While surfing the twiggy New Hampshire back country yesterday, working hard to keep my tips up and tracking over the snow snakes, snow sharks, and various other subsurface obstacles, I had a bit of an epiphany:
I think the reason I have to put so much work into keeping my tips up on my BC skis is twofold:
1. My bindings are nearly center mounted (factory recommended position)
2. The cuffs of my touring boots are about an inch + shorter than the cuffs of my in-bounds boots
Thus, the ground has a longer lever (ski tails) with which to resist my efforts in riding my tails/lifting my ski tips, and I have a shorter lever (boots) with which to muscle my skis to do what I need.
Translation: longer tails and shorter boots = harder to keep your tips up.
Now my specific situation:
My setup is Atomic backland FR 102s (2017-2018), and Marker Kingpins. I'm thinking of moving the bindings backward 1-2 cm.
Questions:
1. Does anybody ski this ski? If so, where are your bindings mounted? How do you like it?
2. Does the screw pattern of the Kinpin allow me to shift 1-2 cm back/forth?
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