A snowboard binding comprising: a snowboard anchor element adapted to be affixed to a snowboard, a boot anchor element, and at least one pivot mechanism pivotally coupling the snowboard anchor element and the boot anchor element to allow pivoting of the boot anchor element with respect to the snowboard anchor element, said at least one pivot mechanism comprises: - a pivot (19, 20), or a sliding guide replacing said pivot, arranged at the rear portion of the snowboard anchor element to allow a pivot coupling between the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, and - at least one sliding guide provided transversely across the snowboard anchor element said at least one sliding guide (22a, 22b) interacts with at least one protruding element transversely protruding from the outer surface of the bottom plate of the boot anchor element, to allow a pivot coupling between the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, said at least one sliding guide (22a, 22b) has a complementary shape with said at least one protruding element (21a, 21b) that allows a free sliding of said transversally protruding element of the boot anchor element in said guide of the snowboard anchor element, characterised in that said at least one sliding guide comprising a channel with an L-shaped cross-section which supports the front of the boot anchor element in the vertical and horizontal directions while allowing sliding around the rotation axis. a snowboard anchor element adapted to be affixed to a snowboard, a boot anchor element, and at least one pivot mechanism pivotally coupling the snowboard anchor element and the boot anchor element to allow pivoting of the boot anchor element with respect to the snowboard anchor element, said at least one pivot mechanism comprises: - a pivot (19, 20), or a sliding guide replacing said pivot, arranged at the rear portion of the snowboard anchor element to allow a pivot coupling between the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, and - at least one sliding guide provided transversely across the snowboard anchor element said at least one sliding guide (22a, 22b) interacts with at least one protruding element transversely protruding from the outer surface of the bottom plate of the boot anchor element, to allow a pivot coupling between the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, said at least one sliding guide (22a, 22b) has a complementary shape with said at least one protruding element (21a, 21b) that allows a free sliding of said transversally protruding element of the boot anchor element in said guide of the snowboard anchor element, characterised in that said at least one sliding guide comprising a channel with an L-shaped cross-section which supports the front of the boot anchor element in the vertical and horizontal directions while allowing sliding around the rotation axis. - a pivot (19, 20), or a sliding guide replacing said pivot, arranged at the rear portion of the snowboard anchor element to allow a pivot coupling between the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, and - at least one sliding guide provided transversely across the snowboard anchor element said at least one sliding guide (22a, 22b) interacts with at least one protruding element transversely protruding from the outer surface of the bottom plate of the boot anchor element, to allow a pivot coupling between the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, said at least one sliding guide (22a, 22b) has a complementary shape with said at least one protruding element (21a, 21b) that allows a free sliding of said transversally protruding element of the boot anchor element in said guide of the snowboard anchor element, characterised in that said at least one sliding guide comprising a channel with an L-shaped cross-section which supports the front of the boot anchor element in the vertical and horizontal directions while allowing sliding around the rotation axis.