Learn about ski gear

Free beginner-friendly explainers: ski length, boot fitting, DIN settings, brake width, forward pressure, and binding mounting. Read the fundamentals before you spend money.

• Choosing the right ski length
  A height-and-style chart with the trade-offs of going long, short, or in between.
• Boot fitting basics
  Mondopoint sizing, last width, and why two boots in the same size fit very differently.
• DIN settings explained
  How DIN is calculated, what numbers actually mean, and why the wrong DIN gets people hurt.
• Binding brake width
  Matching brake width to ski waist width and why mismatches lead to broken brakes or pre-release.
• Forward pressure
  What forward pressure does, how to check it, and the symptoms of a binding set up wrong.
• Mounting bindings
  When to remount, when to use shop drilling, and how mount holes affect resale value.
• Grading used gear condition
  The five-tier rubric: New, Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor — and what each tier looks like in practice.

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