Hey dude(t)s l am doing this snowsports merit badge in boyscouts and one of the questions in this packet is ''Explain the international DIN standardand what it means to skiers'' I've looked on the web a few times and l can not find it plzzzzzz help!

The DIN is basically how tight the ski is bindings hold into your boots. As the DIN number increases, the tightness increases. All bindings from all manufacturers from all different countries use the same DIN scale, which is what the international DIN standard is. A setting of 8 on one binding will be exactly the same as a setting of 8 on another.

l just answered another question about this. It applies to ski bindings, snowboard bindings do not release.

The DIN Range is the range of adjustment that any particular binding has. Some examples are; Marker M51 & Salomon S912 both have a din range from 4 to12, Rossignol Axle Scratch has a DIN of 4-14, & a Marker Duke is DIN is 6-16.
The highest DIN to be had is a 24 that racers use.

DIN is an abbreviation for Deutsches Institut für Normung, it is a German organization which resembles ANS l here in the U.S. It was adopted as the standard for binding ratings so that there is consistency from one binding to another, i.e, if ur old bindings r on 9 & u replace them with a different brand of new ones they would (in theory) also be set at 9.

The DIN is adjusted based on the skier is weight, height, boot length & type, & skill level to allow for release at a predetermined pressure level, so as to keep from ripping ligaments or breaking stuff.

So to answer ''what this means to skiers'' look at the ''release settings'' section of the link below.

Hope it helps, my son just made Star Scout last week.

In addition to the info that avi ski gave you, add that it also sets the dimensions of the ski boot sole for length and thickness so the number can be accurate from one set of boot/ binding combinations to another.
The final numbers were established after research in the fracture limits of leg bones from donations of corpses for medical research.