquash1793 thanks man!! :-)

Thanks for the videos dude, you've become my favorite snowboarding channel. I'm watching and rewatching every video as I cannot go snowboarding at the moment. I can't wait to get back to the mountain and apply everything you've taught us. Watching you ride is also quite the pleasure, I would love to see more footage of that.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Aaah! :-) So kind of you!! Thank you so much! That made my day :-) Yeah, as the season moves on I will likely and hopefully gather some more riding footage and also get a little more into some carving/turning tips. Thank again!! Share the love, and hopefully you'll get to ride soon!

In every video you make I have at least one "aha moment", learning all tese small details is invaluable. Thank you 👏

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that! :-) Thanks!!

Another 15 minutes worth watching! Thanks for the video!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you think so!!

This channel is gold. Essential viewing no matter your ability. Thanks for putting in the time to make this Lars.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you so much! Share the love!!

That was great, and it had me thinking about how I set my board up. I grew snowboarding, always set my binging back heels naturally. There was no wide boards in the 90s, or not many I recall. Got this Orca based upon a recommendation of what to buy for a Japan trip. I grew up full camber riding Burton Customs. I was a skater kid, and I think popping always felt best centered from ball of foot close to center of my deck, like on a skateboard, and thus I always set heels back even though it never felt overly difficult to get to my toes any. So I just checked my set up, didn’t know these Bent Metals had that adjustment back in the heel, moved it back, centered my disc, got a 4th screw in, and it was way too heels. After I messed around sorta eyeballing toe and heel hang, my natural proclivity set all the way heels and no additional adjustments was closest to the most centered. So I just put everything back the way I had it originally by eyeball. But now I know there’s more adjustments to play with. I’m riding an Orca 153 size ten boot (Vans). I’ve been eyeing buying a regular old school style board; Capita Areonaut. Wonder if that will be an intuitive setup too?!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 күн бұрын

@@mikeuptegrove just to clarify: it’s not about centring your disc, but the boot. Once everything’s mounted, you should have the same amount of toe and heel overhang. I think you did that, but then parts of your comment confused me (4th screw?!?!). Your Ollie approach sounds totally understandable, but unfortunately doesn’t get you to a functional snowboard setup. Size 10 on a 153 Orca is a good fit. I believe that board has a 268mm waist. So that’s an appropriate width for just about everything but super extreme carving, which the board can’t do anyways. I find it a fun pow board, but I don’t like rocker. Also, it’s too soft of a board for me. With your background I can only assume that you’ll be happier riding camber. Setups are always the same. Once you know where the binding sits relatively to the bolts/inserts, you just copy that for every board. The foot will remain centred over any board, just the amount of overhang will change with changing board width. I’ve never tried a Capita, but I’ve heard many good things about the boards. Good luck with the experiments!! It’s all fun! 😊

@mikeuptegrove

3 күн бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel hey, thanks for the thorough reply. Yes, I have my toe and heel hang roughly even eyeballing it. To get it even, I can only get three screws in my disc, not 4. I saw your tips for adjusting and thought, “hmm, maybe I can get the disc centered and get the forth screw in, using your adjustments on the Bent Metal that I didn’t know about”. I tried but sliding the heel bar back only created even more heel hang, not less, even after shifting the disc back to the center and getting a fourth screw in. Presently, I have to rotate my disc to get it to slide set back toward the heels to keep toe and heel hang even. So by rotating the disc I can’t read the degrees I have of set at and I can only get three, not four screws in to mount it. I figured however, if Burton is using 2 screws now, then 3 should still be secure enough. But, it’s the only way I can get the centering I need. I thought maybe I could try the options you showed here, but they just weren’t as good as rotating my discs to they could slide further back toward my heel edge to give the best centering by eye. I haven’t measured, but all the other options I tried were way further away from being balanced. And, yes, that’s what I’m scared of! I grew up on Cambers. I never thought about my edges. Now they make boards for every baby that wants to ride without catching an edge or something. I’ve been playing catch up on tech on KZread. I stopped riding around 2000, but grew up doing it. Last time I rode was 2017, it was my first time in 9 years at all, and I was still the fastest guy down the mountain, didn’t fall once, ski patrol angry I was going too fast on the 25 year old Burton Custom I rode in high school, and after high school when I was riding everyday working at Squaw Valley. I’ve been in Hawaii a long time now, almost 25 years, but I surf everyday. My buddy Dave Weaver, who I surf with a lot, who was VP of Sims in the 1980s, and who invented the high back binding, has a grandson that comes here to surf in the summer. He lives in Alaska and is sponsored by Volcom. He’s 13. He and his Dad told me to buy an Orca, that the technology has caught up and it’s the best board. In high school I had a LibTech and it SUCKED! Complete garbage. It could’ve been the rocker, but in 95, nobody was talking tech anything, and no one knew about rockers or cambers. All that was just sorta like magic. All I know is once I got on a Burton Custom, all my other boards sucked, and I knew they held me back. So, I was scared to buy a LibTech again, thinking, they still suck. But then everyone says how great they are, there’s tons of hype online. So I don’t know. Maybe everyone online sucks at snowboarding and got all these baby boards that don’t catch edges or something, I don’t know cause that didn’t exist as a conversation, let alone and option, when I was growing up. It sounds like snowboards all have training wheels for the inept now or something the way it’s talked about online. So, after your comment, I’m scared the Orca might be crap. I rode full camber on powder all the time and never had a problem. My Burton Customs were always bad ass. But everyone says for Japan I need a Orca. So I got one. I’m going to Argentina in August. I want to bring two boards. I may bring my 25 year old Burton custom, it worked like a charm in 2017 when I last used it. But I am thinking the Capita Aeronaut maybe what I need to get the newest technology and lightness, in the style of board I grew up on. I listened to an interview with Longo and the way he sets his bindings up, rides his board flag without any forward lean, is exactly how I rode when I rode hard. I was a pretty good skater so I had good control of my boards and wasn’t half bad. We also didn’t have a, “side hits”, genre in snowboarding then, cause that’s basically what all snowboarding was for us. It was all resort groomers with side kickers at full speed. It’s all we did. Tickets at Squaw Valley were like $13 until they built the funitel and I think they went as high as $38. Now it’s $250 a day. It’s $500 for a 2 week pass at Las Leñas, Argentina, so I’m heading there. I’m gonna try that Aeronaut with Union Ultra, the set up Longo says he prefers. I was worried that the side cut might be too narrow and then I found your video. For some reason the internet had me sold on the idea that at size 10 boot, I need a wide board or something. I never did before. I always did fine before. Maybe set back heels always had me centered. I don’t even know. I’m gonna measure my old stance on my old set up and see what I had. I don’t even know. I like a narrow stance I know. I always rode 12 front foot and I guess, and something like 6-9 in the back foot (ducked out so switch and regular we’re almost the same). Anyways I’m about to watch another video of yours on stance with to see what I can learn. Thanks again for your complete comment, your time, and suggestions. I really appreciate it. Mahalo. Aloha. 🤙🤙

