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Embodiments of a canting device for use with a snowboard system are described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, a snowboard system includes a snowboard, a snowboard binding mountable on the snowboard, and an adjustable canting device positionable at least partially within the binding su

Embodiments of a canting device for use with a snowboard system are described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, a snowboard system includes a snowboard, a snowboard binding mountable on the snowboard, and an adjustable canting device positionable at least partially within the binding such that the binding is positioned between the snowboard and the adjustable canting device. The canting device can be configured to selectively cant a snowboard boot relative to the binding and the snowboard when the snowboard boot is secured in the binding.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A binding system, comprising: a snowboard binding mountable on the snowboard, the binding being configured to receive and secure a snowboard boot; and an adjustable canting device comprising a support plate positionable at least partially within the binding such that th

The invention claimed is: 1. A binding system, comprising: a snowboard binding mountable on the snowboard, the binding being configured to receive and secure a snowboard boot; and an adjustable canting device comprising a support plate positionable at least partially within the binding such that the binding is positioned between the snowboard and the adjustable canting device; wherein the adjustable canting device is configured to selectively cant a snowboard boot relative to the binding and the snowboard when the snowboard boot is secured in the binding; and wherein the support plate comprises a plurality of independently deformable portions, each portion being coupled to a fastener mechanism arranged to adjustably deform the portion and thereby change the elevation of the portion above the binding to allow for independent adjustment of each portion. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable canting device is secured to the binding by a bracket having openings corresponding to mounting openings in the binding through which mounting fasteners of the fastener mechanism extend to secure the binding to the snowboard, and wherein the mounting fasteners are fastenable through the openings in the bracket to secure the bracket to the binding. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the bracket comprises a mount adapted to secure the canting device to the bracket. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable canting device comprises support plate having a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion and an inner portion, and wherein at least one of the toe portion, the heel portion and the outer portion is raised or lowered relative to the inner portion to adjust the inward cant of a snowboard boot when secured by the binding. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable canting device comprises a support plate coupled to a footing element via one or more rotatable screw mechanisms, and wherein a portion of the footing element bears against the binding such that rotation of the rotatable screw mechanism deforms the support plate to increase or decrease the inward cant of a snowboard boot when secured by the binding. 6. An adjustable canting device, comprising: a support plate coupleable to a snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is resilient over a working range wherein the support plate comprises a plurality of independently deformable portions; and one or more fastener mechanisms each coupling a portion of the support plate to the binding, and each fastener mechanism being adjustable to deform a portion and thereby change the elevation of the portion relative to the binding to allow for independent adjustment of the portion relative to another portion of the support plate, wherein an inward cant of the support plate relative to the snowboard binding is adjustable by adjusting the at least one fastener mechanism to change the elevation of the support plate above the binding. 7. The device of claim 6, further comprising a footing element coupled to the support plate via a fastener mechanism, the footing element being configured to facilitate adjustment of a portion of the support plate. 8. The device of claim 7, wherein the footing element comprises at least one elastomeric element in contact with a portion of the binding. 9. The device of claim 6, wherein the support plate comprises a unitary one-piece construction. 10. The device of claim 6, further comprising a bracket positionable between the support plate and the snowboard binding and configured to be secured to the snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is mountable to the bracket. 11. The device of claim 6, further comprising a support pad attachable to an upper surface of the support plate. 12. The device of claim 6, wherein the support plate comprises a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion, an inner portion and a center portion, and wherein adjustment of one of the fastener mechanisms moves at least one of the toe portion, the heel portion and the outer portion relative to the center portion. 13. The device of claim 12, wherein at least a portion of an upper surface of the toe portion of the support plate, a portion of an upper surface of the outer portion of the support plate, and a portion of an upper surface of the heel portion of the support plate remain higher than an upper portion of the center portion of the support plate. 14. The device of claim 6, wherein the at least one fastener mechanism comprises a first fastener mechanism proximate a toe portion of the support plate, a second fastener mechanism proximate an outer portion of the support plate and a third fastener mechanism proximate a heel portion of the support plate, and wherein adjusting the first fastener mechanism adjusts the cant of the toe portion, adjusting the second fastener mechanism adjusts the cant of the outer portion and adjusting the third fastener mechanism adjusts the cant of the heel portion. 15. An adjustable canting device, comprising: a support plate coupleable to a snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is resilient over a working range: and at least one fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate and toward the binding, wherein an inward cant of the support plate relative to the snowboard binding is adjustable by adjusting the at least one fastener mechanism to move the support plate further comprising a bracket positionable between the support plate and the snowboard binding and configured to be secured to the snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is mountable to the bracket; and wherein the bracket comprises a unitary one-piece construction having a set of first openings corresponding to mounting apertures in a base plate included in the snowboard binding base and at least a second opening configured to facilitate mounting of the support plate to the bracket. 