When you get a new pair of skis, one of the most important questions is: where should the bindings be mounted? That position is called the Ski Mounting Point.
It’s not just a line on your skis — it’s the connection point between you and your skis.
What is a Mounting Point? Simply put, it determines how your body weight and balance are transferred to the skis.
Forward Mount = More playful and agile, great for park and tricks.
Recommended Mount = Balanced and stable, ideal for all-mountain skiing.
Setback Mount = More float in the tips, perfect for powder.
Here are some perspectives on Mounting Point：
1.This is a good description from Blister discussion on ski length:
"Mount Point
Mount point is closely linked to skiing style and stance, but it also factors into ski length. Skis with mount points close to the true center of the ski (around -6 cm from true center to literally true center) tend to encourage a more centered / neutral / upright skiing stance where you’re not putting a ton of pressure on the front of your boots or the shovels of your skis.
Skis with more rearward mount points (around -7 cm from true center, or farther back) tend to encourage a more traditional, forward stance with more pressure on your shins, front of your boots, and consequently, more pressure on the shovels of your skis. At Blister, we tend to call more rearward mount points “traditional,” and more centered mount points “progressive.” You’ll most often find more centered mount points on skis that are designed to be more playful and feel natural in the air, since the more centered mount point makes them feel more balanced.
Mount point comes into play relating to ski length since it changes where your feet will be positioned along the length of a ski. For example, if you mount a 184 cm ski exactly in the center of the ski, you’d theoretically have 92 cm of ski in front of that mount point, and 92 cm behind it. But if you mounted that same ski -10 cm back from its true center, you’d have 102 cm of ski in front of that mount point, and 82 cm behind it.
This is most important when considering a ski that has a very different mount point than the skis with which you’re familiar.
E.g., if I spent all my time skiing a center-mounted, 184cm-long freestyle ski and then tried the 184cm-long DPS Wailer A112 (which has a very rearward mount point of -14 cm from true center), it’d feel like the Wailer was really long in front of my boots, but quite short behind my boots. In the opposite scenario, someone who skied the Wailer A112 a lot and then switched to an equally long, but center-mounted ski might think the front of the ski feels really short, but they also might think the tail / back of the ski feels long.
All that said, if the difference in mount point is only a few centimeters, you shouldn’t worry too much about it affecting how long the ski feels. And if the mount point difference is significant, the more important thing to ask is whether that ski will work with your preferred skiing style and stance."
From skitalk
2.By Cy Whitling- Your Mount Point is Probably Fine
Looking at the mount points of skis you’ve liked in the past is a good way to get an idea of where you fall on that spectrum. Ski manufacturers generally choose a mount point or range of mount points where they think the ski will perform best. And then you as the customer get to decide where within or outside of that range you want to mount the ski.
First of all: consider trusting the manufacturer, especially if they’re a smaller indy brand. They’ve spent a bunch of time designing these skis, so there’s a good chance that they figured out the best place to mount them. If the brand marks a range of mount points on the ski, feel free to mount at any of those points, without recrimination or regret.
At the end of the day, we all ski in our own special ways. I don’t drive my boots the same way you do. I don’t initiate or finish my turns like you do. So, here’s the only real exhortation I have: don’t let worries about your mount point consume you. If you’re only bumping your bindings forward or back a few centimeters, do it with confidence, get out there, and have some fun. Even if you made the “wrong” choice, your body will adapt to it. After all, it’s just skiing.
By Cy Whitling- Your Mount Point is Probably Fine
https://www.powder.com/gear/stop-worrying-so-much-about-your-mount-point
What’s your view on the positioning of the mounting points on skis?