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 күн бұрын

@@mikeuptegrove this is still super confusing. Your disc on the bent metals is a so called mini disc. You’re supposed to use the board inserts directly next to each other. So the bolts will form a rectangle rather than a square. That way, no matter what you do, you must be able to use all four bolts. And that’s what you should do!!! The slots in the discs should run tip to tail, rather than edge to edge. With that orientation of the discs you get micro adjustment of your stance width!! Then, to centre the boots across the board, you use the heel cup size adjustment. If you can’t get close to a centred boot in any of the size options, the binding is simply the wrong size. I hope this makes sense! With a size ten, I agree, you should start thinking of a wider board. 260mm waist is the very minimum. 270 probably the maximum for all mountain riding. Depends a bit on preference and riding style/level. If you ever want to support my channel, you can do that here since a few weeks ago: buymeacoffee.com/justaride I’m stoked about any support. 😊🙏

More great info. But remember that cantering a boot is important but cantering the foot is even more important, this is done with wearing the correct size boots. Too big a boot or a boot with a big overall footprint will never center the food evenly, leading to a stressed foot when toe edging, as you demonstrated with the wooden blocks. 👏👍

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! I have episodes on boots.... This is the tricky part with this channel: It would have to be one single ten our long video, because EVERYTHING connects to something.... Aaaaaaaah!!!! Killing me! :-)

Thank you so much from a beginner! Absolutely awesome video 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

Ай бұрын

That’s great to hear!! Glad it made sense to you!! 🙏😊

I’ve always been really anal about centring my boots. Some bindings have not enough adjustment to let you do it. Sometimes I’ve had to rotate the baseplate 90° to slide forward/backward but then lose adjustability centre to centre on the stance width. My friends laugh at me but I’m glad you have shown this. I also mount the bindings, strap in the boots the look from the base of the board. I like the idea of measuring with the block, I never though of that 👍🏻

Hi Lars, I follow many snowboard channels on KZread, and I recently stumbled upon your channel a few hours ago. I watched all of your videos, even though I already know how to do things my own way. I must say, your explanations are among the best, and your voice tone is really nice. I'm looking forward to your upcoming videos.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Wow, that is so nice to hear! Thank you very much!!

Very good explanation 👏🏻 Thank you!

Wow! - thanks for the detailed info - best resource out there

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!!

One time I shifted my boots more towards the toe edge because I was booting out on my heel edge more often. It was a complete disaster, and I felt like everything was completely uneven. Thanks for your good demonstration with the scale!

Ah ah ! 💡I knew I had something going on. I got 27mm on the heel, and 23mm on the toe (front foot). It’s so simple, I dont know why I didn’t think of this method to properly take this measurement. Edit: it’s even worse on the back foot , 25mm/44mm wow…. 😂

Very informative. Great video

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Superb, thanks Lars

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Another great video with a lot of good explanations 👍 love your channel Lars! That method of measuring with a paper is really good 👌 helped me out to center my boots. Before I had a differences between heel edge and toe edge about 1 CM on both feet 🤦‍♂️, had a lot of heel overhang 😅 ( and the bindings was set up in the middle 🤷‍♂️) now with your help I brought it more towards forward to the toe . I can’t wait to try it this weekend 🏂. Thanks again and keep up the good work ! 🍻

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!! 🙏

Best video on the subject. Thanks!!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch!!!

