Binding setup for doing tricks

Hi everyone.  I was wondering if anyone knows how I should be positioning my bindings if I want to work on tricks like 180's and 360's?  

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I ride like that for tricks.

Try it out and see if it is easier to you.  The angles that some people use might not be good for you and vice versa.  I am 18 -9.

Yea, I tried riding 12 and -12 last night and could not bring myself to ride goofy (I usually ride regular.)  Anyone else having the same problem?  I was thinking of switching it to a goofy setup and for myself to ride that way for a few runs and see if it helps.  

just test out however u want to. its all your preference. just tweak around and youll find the perfect stance

riding switch is just hard at first. i like riding about 15 and -15 on my degrees, it makes it a little easier to ride switch

It is personal preference on the binding postions. I do think that you back foot should be point the opposite way of your front. Right now you are riding alpine style. I ride 12 and -12 which did wonders for riding switch and helping with the 180. You should definately learn how to ride switch first though if you haven't already. Otherwise you will really hurt yourself while landing a 180.

Maybe put your back foot at 0 for now and then start to duck out your stance and get used to it.

Originally posted by jc610 Maybe put your back foot at 0 for now and then start to duck out your stance and get used to it.

oh i forgot, your stance width should be as far as it can go without making you uncomfortable. a wide stance will give you more control.

Originally posted by panther riding switch is just hard at first. i like riding about 15 and -15 on my degrees, it makes it a little easier to ride switch

alot of park riders use "duckfoot" so like 15 -15 i use 12 -6 and it seems to work pretty well but ive heard that if you turn your back foot out more its easier to spin

Originally posted by marble49 Yea, I tried riding 12 and -12 last night and could not bring myself to ride goofy (I usually ride regular.)  Anyone else having the same problem?  I was thinking of switching it to a goofy setup and for myself to ride that way for a few runs and see if it helps.

Learning to ride switch (meaning opposite of your normal stance) is all about putting the time in, just like when you first learned to carve.  The best way to learn switch in my opinion is to spend a half a day or a whole day riding switch, no cheating. If you really do this, you will learn quick.... if you make one toe-side turn riding switch and then slide back to regular stance, it will take longer to learn.

As far as binding angle, since you're starting out coming from a downhill racer stance, try a mellow negative angle on the back foot (-3 or -6). You don't have to be symmetrical to ride switch....hell, shawn white's feet arent symmetrical and I'd say he rides switch "OK" wouldnt you.

Originally posted by marble49 I've gotten a new setup.  Rome Artifact 149 and Burton Malavita bindings. I'm riding a wider than normal stance duck feet 15/-15 and 180's into jumps are almost effortless now =) Will be working on the buttering once we get some nice powdah in the northeast.  Will post pics this weekend!

Originally posted by cds4288 I have always been a 15-15 person and every board I ride have a little bit of a outward cant for both feet for ease when riding switch and I just like being perfectly symmetrical.

I also ride 15-15 mainly because of the switch symmetry too! I used to have 15-0 when I started but switch riding moved it to 15-15. I like it a lot.

Originally posted by cds4288 I have always been a 15-15 person and every board I ride have a little bit of a outward cant for both feet for ease when riding switch and I just like being perfectly symmetrical.

I think you're confusing duck stance (bindings angled outward toward tips) with cant (binding's vertical lean inward towards centre of board).

Hahah well, 21 degrees has been my sweet spot so far: great comfort (for me) and helps (for me) with lots of pressing. Being that my feet point outwards to the tips, I get extra leverage and stability when leaning more body weight over to one end, which gives me more press angle.