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I've been snowboarding for 25 years and never once have I so educated on binding usage. Wow. I'm kinda scared to see all of my misalignments. But who knows they aught to be close...

Been riding for 15 years this year and I have never learnt me this much about the bindings, thank you homie, you a real one.

Been riding for 20 years at advanced-expert level; information here I've never considered/knew, nor seen anyone cover... incredibly useful video. Kudos.

Best vidéo on how to setup boots/ bindings, very complete !! Thanks buddy

Best video on the topic. Been snowboarding for 15 years and still learnt a lot. Straightforward and informative!

Perfect. You don't waste time, you describe important details for different brands. I just received my Union Force and the YES Warca will be here soon. Keep making great videos 🙂👍

Excellent explanation and comprehensive coverage and rationale. Thank you!🎉

This is the most helpful video I’ve found of this type. Your videos have helped me purchase my first board last year, but I’ve been looking for something like this for a while, and I found this super helpful. Thanks, and PEACE ✌🏼

Excellent tips and explanation. Bravo !

This is gold! Worked as an instructor and in an shop. My highback is always parallel, gas pedal out (EU size: 45/46, US 11?) and forward lean max. It gives you so much edge control. (Freeride/all mountain, I'm not a park guy) Have helped several friends and their riding significantly improved/easier shredding.

Nice video! Here's another binding tip: When entering a chairlift (with your back foot unstrapped), kick down your highback. If there's a lot of snow, the entry platform could be so high that the chair can catch (and break) your highback. I've seen this happen a lot, since I worked in a snowboard rental for many years. What I also see a lot, is people with Flow bindings getting stuck behind the gate pole, because their highback is sticking out at their backside. Don't ride Flow or anything like that. You look like a noob and you fail even before you enter the lift. Still stays funny though.

Great tips! Went over my setup after watching this and made some adjustments. World of difference! No stupid falls for one, and way easier to turn and ride, made the experience 1000x better than the one before. Thank you!

This makes so much sense. I’ve at times felt disconnected with my board. I think this will help massively. Thank you!!

snowboarding 16years，first know those high back tips，thank you

Dude awesome video, I just upgraded my bindings from some element bindings that came with my board to burton genesis, followed your video step by step during my install. this whole time I only considered stance angles/width. Cant wait to hit the slopes again feel like my setup is going to feel brand new. Thank you!

Been riding for 3 days and I’m mind blown there are so many adjustments, a least I caught it early, so excited to try it out!

Great video! I learnt so much about binding

Thanks man, can.t wait to test my new setup

bro you are helping so much, three years in an finally ready to mess with my set up.

Thanks for the info, after all these years (30 years) I had forgotten about it or it just didn't exist 😅

very very insightful thank you

Learned so much, thanks

Good info. Thanks Shane

i have the step ons and set the fowards lean to max , helped out with faster response and i love it

thank you for you video

Thanks for the help.

I just started learning this winter, and man I was so excited when I realized how much you can adjust the bindings. I immediately grabbed my board and started fiddling lol. Can’t wait to go back out and see how much more control I’ll have….or maybe I’ve messed it up and I’ll fall on my face. Either way, great info, thanks for sharing with us!

Good video. Need to take a look at my setup now:)

@ 3:11-great, underemphasized tip! I'd say 80% of riders do not make this adjustment. Makes a noticeable difference in heelside edge engagement. Align your highbacks parallel with the heelside edge! Awesome! 🤙🏂

Well done.

Useful video for those who don't know how many adjustments they have on their bindings. I personally rotated the hiback on my forward foot and I'm riding more directional so my best stance is 18/-6 with slightly forward lean on my back foot. Just something important that probably should be mentioned in this video is bout the mini discs that they don't work with this deep powder setback inserts which are actually for 4x4 (standard) mounting discs

Top video!

Everything is correct. For kite riding with a snowboard and freestyle jumping, I make the back of the bindings vertical and parallel to the back edge of the board.

Wow, i just realized i was never in the center of the board, too much on thr heel side, have to adjust the binding length! Also will give a try on adjusting the heel backboard to parallel with the board! Thanks!

Good solid content 👍

Great walkthrough of the highback rotation. Not many resources available on it.

a masterclass

Awesome explanation bro! I’m a new rider and just ordered a Bataleon Evil Twin, Bataleon Chaos bindings and Burton Photon BOA 2024 boots. Hope it will be an awesome combo.

Wow I had set to max before and it helps soooo much esp toe side

So, I'm pretty much a pro snowboarder and never thought about the highback alignment. Gonna try it tomorrow.

good video !

I went my whole life without adjusting the high back... I cant wait to see if it makes a difference for me. Awesome video!

Arthur Longo also comes from halfpipe background and he rides 0 forward lean

Been riding for 3 years. Forward lean 3 on burton bindings since first week of riding.

Ok I need to make some changes in my life 😬😊👍🏻

the technolgy has advanced so much lol , i used to have technine bindings with no adjustment, straight up backs.. i had my bindings as wide as theyd go on a 150 rome artifact.. which was too short for me but i liked the wide stance. trying the set up is wild for me 10 years later, i got injured and would rather sit down on the mountain the ride park lol.

Nice video bro 1 video and sub straight away I like your video mate

Thanks for the advice! Got a pair of stratas and realized there was some space between the high back and the heel side of the boot. Never thought about it before, does the top side of the heel of my boot need to be flush with my high back? Or should I close that space? There's about an inch give or take of space...

I got a new board binding combo and forgot my angles and lean 😅. I definitely noticed I was off a few degrees and needed a tad more forward lean.