Hi Lars, So glad I found your channel, thank you 👍

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! That's great to hear!

hands down the best

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Share the love! :-)

Yo! I went snowboarding on Sunday. I watched this video before going out and brushed it off due to being over excited. I found out afterwards my binding was set to size 5 boot while my boot is size 9. As a result my boot was sitting way too far forward towards the toe edge. I was eating $hit for 8 hours straight and still loved it. 😅 All right turns all day, all night. Thankfully, when I died my parents gave me a senzu bean and I was good to go. Now my binding is set correctly, my boots are centered, and I can't wait to get back on the hill. I want to feel what a left turn feels like. Thank you for this invaluable information! 👍🙏😄

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha..... great story!! 🙂

excellent explanation and demonstration!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

17 күн бұрын

Thanks!! Glad to hear that! 😊🙏

Super video and advices... I had to center my children boots on their board and it was pretty amazing how I had to off centered bindings position... 😊

Really great way to get the idea across with the wood models and the scale

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate that! It was fun coming up with the idea! :-)

I love your content Lars! you helped me buy some gear in fernie and I learned a lot from you! please keep making content :)

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Ha! That is awesome!! What did I help with? I might remember you.

A few years ago I bought all new gear, board, bindings and boots. I to this day regretted my purchases and missed my old setup because I couldn't get used to the feel. My new bindings are Union and I had no idea that they came in the largest settings and that I had so so much heel overhang. Explains why getting up on my toe edge has felt so wonky I bet. I just did a full adjustment based on your recommendations and cannot wait to try this out. Thank you so very much.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Thanks and good luck!!

I never knew that about the foot bed, I need to move mine back in. Thanks!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped! Many people get that one wrong. And I mean.... is it WRONG? It's just less functional! :-)

Psst, hey Lars. Your German thoroughness is showing again. Ausgezeichnet Bro!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha..... ich kann's nicht verbergen... ;-) Danke!!

I run my board with equal heel and toe overhang but like you I see plenty of people with more heel overhang - which from a leverage perspective makes no sense. In terms of pure leverage you could argue that you could get away with LESS heel overhang as you have the highback and boot stiffness helping out in that direction with the leverage. But regardless, it's got to be equal for me and I've never had it set up any other way in the last 30 years.

@SnakebitSTI

5 ай бұрын

Centering isn't the important thing, really. What is important is avoiding too much overhang (boot out), and balancing the ease of toe and heel side turns. Getting your boots centered is a good starting point though.

This is a great video thank you! I was always including the heelcup in my measurement of overhang, the idea being that I can get to an equal edge angle without booting out on either edge. I've just tried some new bindings today and used your method of centering the actual boot and my toe edge felt horrible. I'm assuming I just need to get used to not being so far over the toe edge because I've been riding that way for many years!

I have a funny take on my own boot centering. I have long toes that shift my strong part of the foot further to the heel. Therefore I found after trying my friends board who have smaller feet that I got a more centered feel. After that I found my perfect setup ended up whit ride boots size 10 that have a small footprint with medium bindings always.

Thanks for the videos, Lars. They allow me to rethink my experience and convert it to some ideas. From simplicity point of view this approach is very good, but not really accurate. We do not apply force and leverage this way, we use boots and bindings, and our legs (as a levers) mounted closer to the heel edge. Because of that centring plays way less of role in feet to board leverage. Also heels and toes of boots usually have different height from the board, with heels being significantly closer to the board. This also affects how high could you get on edge on each side.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Agreed on the last part with boot/binding height. My idea here is even pressure onto the edge and even overhang. This topic could go way, way deeper... What about being in the wrong boot size??? If your boot is too big and you centre it, your foot is not centred.... So my approach is a simple guideline to being in a good place. I think we both agree that excessive heel overhang, which most people are riding with, is an unbalanced ride feel... Your idea would actually suggest to move bindings further towards the toe edge, because of the heel being closer to the board/snow... But then there is what I said: people get the board higher on edge in a toe turn naturally... which is not a matter of levers, but a matter of balance, bio mechanics and technique. So how are we gonna fix this issue?! It's wild how complicated this could actually be... But from 30+ years of riding I can say that a centred boot is a good idea. And that is the essence here. Maybe you can elaborate a little more on what you mean. I think you might be looking too much at me pushing onto those wooden blocks... :-) I know that that is not resembling snowboarding. But it is a true and effective way to demonstrate how leverage and torque play together and have different pressure as a result. And I guess that makes people re-think their setups a little.

Hi Lars excellent video again I am absolutely loving all the content you are putting out. In relation to measuring heel overhang the heel cup of my binding sits further out than the heel edge of my boot. In this case do you still take the measurement at the edge of the boot or at the edge of the heel cup?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for saying that! Yeah, it's all about the foot... I'd always measure the boot in relation to the board's edge. Technically this doesn't centre the foot, if you're in too big of a boot, as someone else pointed out here. Very good point! I'm simply assuming the rider is in the right boot size.

Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom. How do you feel about step in bindings? Are they able to offer enough support and control for carving?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

4 ай бұрын

They all lack some important adjustment options and they all add way too much material behind the heels that will create drag. Terrible designs! If you want quick entry, get a Flow binding. They’re supposedly great carving bindings.

Another great video!! Following your instructions for the back foot that i usualy have at 0 degrees is easy. But for the front foot which is usualy set at 18 or 21 on my board? Do i use the same measuring with the paper as well?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙂 Same thing, as I said! Centre the boot at 0°, then rotate the binding to desired angle. You can also do the paper thing at the desired angle. It's a very minor difference.

Good video. Not enough attention paid to binding adjustments in general. That said, 13mm vs 10mm is close enough. To center it more you’d have to adjust it 1.5mm and that is not possible with discs as they are notched and usually only have 3 settings. Also, once your foot is in the boot and tighten the ankle and toe strap it’ll move the boot slightly in the binding.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

I have a bunch of episodes that talk about other binding adjustment options. Not all discs are notched! Some slide to whatever you need.