16. An adjustable canting device, comprising: a support plate coupleable to a snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is resilient over a working range; and at least one fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate and toward the binding, wherein an inward cant of the support plate relative to the snowboard binding is adjustable by adjusting the at least one fastener mechanism to move the support plate; wherein the support plate comprises a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion, an inner portion and a center portion, and wherein adjustment of one of the fastener mechanisms moves at least one of the toe portion, the heel portion and the outer portion relative to the center portion; and wherein the center portion comprises an elongate web coupled at a first end to the toe portion and at a second end to the heel portion, and wherein the support plate comprises a first elongate opening extending the length of a first side of the center portion and a second elongate opening extending the length of a second side of the center portion, and wherein the first elongate opening separates the center portion from the outer portion and the second elongate opening separates the center portion from the inner portion. 17. An adjustable canting device, comprising: a support plate coupleable to a snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is resilient over a working range; and at least one fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate and toward the binding, wherein an inward cant of the support plate relative to the snowboard binding is adjustable by adjusting the at least one fastener mechanism to move the support plate; wherein the support plate comprises a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion, an inner portion and a center portion, and wherein adjustment of one of the fastener mechanisms moves at least one of the toe portions, the heel portion and the outer portion relative to the center portion; wherein the center portion comprises an elongate web coupled at a first end to the toe portion and at a second end to the heel portion, and wherein the plate support plate comprises a first elongate opening extending the length of a first side of the center portion and a second elongate opening extending the length of a second side of the center portion, and wherein the first elongate opening separates the center portion from the outer portion and the second elongate opening separates the center portion from the inner portion; and further comprising a footing element comprising a mount adapted to receive a portion of the fastener mechanism, wherein adjustment of the fastener mechanism causes the fastener mechanism to raise or lower with respect to the mount. 18. An adjustable canting device, comprising: a support plate coupleable to a snowboard binding base, wherein the support plate is resilient over a working range; and at least one fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate and toward the binding, wherein an inward cant of the support plate relative to the snowboard binding is adjustable by adjusting the at least one fastener mechanism to move the support plate: wherein the support plate comprises a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion, an inner portion and a center portion, and wherein adjustment of one of the fastener mechanisms moves at least one of the toe portion, the heel portion and the outer portion relative to the center portion; and wherein the support plate comprises a first elongate opening separating the center portion and the outer portion, and a second elongate opening separating the center portion and the inner portion. 19. An adjustable canting device for use with a snowboard binding, comprising: an at least partially resilient support plate coupleable to an upper surface of a snowboard binding, the support plate comprising a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion, an inner portion and a center portion; and at least a first fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate proximate the toe portion and toward the binding, and at least a second fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate element proximate the heel portion and toward the binding; wherein the first fastener mechanism is adjustable to adjust a cant of the toe portion of the support plate relative to the binding by deforming the support plate and the second fastener mechanism is adjustable to adjust the heel portion of the support plate relative to the binding by deforming the support plate; wherein the deformation results in a change in the spacing of a gap between the support plate and the binding. 20. The device of claim 19, further comprising at least a third fastener mechanism adapted to extend at least partially through the support plate proximate the outer portion and toward the binding, wherein the third fastener mechanism is adjustable to adjust a cant of the outer portion of the support plate relative to the binding by deforming the support plate. 21. A cantable binding system, comprising: a binding base mountable on a board for a sports activity; a support plate comprising a toe portion, a heel portion, an outer portion, and an inner portion, the support plate being coupled to and above the base, the support plate sized and shape to receive a sports boot and to extend from a heel to a toe portion of the boot; a plurality of spaced-apart fastener mechanisms coupled to and extending between the base and the support, at least one fastener mechanism disposed at a heel portion position, and at least one fastener mechanism disposed at a toe portion position, each fastener mechanism providing height adjustability of the support plate at its corresponding position thereby to provide canting of a user's boot and/or foot relative to a board on which the system is mounted; and the heel and toe portions being independently deformable from each other by adjustment of their corresponding fastener mechanism to change the elevation of the portions above the binding to allow for independent adjustment of each of the heel and toe portions. 22. The system of claim 21 wherein at least one of the fastener mechanisms at the toe and heel positions is also at an outer portion position. 23. The system of claim 21 further comprising a footing associated with each fastener mechanism position and coupled to and disposed between a fastener mechanism and the base plate. 24. The system of claim 21 wherein the support plate is resilient so as to allow resilient deformation of the support plate at one position relative to another. 25. The system of claim 21 wherein it is sized and shaped for mounting on a snowboard and for receiving a snowboard boot. 26. The system of claim 21 further comprising a shock absorption element disposed under and operatively coupled to the support plate. 27. The system of claim 26 wherein the shock absorption element is coupled to a fastener mechanism. 28. The system of claim 26 wherein the shock absorption element comprises a toe or heel pad. 29. The system of claim 21 further comprising a high back plate extending upwardly from and coupled to the heel portion for receiving the raised, rear upper of a sports boot. 30. The system of claim 21 wherein the support plate comprises a resiliently deformable, unitary one-piece construction. 31. The system of claim 21 wherein the fastener mechanism at the heel or toe portion allows for independent adjustment of the height of the support plate above the base at the heel portion or toe portion. 32. The system of claim 21 wherein the support plate includes a center portion that is resiliently deformable relative to the outer portion and the fastener mechanisms are arranged so as to allow the center portions to be adjusted to a lower height relative to the outer portion.