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Sometime around 1pm today I arrived at the top of the Schmittenhohe in Zell am See for a bit of snowboarding fun. I had my freshly repaired brand new board (long story) and decided to take it out for a good test run down "black 6".
I had set my bindings a long time ago but obviously never got around to test the settings. I didn't realize my toe drag was around 5 cm, so on my first hard brake right my board lost contact with the slope, I fell flat on my face and started to slide uncontrollably towards the bottom of the valley and the edge of the slope (not necessarily in this order).
Many seconds and many meters passed before a miracle from God in the form of a large mound enabled me to finally sink the edge of my board into some snow and stop my descent.
For all those who didn't understand anything and for those who understood and desperately want to know how to avoid their lives flashing before their eyes in a similarly silly incident there's a tutorial.
Key things to remember are:
- never let the tips of your boots hang out too much over the edge of the board (same thing goes for your heels)
- adjust your binding base plate so that it increases the distance between your boot and the snow as much as possible without losing maneuvrability.
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