Ok so I still struggle with idea needing to exactly centre the boot. When you are on your toe edge most of your weight is actually through the ball of your foot, not your toes. With this in mind in order to exert equal pressure on both your heel and toe edge ideally the toes of the boot should still overhang slightly more than the heel.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

That is absolutely correct. Now if I did that with my boot size 10 and the desired overhang of about 1 to 1.5 cm on the toes, that would put me on a board with a 30cm waist, my heel would have 1.5cm negative overhang and the board would be unridable. Getting the board onto the heel edge with negative overhang is insanely hard an inefficient - you'll know it when you do it. So as much as on paper I agree with your idea, in real life it simply doesn't work that way, and the human body is what has everything to do with it! Knees and ankles don't flex backwards. Stacking your weight over the heel edge with negative overhang gives the board a very high perceived level of leverage over your foot. That at least is my experience with that.

Hi Lars, thanks so much for another great video! I think after spending 15 min watching now I have no excuse not to spend 15min centering my bindings :) Just wondering about one thing: at 10:01 you say your binding is at zero degrees. Is it just what your angle happens to be, but everything you say in the video applies to any angles? Or is there something special about 0 deg angle? I find I'm very sensitive to change in the relative angle of my bindings, e.g. 27deg difference from back to front is really uncomfortable, but 30deg is great. But it's not much difference for me between having 0/+30 and -15/+15. So I usually go with the latter, because that reduces boot overhang a bit. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions on this? Thanks again for your incredibly helpful videos!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

I'm saying that this is measured at zero degrees, not that I rode zero degrees!! I then go on explaining how overhang changes with binding angle.... It would surprise me if riding 15/15 vs. 30/0 was not much difference for you in riding a board. There's a whole world of setups between the two, like 27/-3; 24/-6; etc..... Go play with it!! :-) Have fun! My videos about stances explain what happens when going from duck to posi. Check those out, too.

As with all your videos, very informative and clearly explained and demonstrated. Do you have a view on how much overhang is ideal or too much, with carving in mind? Thanks.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man!! Yes, I do have an idea there, but it's not set in stone... I don't believe in 'zero overhang' for carving - unless all you want to do on a particular board is carve perfect corduroy. Anything bumpy on a board that wide would be a nightmare... So personally I'm happy with up to 17mm overhang on each side. Ideally around 12mm. But I can still get very satisfying edge angles with 17mm overhang with my 30°/+9° stance. Anything narrower and I need to change angles... This is all kinds of subjective!! And even depends on snow conditions! When it's really firm, any boot contact will release the edge, but when it's that bit softer, the boot sometimes just makes its own little trench without making you lose grip... Too many factors! Ability level is another huge one! Should everybody be on the widest board for their potential future ability level? I don't think so. Really, most people are probably happy around 20mm on each side for an allmountain board considering that the majority of riders rides as tourists, 7 days per season, and will take a long time to progress far enough to justify getting on those really wide boards. Sorry, no easy answer here!!

@jerryb63

6 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel That’s just the kind of detailed reply I was hoping for, thank you, it’s very helpful. Having size 45 boots I’ve been stepping up in board width, with noticeable improvements, but your experienced view gives me a better idea of what’s optimal and saves me some experimentation. Thanks again.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@jerryb63 it took me about a decade and many boards once I centred my boots... It was unbelievable to me how narrow boards were. It made no sense - at all... This is one of the experiences that lead to becoming such a nerd.... With a little bit of logic applied, many things coming from the industry did not make any sense and were seemingly terrible advice. This is 20 years ago after riding for ten years with too much heel overhang.... I'm a 44/45 (mondo 28), the first board I remember in regards to measurements was. Burton Balance with a 248 waist. Then the wide version, the Rush, was 252 waist (laughable!), so I bought that. Then a Salomon in a 258 waist - almost the widest board I could find.... Then an Atomic and an F2 in a 268 waist - that's when finally the light came on! That was around 2004. I'm still happiest at a 268 or 270 waist today.

Love the channel! I used to measure heel and toe overhang, but as I started running higher angles I could feel that my front foot in particular wasn’t actually centered on my board. Because of the side cut and taper of my board the toe of my boot sits at a much wider spot than my heel, so measuring overhang was pulling the center of my boot off the centerline of my board towards my toe edge. I may be extra sensitive to this, but it just felt weird. Now when I get new boots or bindings I will strap the boots into the bindings off the board and from the bottom of the binding measure the distance from the center of the disk to the end of the toe and heel of my boot, and then adjust the binding until the boot is centered. Once I have that set I can mount the bindings on any of my boards, and at any angles, and know that the center of my boots are in line with the center of my board. This just works better for me.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

I fully agree!! Sometimes and depending on boot shape it is better to find different ways to measure. Personally I would mount the binding at its desired angle and then measure until overhang is equal. From what I understand your method would still not factor in that the board is narrower towards the centre. But I might misunderstand.

@michaelromano4320

6 ай бұрын

The way I mount my bindings the overhangs aren’t equal (I typically have a little more heel overhang on my front foot because the board is narrower at my heel), but the center of my boot is always on the centerline of my board. If I get heel drag I adjust the angle of my binding instead of moving the boot forward in the binding. The outside sole of my boot is 11.5 inches. I center the boot to my binding so that I have 5.75 inches both front and back from the center of the mounting disc. That keeps my weight distributed evenly rail to rail regardless of my binding angle. I just find that more comfortable.

