How to properly adjust your ski bindings

You don’t necessarily think about it, but it is nonetheless an important safety element in your ski equipment. A good adjustment of your bindings will help avoid many problems…

The binding must fulfill 2 main but contradictory roles:

It must hold the boot and absorb shocks from the terrain.
It must release the boot as soon as the skier’s position becomes dangerous for their leg (for example, during a big fall).

Poor adjustment of your bindings can cause:

no release if it is set too tight
an unintended release and therefore a fall if it is set too loose.

What adjustment?

It must be done according to the skier’s gender, weight, shoe size, and profile. For this, the bindings have “DIN” markings. You will find in the attached tables the basic settings to apply according to your morphology. You must then adjust these base values according to your profile.

Basic adjustment

WOMAN

Shoe size	<33	34 / 35	36 / 38	39 / 41	42 / 44	>45
Weight (kg)
10 / 17		3/4
18 / 21	1 1/4	1	3/4
22 / 25	1 1/2	1 1/4	1 1/4	1
26 / 30	2	1 3/4	1 1/2	1 1/4	1 1/4
31 / 35	2 1/2	2 1/4	2	1 3/4	1 1/2	1 1/2
36 / 41	3	2 3/4	2 1/2	2 1/4	2	1 3/4
42 / 48		3 1/2	3 1/4	2 3/4	2 1/2	2 1/4
49 / 57		4 1/4	3 3/4	3 1/4	3	2 3/4
58 / 66		4 3/4	4 1/4	4	3 1/2	3
67 / 78		5 1/2	5	4 1/2	4 1/4	4
79 / 94		6 1/2	6	5 1/2	5	4 1/2
> 94			7 1/2	7	6	5 1/2
			8 1/2	8	7 1/2	7
			10	9 1/2	8 1/2	8

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MAN

Shoe size	<33	34 / 35	36 / 38	39 / 41	42 / 44	>45
Weight (kg)
10 / 17		3/4
18 / 21	1 1/4	1	3/4
22 / 25	1 1/2	1 1/4	1 1/4	1
26 / 30	2	1 3/4	1 1/2	1 1/4	1 1/4
31 / 35	2 1/2	2 1/4	2	1 3/4	1 1/2	1 1/2
36 / 41	3	2 3/4	2 1/2	2 1/4	2	1 3/4
42 / 48		3 1/2	3 1/4	2 3/4	2 1/2	2 1/4
49 / 57		4 1/4	4	3 3/4	3 1/2	3
58 / 66		5 1/2	5	4 1/2	4	4 1/2
67 / 78		6 1/2	6	5 1/2	5	4 1/2
79 / 94		7 1/2	7	6 1/2	6	5 1/2
> 94			8 1/2	8	7	6 1/2
			10	9 1/2	8	8
			11 1/2	11	10	9 1/2

Adjustment based on your profile

YOUR PROFILE	CORRECTIONS TO APPLY
* Adult beginner (over 25 years old) * Skier over 50 years old	Go up one line
* Child and young beginner (under 25 years old) * Intermediate level with low physical condition * Good skier with a smooth and flowing style seeking safety	No correction
* Good young skier with a smooth and flowing style * Intermediate level with good physical condition	Go down one line
* Good skier, aggressive skiing on all terrains	Go down 2 lines
* Very good skier, on demanding terrains	Go down 3 lines