Highback with independent forward lean adjustment

A combination comprising:

• a snowboard component;
• and
• a highback for use with the snowboard component that interfaces with a rider's leg and is supportable by a snowboard, the highback comprising:
• an upright support member constructed and arranged to support a rear portion of the rider's leg, the support member including a lower portion and an upper portion movably supported by the lower portion, the lower portion being constructed and arranged to mount the highback to the snowboard component, the upper portion being adjustable relative to the lower portion in a plurality of positions to vary an amount of forward lean of the highback;
• and
• a forward lean adjuster attached to the upper portion to maintain the upper portion in a selected one of the plurality of positions to fix the amount of forward lean of the highback;
• wherein the snowboard component includes a snowboard boot, the highback being pivotally mounted to the snowboard boot.

A combination comprising:

• a snowboard component;
• and
• a highback for use with the snowboard component that interfaces with a rider's leg and is supportable by a snowboard, the highback comprising:
• an upright support member constructed and arranged to support a rear portion of the rider's leg, the support member including a lower portion and an upper portion movably supported by the lower portion, the lower portion being constructed and arranged to mount the highback to the snowboard component, the upper portion being adjustable relative to the lower portion in a plurality of positions to vary an amount of forward lean of the highback;
• and
• a forward lean adjuster attached to the upper portion to maintain the upper portion in a selected one of the plurality of positions to fix the amount of forward lean of the highback;
• wherein the snowboard component includes a detachable binding interface that is constructed and arranged to interface a snowboard boot with a snowboard binding, the highback being pivotally mounted to the binding interface.

A combination comprising:

• a snowboard component;
• and
• a highback for use with the snowboard component that interfaces with a rider's leg and is supportable by a snowboard, the highback comprising:
• an upright support member constructed and arranged to support a rear portion of the rider's leg, the support member including a lower portion and an upper portion movably supported by the lower portion, the lower portion being constructed and arranged to mount the highback to the snowboard component, the upper portion being adjustable relative to the lower portion in a plurality of positions to vary an amount of forward lean of the highback;
• and
• a ride/relax actuator coupled to the support member, the ride/relax actuator having a ride mode and a relax mode, wherein the upper portion is fixed in a predetermined forward lean position relative to the lower portion, when the ride/relax actuator is placed in the ride mode, to prevent leg movement in a heel direction beyond the forward lean position so that leg movement in the heel direction is transmitted through the highback into the snowboard component, and wherein the upper portion is unrestrained relative to the lower portion, when the ride/relax actuator is placed in the relax mode, so that leg movement is permitted in the heel direction beyond the forward lean position;
• wherein the snowboard component includes a snowboard binding having a baseplate, the highback being pivotally mounted to the baseplate.