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A method and system for mounting a binding to a gliding board. In one embodiment, a single row of attachment features, e.g., threaded inserts, may be used to mount a foot binding to the gliding board. The attachment features may be equally spaced along the row, e.g., at 25 mm increments. In one embo

A method and system for mounting a binding to a gliding board. In one embodiment, a single row of attachment features, e.g., threaded inserts, may be used to mount a foot binding to the gliding board. The attachment features may be equally spaced along the row, e.g., at 25 mm increments. In one embodiment, a binding includes a hold down plate that may be attached to the gliding board using only two fasteners, e.g., each fastener engaging with an attachment feature on the board, or using only fasteners that lie along a longitudinal line on the gliding board.

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1. An apparatus comprising:a snowboard having side edges, a tip-to-tail direction and a center line that extends along a length of the snowboard in the tip-to-tail direction and is equidistant from the side edges;a snowboard binding that comprises a hold down disk and is mounted to the snowboard; an

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An apparatus comprising:a snowboard having side edges, a tip-to-tail direction and a center line that extends along a length of the snowboard in the tip-to-tail direction and is equidistant from the side edges;a snowboard binding that comprises a hold down disk and is mounted to the snowboard; anda plurality of fasteners that mount the hold down disk to the snowboard;wherein the hold down disk has a center and a disk axis that extends through the center of the hold down disk and overlies or is parallel to the center line of the snowboard, the hold down disk having first and second slots being the only openings in the hold down disk adapted to receive the plurality of fasteners that mount the hold down disk to the snowboard, each of the first and second slots being at least 40 millimeters in length, the hold down disk further comprising, for each of the first and second slots, a plurality of features that define a plurality of discrete adjustment positions at which the fasteners can be received in a common set of holes in the snowboard, so that the hold down disk can receive the fasteners in a plurality of different adjustment positions, wherein the plurality of features for each of the first and second slots defines a plurality of discrete adjustment positions that includes a number of discrete adjustment positions greater than six, wherein the disk axis extends through and is perpendicular to the first and second slots, and wherein at least one fastener is received in one of the first and second slots at the center line of the board. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first slot is parallel to the second slot. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second slots are of equal length. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hold down disk has a diameter of approximately 100 millimeters. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second slots has a midpoint along its length, and wherein the disk axis passes through the midpoint of both the first and second slots. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of features that define a plurality of discrete adjustment positions at which the fasteners can be received comprises a plurality of scalloped portions of the first and second slots. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second slots has an end and a mid-section disposed between the ends, and wherein the plurality of features for each of the first and second slots includes features disposed in the mid-section of the slot so that at least one of the plurality of discrete adjustment positions corresponds to the fastener being received in the mid-section of the slot. 8. A snowboard binding comprising:a snowboard binding base adapted to receive and secure a rider's boot to a snowboard, the snowboard binding base having an opening;at least one snowboard binding strap, attached to the binding base, adapted to extend over the rider's boot and secure the rider's boot to the binding base; anda snowboard binding hold down disk for being received in the binding base opening and attaching the snowboard binding base to a snowboard, the hold down disk having angle indication marks that indicate an orientation of the snowboard binding base relative to the hold down disk, the angle indication marks including first and second zero degree angle indication marks, the hold down disk having an axis that extends through the first and second zero degree angle indication marks;the hold down disk further comprising first and second slots adapted to receive fasteners to attach the hold down disk to the snowboard, wherein the axis passes through the first and second slots, wherein the first slot is parallel to the second slot, the first and second slots are of equal length, and each of the first and second slots is at least 40 millimeters in length, wherein the first and second slots each extends substantially perpendicular to the axis that passes through the first and second zero degree angle indication marks, and wherein the first and second slots are the only openings in the hold down disk adapted to receive fasteners to attach the hold down disk to the snowboard;the hold down disk further comprising, for each of the first and second slots, a plurality of features that define a plurality of discrete adjustment positions at which the fasteners can be received for a common set of holes in the snowboard, wherein the plurality of features for each of the first and second slots defines a plurality of discrete adjustment positions that includes a number of discrete adjustment positions greater than six. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the hold down disk has a diameter of about 100 millimeters. 10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a snowboard, wherein the snowboard binding base is mounted to the snowboard via the hold down disk, wherein the snowboard has side edges, a tip-to-tail direction and a center line that extends along a length of the snowboard in the tip-to-tail direction and is equidistant from the side edges, and wherein the hold down disk is mounted to the snowboard so that the axis overlies or is parallel to the center line of the snowboard. 11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein each of the first and second slots has an end and a mid-section disposed between the ends, and wherein the plurality of features for each of the first and second slots includes features disposed in the mid-section of the slot so that at least one of the plurality of discrete adjustment positions corresponds to the fastener being received in the mid-section of the slot.