Apparatus and method for canting a skier

Abstract

An apparatus and method for canting a skier comprising a cant angle plate that locks on to the heel bearing surface of a ski binding. The cant angle plate has portions of varying thickness for inducing a cant angle when the heel of a boot rests on the cant angle plate locked on to the heel bearing surface of the binding. Thus, the cant angle plate alters the cant angle at which a boot supports a skier's foot and lower leg, relative to the longitudinal running surface or bottom plane of an attached ski.

1 . An apparatus for mounting a ski boot on a ski to create a cant angle at which a boot supports a skier's foot and lower leg, relative to the bottom plane of an attached ski, the apparatus comprising:
 a toe unit of a ski binding mounted on the upper surface of the ski;   a heel unit of a ski binding mounted on the upper surface of the ski, with the heel unit having a heel bearing surface that supports the heel of an attached ski boot;   a cant angle plate, adapted to be locked on to the heel bearing surface, having a varying cross-section so that the upper surface of the cant angle plate forms a tilt angle relative to the bottom plane of the ski when attached to the heel bearing surface.