Hi Guys interested in opinions on my thoughts. Coming back from bad leg fracture. First rides felt very weird like driving in one direction when trying to ride straight. Been fighting it but difficult to get over. Closer investigate point to misalignment of leg to foot from previous. Was a bit worried as was pretty disfigured and needed heaps of screws etc to repair but hoping all good as healed. Anyway feels alright now to ski but finding this misalignment maybe a real issue. Learning to ski all over again. Originally thinking just persevere and get used to it but now thinking of binding adjustment. If I twist front binding/ foot about 10 mm more closed, I feel more as I used to. I haven’t modified binding yet to suit the ski and now wondering if I am crazy?? Is it just a case of, if It feels good do it???
Just interested. Does anyone twist there front binding out of direct front alignment for whatever reason?? Thanks.
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Not a "typical" adjustment, but also not an inherently terrible thing to try.
Yes, I tend to firmly discourage aberrant ski setup. In the case of a painful injury, anything goes. What I am trying to discourage is skiers randomly exploring odd setups to the long-term detriment of their skiing. If angling your binding is the only way you can ski pain-free then do it.
If you are not injured or anatomically abnormal I find it very unlikely that angling your front foot will produce positive results.
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I struggled to ski for 5 yrs without the changes and paid dearly with many crashes. Once I found the sweet spot I rarely crash anymore.
Do what you need to do in order to make your stance feel as natural as possible. Without those changes I probably would have given up skiing long ago.
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I ran my PB with that setup on a Senate at the time, then after a series of events (broke ski, crashed, torn bicep tendon)switched to a Vapor and struggled with it. This spring, I rotated the front binding in the adjustment slots to be more "straight" at the toes. I'm LFF, so it was just a very slight twist to the left. Looking at the ski, the toes are visually "straight" looking on the ski now. Now I'm also a bit duck footed.
The ski was instantly better, and while our course isn't in yet, I'm free skiing worlds better then last year, with more control and better confidence.
Perhaps I misunderstood front binding alignment, but now with that ever so slight rotation, its much better.
None of my rotation is for comfort; it is all for performance. A recent experiment with a straight front binder resulted in the loss of an entire pass. And it was a three month experiment.