@michaelromano4320

6 ай бұрын

BTW - I’m definitely not saying this is the best way to set up boots and bindings. I just happen to be really sensitive to the feeling of not having my feet in line with the center of my board, and I just ride steeper angles to accommodate. This probably isn’t an issue for most people.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelromano4320 I totally get it!!

My boots used to be centered when mounting in the center of the base plate, but as the boot size shrunk over the years I ended up way too heavy on the heels. Boots are so small now that I slam my bindings as far as they'll go toe side.

I put my boot in the binding, mounted to board, then take a straight edge and match the 'boot out' angles toeside and heel side from the base edge to the point of contact. often in can seem that the heel cup is overhanging more, but as it is higher from the ground it still affords a higher edge angulation. This seems a better method to me rather than measuring toe/heel overhand vertically.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Love that! Great idea! Have heard about that before and I don't know why I've never tried that. Thanks for the comment!

@wheaty64

6 ай бұрын

​@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Another thought I've had.... is pressure on the toe edge coming more from the ball of the foot than directly under the toes?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@wheaty64 yup! Totally agree! But what's the cure? Logically we'd then push the bindings further forward, creating more toe than heel overhang - and that would be fine, except for the fact that people usually ride higher edge angles on the toe edge... So this would lead to board widths that are so wide that heel turns would feel really, really terrible! :-)

@wheaty64

6 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Hmmm...? I don't think there is a cure. An amount of boot overhang seems preferable for certain aspects of turning, but detrimental for others. So its always going to be a compromise based on your stance angles, board width, taper, torsional stiffness etc.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@wheaty64 absolutely! Very difficult topic.... I'm trying to make a video about board width... It's almost impossible! hahahaha.... Way too many variables! I'll try anyways! :-)

Hello Lars, Need again your advice since I took time to mesure my centering ... Again sorry if my english is not very good, I am French. My 10 years old boots Northwave Domain SL were over sized (11.5) for me thats why I bought Large size for bindings last season. I decided to invest in new boots this season and I bought new Ride Insano boots (10). Was a bit tough at the begining but now, feeling in boots getting better and better while riding. My stance is 63cm, angle +15° front / -9° back. My board is Jones Stratos 22/23 size 162. I love it ... But my feeling was not enough brake/carve power when front turn (toe turn). I measured and find my boots were heel off centered about 2-2.5cm. I had already off centered my bindings towards using burton reflex disks but reach extrem forward position. I moved forward my Highback and get better but stil not centered (about 1cm difference). My issue is that I felt difficulties to engage front turns in good powder and steep slopes... Its like I was no more balanced on my board (sometimes too much weight or sometimes not enough on front leg ...) Also my ankle strap is now not well fit and I feel like a bar on my ankle. My highback is almost no more touching heelcup and I cant tune my forward lean as I would do. Do you think I need to buy medium sized bindings to better fit my Ride Insanos ? I want to add I ride since 20 years now, 25 days a season since I have chance to live in French Alps. But at 42 years old, not too much park, just few funny stuff with children ... more freeride and back country for me ... Waiting for earing your feedback Thanks again for all your videos and sharings. Nico.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

100% medium bindings!!! No way around that.

I am thankful for this information. Been snowboarding for years and your info open up information. For the toe and heel overhang, would 2.5 cm overhang on both toe and heel or should i get a wide board? my stance is regular 27+ and 9+ and boot size is 10 US and board smallest waist is at 25 cm.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

25cm is tiny for a size 10. 26cm is more appropriate... Or around that, like 25.8cm. My video about this topic is playing in about three hours!! Stay tuned! kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3eI069_ctu2nrg.htmlsi=nxD2FmnS9b0dmNhn

@nathanielmamangun9592

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a million Lars, i forgot to mentioned that the 2.5 cm overhang for each toes and heels were measured when the binding was on the zero angle stance.. @@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

As far as toe overhang versus heel overhang within one or 2 mm is it better to have that extra overhang over the toe side edge or the heel side edge?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Technically toe, if you're freeriding! On a sheet of ice catching your heel cup you are GONE! Catching your toes you can self arrest... For carving: probably heel since most people don't get the board that high on edge on the heel side. Great question, really! Thank you!

I have a K2 maysis boot size us 11 and Burton Cartel re flex binding size L. It is impossible to get the boots in the middel of the board. I'm now modifying my mounting plate to get the boot in the center.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

K2 Maysis 11 in a Burton large is on the lower end of the Burton large range. That's a pretty big binding for your boot, but the medium might be just too small. Make sure you have the mounting disc in the right orientation!! Burton changed the disc a few seasons ago. depending on the orientation you can slide the boot more forwards or more backwards. Otherwise, a binding with an adjustable heelcup is what people between sizes mostly appreciate. Good luck!!

I was not sure about how to center bindings on board then i found this video…makes sense, very informative video! I have EST bindings and they are pushed forward at maximum level I do the paper thing and i got: (Front foot) heel 20mm/toe 19mm (Back foot) heel 20mm/toe 17mm So my question is, is there anything i can do to equal that overhang difference? If not, is this big difference? should i worry about it? Thanks

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

4 ай бұрын

That's perfect enough!! Nothing to worry about. EST is in some ways the most limiting binding system out there, while Burton claims "Infinite stance options!", hahaha.... Enjoy your ride!! Boot centring makes a huge difference.

