How to Choose Your Snowboard Binding Size

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Will from the Outspokin Bicycle and Sport Shop in Newbury, New Hampshire. Today we're going to talk a little about how to choose a snowboard binding size. Snowboard bindings usually come in two or three sizes: small, medium, large or small, medium, and large, extra large, and generally if you've got that average foot, it's never a big deal. But if you've got a small foot or if you've got a really big foot it becomes a big, big deal trying to figure out how to get the right binding size. And a lot has to do with how wide or narrow your snowboard is also, but what we're going to talk about right now is really just the binding and you see a lot of bindings with things like a little toe ramp right here and this is going to be a huge benefit on somebody with a big foot. And if you have a large boot, you've got the largest binding you can find. You've got to make sure you have enough room to grab around your instep and to grab your toe, and if you've got a lot of overhang for a large foot, having a little bit of ramp here on your toe is really helpful to keep you from dragging your toe when you're doing a toe side carve. Just the opposite, if you have a smaller foot and you're into the smallest binding possible, what you're trying to achieve is actually good width, right here, in the heal area. Any kind of extra width is going to take away from performance. It's going to be too much movement. So, something that grabs your heal of your boot really well through this part of the binding itself is really something to take a look at and, once again, a good purchase with your ankle strap, and you want to make sure that you have full contact on your toe strap. In essence this is how you pick and choose a snowboard binding size."