Are you an expert skier?

[gmcunni]

based on my sig below i'd have to say i'm a solid intermediate skier.

 

[Rambo]

I'm thinking that there are very few, real experts. I would think that real experts would pull right out of and pre-release out of the recreational bindings that 99% of skiers use with DIN settings up to like 12. Experts probably have the DIN cranked up to like the 17 range... again probably only 1% of skiers or less.

 

[deadheadskier]

Srsly? DIN rating is the measurement of expert skill on the hill?

*heads to backcountry.com to buy bigger more badass bindings with DIN of 99*

I must really suck. I think my DIN is set around 9 and I never pre-release.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Srsly? DIN rating is the measurement of expert skill on the hill?

*heads to backcountry.com to buy bigger more badass bindings with DIN of 99*

I must really suck. I think my DIN is set around 9 and I never pre-release.

Haha when I was a teenager I thought cranking my DINs made me a more expert skier. Then I realized it just made more likely to snap my ski or knee. Yes, it makes sense for expert skiers to have a higher DIN then say an intermediate but I don't think Jeremy Jone's DINs are that much higher than mine. Who wants to have their skis stay on when they fall on something like Pontoon. Good luck arresting

 

[crank]

I'm thinking that there are very few, real experts. I would think that real experts would pull right out of and pre-release out of the recreational bindings that 99% of skiers use with DIN settings up to like 12. Experts probably have the DIN cranked up to like the 17 range... again probably only 1% of skiers or less.

I consider myself an expert and I keep my bindings set really low and try to ski very smoothly so as not to release. If I was racing it would be a different story.

 

[bdfreetuna]

My current bindings only go up to 11. They're set to 10. There have been occasions where I was suprised my skis actually didn't release because I landed so hard and squirrely or wiped out.

If "real experts" are landing drops way harder and less smoothly than me or otherwise wrestling their boots out of their skis, that kind of sounds like they might be a worse skier than me.

 

[drjeff]

Here we go on the "my DIN is higher than your DIN" annual rant

I fully believe that if you're a TRUE expert, with PROPER TECHNIQUE at all times, that unless you're in the middle of some 50* fall and die kind of chute (pretty much means you're filming for TGR in Europe or Alaska then there really shouldn't be any need for 99% of folks to ski with their DIN above recommended settings! If you've got PROPER technique, then you'll always be centered over your ski and you won't be pre-releasing more than say once in a blue moon! If you're pre-releasing a bunch, with standard DIN settings, then chances are your either in the top 0.1% of all skiers in the world or else aren't an expert