@zugre

4 ай бұрын

I have another burton board with burton 3 screws disk bindings also pushed forward at max… there i have heel 23mm/toe 18mm (slightly worse situation) So it seems like i am on the smaller boot size side of Large bindings… i appreciate your opinion, thank you🙏🏼

Best snowboard channel really :) . I come from hardboots and ride softboots now. With a 45° front and 35 back. Do you recommend binding heelback rotation even for this angles?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 100%! The higher the binding angle, the more rotation. In particular because softboots are not very stiff laterally... You need highback on the sides tipping onto the heel edge.

@bketelslegers6229

6 ай бұрын

Do you recommend some mm boot overhang with softboots or is dead centre without overhang also okay?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@bketelslegers6229 Zero overhang is fine on perfect groomers and in perfect pow... As soon as things get bumpy it'll be hard on your ankles, because the width gives the board too much leverage over your foot.

@bketelslegers6229

6 ай бұрын

thank you... I broke my back shoulder with toe drag from back foot , so i luv the techincals explanations a lot

@bketelslegers6229

6 ай бұрын

how do you think about the disks to raise your bindings?

Hi, what would cou consider as the breaking point for too much overhang to consider a wider board? Surely a race carver will have more trouble than a park rider who only hits boxes all day and never set the board on edge, but as a rule of thumb whats your opinion on that?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

I'll be making a video about this shortly. The amount of variables at play almost make it impossible to determine this in a general rule....

Great video man. I love your videos and explanations. Possibly the best on KZread. Please keep these coming! I have a previous season Now Drive (M) but my boot size is 6.5 (Deeluxe Deemon), just 1/2 smaller than the lowered end of the recommended boot sizes by the binding size (7). I ride a Nitro Squash. Given the lack of adjustability of the Drive binding (previously they did not offer size small), I do find I have to change the toe strap ladder to the smallest/tightest setting, and sometimes the toe strap slips out. Does flipping the upper strap around help the situation? Also, could my boot size actually be too "small" for the board waist for proper leverage? Thank you so much!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Wow, no need to answer your questions: you binding is way too big for a size 6.5 boot!!

@zombiecx

6 ай бұрын

⁠@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channelhow will it affect my riding?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@zombiecx you're currently riding with heaps more heel overhang and might not even be reaching the edge with your toes or just barely... The NOW medium is basically already too big for a men's size US 8, although they say that's where the range starts.

@zombiecx

6 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channelyou are right! So if I get the size small Drive this year, would that be too small for my board? Because the size of the boot relative to my board would still be the same…😢

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@zombiecx There's no such thing as a binding that is too small for a board. You'll be fie and much better off with a small NOW for your boot size. The Nitro quiver boards are not really narrow..... Quite honestly, you should probably not ride anything over a 254 waist width at the very max. Ideally more around 250mm (which is pretty oldschool or women's board, but will give you a much better experience on snow). How tall and heavy are you? Maybe I can recommend a few boards, if you also tell me your riding style/preferences/terrain.

Funny thing is that I just finished working on my bindings and then this was the first video recommendation after opening KZread. I’m happy to say that this video gave me reassurance that I did a great job with my centering. 😂

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha, love it!! :-)

Hi Lars, with bindings that dont have an adjustable heelcup you will have to center the bindings using the disc (like you said). When moving towards the heel edge, this will mean that the space between inserts and edge of disc will be bigger on the heel side than on the toe side. Do you have an idea how that will effect my riding? My guess is the heel side will feel like a very large disc and the toe side more like a mini disc. Not sure how that effects response. Hope you understand what I am trying to say

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I do understand. My take: don't overthink this!! There are limitations to the perfect setup, and that's okay! :-)

@rutgerros

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Lars. I May have crossed the thin line between nerding out and overthinking 😂

Lars, thanks again for all of the wonderful content and guidance! Love your technical approach in explaining things, so I have a tech question for you. I've noticed that most of the "good carving" boards seem to have some amount of stance setback. Could you comment on why that seems to be the case? I know there are so many different camber profiles, and so many sidecut profiles, different stiffness profiles... but could it be generalized that some amount of setback is beneficial for carving? For instance, if the reference stance on a particular snowboard is centered on camber with a uniform longitudinal flex pattern, how will mounting the bindings with some setback affect the carving performance? Sorry if this is really obvious, and I'm just missing it.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

The setback thing is based on many different design aspects... Pretty much every board with taper has the centre of the sidecut sitting behind the centre of the effective edge. In order for the rider to stay in the centre of the sidecut, the board needs setback (which is measured off of the effective edge...). Carving boards are mostly tapered boards - at least a small amount... Then there's board flex. Carving boards mostly have directional flex patterns (softer nose than tail), which makes the nose bend into turns easier. The nose initiates the turn. It has to bend... Having the rider too far forward on a softer nose would in some cases fold the nose, which produces painful crashes. Depending on conditions and desired outcome you lean quite far into the nose sometimes, so having more material (length) there makes that feel much more stable and allows for softer nose flexes without folding the board. Also, moving the rider back makes the board a little calmer at turn entry. Sometimes you don't want or need that much forward pressure. Placing the rider with less or no setback means more pressure in the front (relatively speaking) at all times. This is complicated, and I'm only explaining from my own observations and some assumptions... Board design is brutally scientific, and carving board design is probably the worst. Hence, there are not many mainstream brands out there that produce truly great carving boards. There's a lot of decent and good ones, but very few great or amazing ones. Sorry I can't explain this any better!