Random video that popped in my feed figured id give it a watch. I actually ride old bindings. Nearly antiques hahahah. I got 2 sets of forum ATA and one ser of ATP bindings. Early 2000s. Ive actually been considering changing it up a bit and pulling my heel back. I keep my toes a lil further out because of the natural curve of the toe that points upwards vs the lower part of the heel is more likely to drag. I have zero issues with heel/toe drag just had been curious to maybe give it a shot as technically id be more centered boot wise. Plus when i skate i ride with my heels sticking out more so there may be something there... who knows 😂 Ive never heard of anyone adjusting their highbacks perpendicular to the heel edge like that. That is interesting. I dont understand what the advantages would nessisarily be except maybe applying more pressure from inwards-out. Im not positive if my angle is enough vs. The adjustment range i have built into the bindings to actually try that. I usually ride 12° -12°. Its been awhile since ive taken em apart. I may tinker soon tho 😂😂😂 Its actually quite amazing how well those bindings have held up. My ATP had gotten so much use. Mostly in the park back in the day. I dont really have any interest in getting anything new with new "fancy" tech though id love to mess with canting adjustments. Anyhoo, figured id give ya some feedback 🤙

Do you recommend a more forward high high-back lean for park? I moved mine 2 notches last session and it felt amazing. Wondering if I should experiment with more lean or not. Also going to have to twist my highbacks to be parallel with the board sounds like more heel edge control. Dope video! Shared.

The only problem with forward lean is that if you have some space inside the boot (between liner and outer shell, or between liner and shins), with forward lean you will have to bend knees significantly more on toe side to go through the slack first and then to apply necessary pressure. This may result in foot pain. Some liners and boots are designed in a weird way that there's always a gap no matter how much you tighten the boot. With forward lean high back pushes the back of the boot and squishes it, so the gap between the shin/liner/boot can increase. Forward lean also forces to bend knees more when it's not really needed (on a catwalk or when you're going straight on the flat). Instead of just cruising and conserving energy for good stuff you'll have to work a lot ;) Forward lean is a great to practice heelside carves or heelside in general. Just don't do too much :)

What about the heel strap. Burton Cartel Xs have an upper and lower position - what's your preference ?

The less bindings I used from the rental shop did not have this adjustment and I’m wondering if it might’ve messed me up a little bit?

Great video! I am curious though how much the binding should be towards the toe or heelside. Does it affect riding significantly? Or does should only toe and heal overhang be considered? Thanks!

Bro this is sick i have a lot to adjust. I boarded yesterday with my new boots and the front binding i always strap on top of my toes. I noticed you strap them to the frontside to the toes. That probably will help because i got a little toe numbness😅 That with all the other adjustments i probably will have a way better experience

Any recommendations for binding adjustments for riding pow? I'm just getting into splitboarding and feeling a little lost! Cheers!

This is making me realise what adjustments Flux bindings are missing. Or at least the models I own. I wonder if their toe cap patten has run out, as that's why I was turned on to them. The owner of the Arbor Board Shop in Truckee told me they held the patten, so their bindings will be cheaper than Burton and other competitors with toe cap straps paying the patten fee.

Can I use Union discs in Burton Mission Bindings? I would like to adjust my stance width and that is not possible with the Burton Discs.

What about heavily rotated highbacks? I ride 30-36° I the front, 0-+9° in the back and, obviously, have the front highback maxed out to the side. I need to set the lean angles highly asymmetric for it to feel somewhat symmetric - which seems to vary quite a bit with my position on the board though. I guess it's usually somewhere around 1° front to already feel the highback quite a bit and between 3 - 4 or 5 in the back to feel symmetrical. Should I try out a very wrong feeling but actually symmetric lean angle set up with my asymmetric binding angles? Any thoughts on that, might there be something specific to gain from it?

When running Union's Camber Disc to give you more stance width adjustability (slots running nose-to-tail), you can sometimes have multiple insert holes to choose from depending on where you mount the binding. If the board's insert holes are lined up in the center of the disc slots, fine. You use those. But if you slide the binding over far enough (every 1cm increment), you can have like 4 different combinations of holes to choose from. Which ones should you use? Or does it not matter?

What is best? Well that depends, on your riding style, you choice of booth, you binding angles, your perferation. I mean, FL is good for certain stuff, but for others, like rails, can be killing.

The forward lean thing is hilarious…I understand it for boarder cross..Remember Longo talking about getting shit for not using when he was on the French Olympic team. And no…pros can’t ride anything, they just work and train harder than us.

Sucks that the Burton step ins dont have as much adjustability.

Crazy thing bent metal bindings still can’t adjust the high back to be parallel to the edge

If you have bad ankles do you recommend doing forward lean or no?

what about Rome binding?

it has never occurred to me to rotate the high back at all

using union ultra there is no forward lean! haha

Forward lean is cool if you don’t know how to bend your knees and or properly carve heelside.

I thought I wanted Union Atlas until I saw this video. To many moving parts…. Thanks

Don't touch this thing guys, you gonna kill yourselves 🤣 Just kidding ! (or not ...)

I have rotated the heel cup and broke 2 bindings so dont do it as i almost ate a huge Ponderosa Pine when one broke

Wait till he discovers flow bindings.

My bindings are from 2006 so they don't have so many of these options lol

How important is it to get a binding with adjustable heel cups or footbeds? I bought bindings that don’t have either of those features. If it’s not super important, I’m wondering how much binding overhang is ok for riding?

Thanks man, can.t wait to test my new setup