how tight should they be?

Xtumor · Newbie Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 20 City: Lake Placid

i was reading the little warning label on my bindings that said the binings should have a snug fit not a tight fit so you can come out when you fall. I tighten my watsons all the way down where if i fall i dont think i am going to come out. Is this a bad thing? Should i leave the binings a little loose or should i tighten the hell out of them like i do now? Thanks

david-d · Guest

Do what feels right. Obviously don't tighten them to a point where it feels like you're going to rip your feet off when you fall, but you want them fairly snug. I'm sure you can find a happy medium on your own...

jpk · Outlaw Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 215 City: Redmond

When I first got the new Watsons I would tightend them up as much as I could. The lace system really lets you crank them down. They felt very comfortable, but my feet would eventually go numb and I wouldn't eject easily.

Now I just cinch the laces like I would a pair of basketball shoes and they are super comfortable and I eject easily on bad faceplants. The heel kidneys give good hold with moderate lace tension, so edging is not a problem.

Craig-R · Guest

NOOB FORUMS PLEASE! Colorful

cloud · Criminal Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 60 City: Austin

Eh, if you fall "too hard," they'll just rip in half and let you out anyway, right? Smile

Dip_Krew · Posted: Jul 10, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject:

no matter how tight u make them a bad enough fall your feet will come out...

so if you ride them loose, and u fall and ur board keeps comming off, your just getting annoyed with having to put them back on.

but on the other hand, too tight and only the hardest of falls it will come off..

so find ur happy medium i guess Laughing

Knoxville1212 · Outlaw Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 113 City: Knoxville

Read the 100th issue of wakeboarding magazine. It is from may of 2006. It has a section in there called "Higher learning: binding benefits". I think that should tell you everything you need to know about bindings and how tight they should be!

Knoxville1212 · Outlaw Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 113 City: Knoxville

Xtumor, Check your PM's

wakehopper · Criminal Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 66 City: louisville

do what feels good. I have the 06 hype 3ds and at first I would tighten the laces and the top straps, then I had a good fall and my foot halfway came out and got stuck ( that hurt bad ). Now I just ride with the laces tight and leave the top straps unhooked.

Chad H · Posted: Jul 11, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

Just tight, but not tight so your cutting off circulation.

Craig-R · Guest

they should be tight enough that your feet WON'T come out. it's safer to take a hard faceplant and have both your feet in the bindings than to risk only having one come out while the board turns tears your knee to hell