@jg-in6iv

3 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel thanks for that! Yes, I thought it might end up being not so simple. The reason I was asking is because on my particular board, I was feeling like I had to ride really back foot dominant to get the edge to engage. I think I'll experiment with setting the bindings back a bit to see how it changes. I understand that my weight should ideally be moving dynamically from front foot to back as the carve turn develops, but I was feeling like I had to be back foot dominant almost all the time, or else the edge would wash out early. Still trying to figure it all out. Thanks!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

@@jg-in6iv what's the board??

@jg-in6iv

3 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-ChannelSalomon Dancehaul 147, currently set up at reference

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

@@jg-in6iv torsionally too soft to be a good carver and 147 lacks sooooo much effective edge. Super tight radius wants to be ridden in mellow terrain at slow speeds. It’s all beyond ideal to improve carving. When you get on the front foot, there’s nothing there. When you get on the back foot, there’s nothing there either. Needs to be ridden like a skateboard, pressure right under the feet. Not much fore aft movement. It’s already a giggly fun board, but in a 147 it’s literally a snow skateboard. Fun to slide around on. Unfortunately not a performance board. Unless you’re 100lbs and 5’2”…

Hello! Would too much heel hang make it harder to actually get on your heel edge on a wide board?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Actually the opposite. More overhang gets the board on edge easier - up to the point where there's no real resistance that creates edge pressure....

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but...could you explain setback. How is it measured? How should you use this measurement? What should you look for when buying a board for powder? For carving? For free-ride? Also, what does negative setback mean?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I can do an episode on that. Good idea. Not sure when that's gonna be, though.

#support

Where would you put the limit of acceptable overhang? Thanks to Rome's super adjustable bindings I got them dead centered but there is 18mm overhang on each side at the back foot at 0° angle. (ww: 271mm with 285mm Ride Fuse)

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like that's spot on for what I call a 'functional waist width'. I'm currently making a video about that. Stay tuned! ;-)

@rotacioskapa01

5 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel always hungry for those nerdy videos! :)

lets say I've done a perfect job by mounting. However its easier to get on one edge compared to the other one. What should we tweak first`?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Maybe your boots are too big. That way your boot is centred, but your foot is not..... Highback forward lean helps to get on the heel edge. I have an episode on that called "Calf bite sucks"... And then... there is ability level involved here, too. No offence whatsoever!! Just saying that not everything will be solved through gear refining.

@Kyosheen

6 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel thank you for your reply, not offended at all :D. I just like to sort out the material side to fully blame just me and myself for bad driving. Thanks and keep up the great content. Your story moving to Canada would be interesting as well

I'm a beginner rider and the first setup I got (second hand) allows me to centre the boots on the board perfectly but the overhang is 3cm from each side. There's various opinions online about how much overhang is too much, mostly I see the range 2cm - 2.5cm being given as the maximum values although some people ride with more with no issues. I haven't had any issues with booting out yet but it's still early days with that board. I've also seen some people suggest more overhang on the toe edge vs the heel edge when you have too much overhang in general, as apparently that can be compensated with additional highback forward lean. What do you think about all this?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Haha, I'm literally about to upload an episode on this! Stay tuned! 3cm is definitely a little much......

Hey! I just got a new pair of boots and bindings. I bought the NOW Drive’s in a large as I am a size 10 and the chart said large minimum size 10, medium maximum size 10.5. When I put my boots all the way back into the heel cup, I have very minimal (almost zero) toe overhang past the binding. Will this be okay? Or did I buy the wrong size binding

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Clearly wrong size. Their size chart is not very accurate.

@benisrambo

5 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel thank you very much, you make great content

Very good! Thanks. I always have overhang, even when my bindings are set up by the shop guys. I guess I need a mid-wide. I have never seen the boards that I want in the length that I want. I ride 152 indoors and a 154 on the mountain. 155 is the longest that I've ever ridden and there isn't always a significant difference in waist width. I'm only using UK size 9 boots, but the boot profiles are always like Shaq's everday shoes 😅. I think more needs to be done 🤔. Maybe some kind of algorithm that says, this boot will be best suited to these boards. I can't even size up in boards, because I've gone from 80kg to 74kg. Any ideas?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Idea #1 is that you definitely can go up in board size. I'm 62kg, my shortest board is a 153, my longest board is a 200. Weight range on boards is so inaccurate, it's laughable! I've seen boards with 80 to 100 lbs weight ranges.... that's just a joke. And also, they simply don't consider rider height at all anymore, and that is a huge mistake! Yes, it's weight that bends the board, but you can't put a 190cm tall person on a 154 just because they're light!! He needs a larger platform to stand on, otherwise he'll always go over the nose and has no landing support in the tail. I'll make videos about all of this!! Then park boards are often narrower, because for rails and flat ground tricks it's beneficial to have quicker edge to edge response, and you don't need the overhang freedom for carving high board angles... So maybe look at other boards, too.

@brianp9268

6 ай бұрын

To be clear, hes not saying have no overhang.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

@@brianp9268 absolutely!! Zero overhang only works in pristine pow or perfect, smooth corduroy. Anything bumpy and it gets way too hard on the ankles..... Thanks for the comment!!

@brianp9268

6 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Yeah I have size 8 boots and riding with no overhang on the mountains near me is a chore.

I must admit I like the idea of a 157 Biru, but I’m worried that it would be too wide for my size 9 US feet (300mm boots)

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

4 ай бұрын

Could be. It's preference, too...

