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Binding Issue: High Backs digging into leg

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#1 ·
anyone else have this problem? i was trying on some new bindings this weekend with my boots on, and everytime i put any pressure on my heals, i felt the backs digging into my leg. obviously, this would be a problem...do all bindings now pretty much have that high back? am i screwed if looking to get a new pair?
 
#5 · (Edited)
Don't wear tennis shoes. How can the highback dig into your leg, it should press against your boots?

I mean, they are supposed to do that. Press against your boot that is. You should ride with kneew bent and then push your knees toward tip and tail. That is a proper stance. Then they should not press into your boots too much. If you ride standing straight up, its not gonna look good or work good.
 
#6 ·
i wasn't wearing shoes...i tried the bindings on with boots, obviously. They were pushing into the softer part of my boot, and i felt a fair amount of pressure in my leg. I wear the original shaun white boots from 2004 or something, and they're a fairly soft boot.

I ride about 70% freeride and 30% park/pipe. Been riding for 15 years, about 20 days a season, and looking to get new gear.
 
#11 ·
I think he's talking about the bindings creating a pressure point on the boot itself and feeling it through the boot, if the boots are 2004's they are probably really soft by now. 6 years is a long span for snowboard boots.

Try on new boots with bindings and see if the pain goes away. I'm the same height as you and when I wear my old Vans for water-skimming at the end of the year they do the same to my leg. It's right below the calf muscle for me. With my newer boots it doesn't occur.
 
#14 ·
yes, agreed that boots are important. but my old ones are still in pretty good shape, and the only times I experience this "presure point pain" is when strapping in to the newer binding models. i never felt this discomfort with my older bindings, but those arent in good shape anymore. so while I don't think there is anything wrong with my current boots, I may need to get new ones anyways that work better with the newer style of bindings.
 
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