Snowboard Edges & Bindings

Video Transcript

"In this segment I'm going to talk about the edges and the bindings, and a little bit about the side cut. Your edges are obviously these metal parts of your board. These are what you want to trust. When you're learning how to snowboard, these things will hold your weight and they're your best friends on the hill. The side cut is basically the shape of your board through the middle. As you can see, mine's a little skinny. This is because it's a girl-specific board. Men-specific boards are a little bit wider in here. The edge cut just relates to how fast you turn, how sharp your turns are and how responsive your board is to your boots. Your bindings -there's two different types of bindings you can use. These are ratchet bindings. As you can see there's a ratchet as well as a ladder. There's also step in bindings, which a lot of beginners like to use. I don't recommend using those because they don't give you the type of support that ratchets can give you. They're also not as safe in my opinion, because they might be able to come off while you're on the chair lift. All you do is step into them, so there's not much holding them to your foot. If you have the choice though, definitely go for the ratcheted bindings. They're a lot safer and a lot more comfortable, and they definitely hold your feet to your board a lot more safely."