Shots fired on the euro-carvers LOL

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

I can't help it.... Hahaha... It's a fun thing to do, but it's frustrating to see that people are learning one single toe carve mostly - executed solely by having weight on the hands -, which makes it everything but a carve, and then they think they're carving... I just want to spread the message that carving is simply turning, and you gotta do both sides, and you gotta link those turns, and it will feel great! Haha... :-)

@hamedizzy5137

6 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I love your content and I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you for all the awesome tips and advice! And I totally agree why stop a euro carving when you can carve and tench like a BOSS!

I'm in that annoying boot size range (11-11.5US). I have union bindings with the heelcup pushed fully forward. I have roughly 125 mm of overhang on the toes and 220mm of overhang on the heels, so roughly a difference of 1cm. Not much I can do as the mini disc doesn't allow shifting the bindings forward. 🙁

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

...other than getting a binding with a standard disc... Yeah, I feel ya! So annoying! IMO there need to be four bindings sizes, S/M/L/XL. But it's too expensive to make... I'm surprised that UNION all the way forward are still that big for you!

@MickeyT34

3 ай бұрын

I think it’s because the Union Strata has an enormous footbed. I might try another binding with adjustable heel cups like Rome. Fingers crossed.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

@@MickeyT34 Bent Metal might work, too. Decent bindings.

@MickeyT34

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Happy shreddin’

hi, I would like to buy union atlas bindings and I also have the problem of being between size M and L, at the moment I have a k2 thraxis 10.5 boot and it would be correct for size L if we look at the table that says Union, but the my foot is 28cm in the future I will definitely opt for a size 10 boot, which according to the table is right for a size M. Which one might be the most suitable? maybe you've had the chance to try them?

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

Medium probably. Tough thing to answer.

@oscarbonini97

5 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I got an M, the boot still has lateral play so I'd say it's fine for this, the straps arrive well and with the adjustment of the rear arch all the way to the max it's almost centered on the board, which with a small movement of the binding from the screws is can hit perfectly. The only thing, the tip comes out a little from the attack, is this still okay? Can having less support surface under the boot cause damping problems in the event of impacts or jumps? I have old union Force size L, the boot seems to fit better as a support surface, but it has a very wide base and the boot plays a lot laterally. Thank you so much for your information and time.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

@@oscarbonini97 You'll be fine! You don;t need the whole boot on the foot ramp. I all sounds good.

@oscarbonini97

5 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel ok, thank you so much

Hi Lars ! Just found a major drawback with my EST Cartel X about centering my brand new Ride Insano. Even at the most forward (perpendicular to the board) adjustment I still have a major heel overhang and no toe overhang. I simply can’t center my boot properly ! Beside the fact that there is also a limitation to the angles ( max +25 front, max +12 back ) , I must say that suddenly my Burton board is no longer an option as a daily driver, I boot out so often on the heel turns that it is actually dangerous (being hit by following skiers or boarders). If you have a solution I would be very grateful ! Thanks !

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

No solution other than non est bindings. What Burton did there is basically assuming that nobody rides higher than 25° angles and centres their boot. I’ve been telling their reps ten years ago that calling this ‘infinite stance options’ is a blatant lie. I’ve never even considered est on a Burton board due to this fact. Luckily most bindings come with a disc that fits Burton’s channel. New bindings it is!!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

Possibly the greatest binding design flaw of all times…..

@martinbailly573

3 ай бұрын

I am afraid so ! I will transfert my NOW from one board to the other from now on ! Thanks for answering !!!!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

3 ай бұрын

@@martinbailly573 thanks for bringing it up. They shrugged their shoulders when I told them that. Like ‘well, you’re just weird!’. Glad other people realize this. I’m sorry… but this particular thing kinda triggers me… it’s such a joke from such a big company that claims to be pushing snowboarding. Rant over!! 😅

@martinbailly573

3 ай бұрын

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I must specify that the fact that my new Insano are 9 mm longer that my old Adidas, that were all ready sticking out by 17 mm did not help my cause ! The exceeding lenght all went to the heel ! I will increase the angle on the back foot and use my NOW bindings as mentionned before ! Cheers and thank you once again ! Anyone wanting a pair of EST Cartel …..😂

Great stuff as always! Two questions; 1) any considerations for the asymmetry of the foot and how we apply pressure/tilt with toe/ball vs heel? 2) Board looks like a Biru. I’ve been considering it, and the Cheater. Only concern with Biru is sidecut feels quite small at ~6.9m, any thoughts? (I’m used to ~8m) Thanks!

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

6 ай бұрын

Technically you should rock more toe overhang, since the pressure point on the heel edge is closer to the edge than on the toe edge.... But man.... that'll be a difficult setup! :-) Biru is great, but the radius gives it a speed limit. Carves like a knife, though, and is more versatile than a Cheater, of course!

Ok so I still struggle with idea needing to exactly centre the boot. When you are on your toe edge most of your weight is actually through the ball of your foot, not your toes. With this in mind in order to exert equal pressure on both your heel and toe edge ideally the toes of the boot should still overhang slightly more than the heel.

@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel

5 ай бұрын

That is absolutely correct. Now if I did that with my boot size 10 and the desired overhang of about 1 to 1.5 cm on the toes, that would put me on a board with a 30cm waist, my heel would have 1.5cm negative overhang and the board would be unridable. Getting the board onto the heel edge with negative overhang is insanely hard an inefficient - you'll know it when you do it. So as much as on paper I agree with your idea, in real life it simply doesn't work that way, and the human body is what has everything to do with it! Knees and ankles don't flex backwards. Stacking your weight over the heel edge with negative overhang gives the board a very high perceived level of leverage over your foot. That at least is my experience with that.