The characteristics of your snowboard bindings will have a significant impact on your riding ability and learning ability. So your riding style will be the main criterion to consider when choosing bindings. Also, do not forget about the convenience of the mounts and their cost. But you will figure it out yourself with these criteria.
Instructions
Step 1
Soft bindings are the most comfortable type of bindings for riding. They are usually used by snowboarders who choose freeride or freestyle as their style. These bindings will allow you to feel great on the snowboard. In addition, they are flexible enough to perform tricks and turns of varying difficulty. However, the soft mounts are quite difficult to remove and put on, and do not support the ankles well enough. However, these mounts are available with low, mid and high backs. This provides varying degrees of support for the Achilles tendons and ankles.
Step 2
Step-In fasteners are very convenient to fasten and unfasten. They are very beginner-friendly, allowing you to control the edges of your snowboard. Convenience and ease of use predict a great future for this type of mount.
Step 3
Rigid bindings are not as comfortable as Step-In bindings, but they do provide the best support for your feet and look very similar to ski bindings. Rigid mounts are preferred by fans of downhill skiing and serious carving. Overall stability increases, you can make sharp turns, but the feeling of the board is somehow lost.
Step 4
And now let's conduct a small educational program on snowboarding styles: Technical freestyle. Snowboarders who are fond of this style of riding are most often found on gentle "curly" slopes or on half pipes. Most of them were once engaged in active sports such as rollerblading, skateboarding, BMX biking.
Step 5
Freeride is a ride down a mountain along its entire slope in a free way. This is a skiing style for beginners, but already self-confident snowboarders.
Step 6
Freekarv (carving) is developing rapidly. It is often referred to as "crossed skating". Many snowboarders who have chosen this style of skiing used to be fond of skiing.
Step 7
The last style is racing. The name of the style speaks for itself. Snowboarders-riders need groomed and neat, but as long as possible slopes, on which you can ride with the breeze, leaving deep tracks in the snow. These snowboarding enthusiasts make heavy use of the edges of the board.
