Analysis of binding loads in snowboarding from field data acquisition

Aim of the work was the acquisition and analysis of loads recorded in the field by means of dynamometric bindings applied to snowboards. Binding loads were collected in slalom courses on two expert amateur testers: both a soft boot and a hard boot session were recorded. Load data related to the slalom dynamics are presented and analysed in the binding reference system. For the soft boot slalom course, the six load components resolved in the board reference frame are reported and can be useful for the study of the system dynamics and the effective design of boards