Don't forget to check the binding settings

Dave Mac wrote:I'm surprised, VSB, that the shop would ask you for your DIN setting. The process is they enter your height, weight,age,and ability into the computer, and it gives the DN setting. That is the point I ask them, and I accept 7.0 to 7.5.

Like you,I once deliberately set a low DIN setting, thinking a) I never fall, b) I therefore would be protecting my knee. Then I jumped onto a steep off piste, and, errm, walked out of my ski. The skibrakes didn't work in powder, and I followed the track hip-hoppy for half a kilometer, eventually finding about three inches of tail sticking out of the snow.
Doh!

AllyG wrote:When we were being fitted up with our rented skis in the chalet in Tignes Les Boisses, they set my DIN at 7.0, and I was a bit worried about this because I've never been on such a high setting. I remembered reading that age comes into it as well, and I thought maybe it should be lower because of this. So the guy lowered it a bit for me.

And then, when we were ski-ing that first morning, I was quite happily going along at a reasonable speed, and one of my skis came off

It was a real shock because my boot just slid out of the binding - it didn't unclip - and I was suddenly ski-ing on one leg! Luckily I was on an easy piste so after I'd picked myself up off the snow I managed to retrieve my ski and carry on. And when we went back to the chalet for lunch I told them about it and the poor guy had to put the setting back up again.

I skied the rest of the 2 1/2 days on that setting and everything was fine. I fell over lots of times (mainly in the powder) and the binding undid as it's supposed to, but I didn't slide out of my ski again.

Maybe I should listen to the technician next time and keep my mouth shut

mackar wrote: I checked now my own skis and they are set to 9,5. I also bought a pair of skis just like the I rented with the shop set those to 9.5 too after getting my weight och checking how I ride so I'm not surprised that the rentals released when i was skiing.