snow skis

G'day Trevor. It all depends on what type of bindings that are on the skis.

The way to do it would be to place the boot on the ski with the toe in position. Look at the rear part of the binding and you will see where to move it either forward or back to hold the boot in place.

You then need to adjust the break-away release at the rear of the binding, so if in a fall the boot will "break" out of the binding. Make sure the ankle straps are fitted to the ski.

Hi Trevor
Do yourself a BIG Favour and take them to a ski shop and have them adjust them for you. If you dont know anything about adjusting bindings it would be a mistake to do it yourself. The ski's might need to be waxed and the edges done also.
It would be a pity to wreck your holiday because you have injured yourself due to your ski's not coming off when you fall.
Cheers Dave

Though its easy to do, I agree with snowman, you can break something serious if the bindings are not set correctly for your weight and skiing talent. Esp if your not sure about it.

like the other too it is easy to do but really you should get a ski shop or experienced person to do it foryou as weight ability and type of skier really count for instance if they are set too hard you may not break free and nreak a bone (worst case scenario!)
but also your toe and heel mounts on the boots also wear out after awhile and may hinder bindings (they make release too easy.)

took me awhile and being shown by proper ski repaired/fitters .

love to update my skiis (salamon x9 199cm) bloody long and fast need to downgrade to a less extreme old bugger maybe bandits.

hope this helps

thanks for the responses everyone. Overwhelming advice to get the experts to do it cannot be ignored.

Trev

Hi Trev

Definitely if you're not experienced get someone who KNOWS HOW to adjust them. And get them to adjust them TIGHT. That is, you can still get your foot out of the binding by yourself (by twisting it sideways), BUT with significant effort.

Why? Coz quite a few accidents I saw resulted after so-called experts adjusted bindings to release at the slightest of forces. The result? After loosing one's skis several times for no reason people start adjusting them themselves, right there on the slopes. And guess what - they set them really tight. Next thing they have an injury...

Happy skiing!

Ted

Another afterthought that is on topic. It never ceases to amaze me how many people I see carting skis on their roof without protection.

Bindings are not simple devices and their correct function is essential in preventing injury. Yet people stick them on the roof and subject them to hundreds of km of insects, stones and other nasties (why do windscreens get sandblasted?) and then expect them to function perfectly to save their tib/fibs and ACL's. And then if they own their own skis 99.9% don't do a release test when they go and use them. Many don't do so even do one once a season.

Worse still, they put them up their tips forward to catch the wind and slap together and vibrate buggering the surface and edges at the tips.

Put them in bags people. And skis in bags can still go in many lockable roof racks. (Don't buy the ones where both skis sit flat side by side.)

It's snowing and I'm going....

Dave