Telemark skiing is dead.

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Originally Posted by LightRanger

Hey Dan, where'd you get that photo? Those look like my old G3 Tickets that I had O1s on. (And never broke.) Those skis were pretty fun with the asymmetrical sidecut.

I never broke a tele binding, but Hammerheads on V-Exs--that I'm pretty sure I got from pb--broke me. :biggrin:

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"you can't handle the V-Ex!"
New it was HHs but never realized it was the V-Exs; bad juju. Sorry

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Originally Posted by PB

"you can't handle the V-Ex!"
New it was HHs but never realized it was the V-Exs; bad juju. Sorry

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They were awesome skis! Not your fault.

One of them is a shotski in my basement now. [emoji16]

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My niece's husband is going to start tele skiing as they just came back east after a couple yrs in Utah. I'm hoping my wife's old boots will fit my niece. They fit my wife's foot perfectly and then pregnancy made her foot grow a half size...pregnancy is so freakin crazy! Anyway, old school steeze points if they fit [emoji846] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b2a02ac084.jpg

My first few days on tele were using asolo extreme plus. Those look to be in great shape!

Why would you do that to the poor guy, js?

would you send him out in alpine boots that look like this?

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Originally Posted by bodywhomper

My first few days on tele were using asolo extreme plus. Those look to be in great shape!

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They are in great shape. She barely used them and only skied powder days.

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Originally Posted by Peruvian

Why would you do that to the poor guy, js?

would you send him out in alpine boots that look like this?

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It's a women's boot, but plastic boots suck man. Tele lost its soul when those hit the scene. Plastic is essentially cheating. It's the ebike of tele turns. Loose and free ftw

Shells size 8. If I remember, that’s a Uk sizing. $25. Grass valley restore. Mild use/wear
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Originally Posted by jackstraw

They are in great shape. She barely used them and only skied powder days. It's a women's boot, but plastic boots suck man. Tele lost its soul when those hit the scene. Plastic is essentially cheating. It's the ebike of tele turns. Loose and free ftw

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If cheating is wrong, I don't wanna be right. Leather boots were medieval. Still are.

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Originally Posted by PB

If cheating is wrong, I don't wanna be right. Leather boots were medieval. Still are.

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The days of moleskin application before every outing plus the cold wet feet during spring skiing. Yah, miss those days like the plague. Now it is Scott Synergy at the resort and T2X for the cross-country.

Although I'm certainly not giving up my plastic tele boots, I still use my leathers several times a season. Those Asolo Extreme Plus boots were awesome back in the day, especially coming from well-worn Snowpines.

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Originally Posted by jackstraw

Tele lost its soul when those hit the scene. Plastic is essentially cheating. It's the ebike of tele turns. Loose and free ftw

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Tell me of your love of rim brakes, 3x gearing, tubed tires, etc when you mountain bike.

I still rock a pair of second hand extremes I picked up in 1991, nothing has ever fit (my feet) as well. Meadow skipping in ankle deep fluff or low angle corn is a joy in them. But for steeps, crud bashing and hard snow the leather stays and the plastic plays.

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Originally Posted by jackstraw

My niece's husband is going to start tele skiing as they just came back east after a couple yrs in Utah. I'm hoping my wife's old boots will fit my niece. They fit my wife's foot perfectly and then pregnancy made her foot grow a half size...pregnancy is so freakin crazy! Anyway, old school steeze points if they fit [emoji846] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b2a02ac084.jpg

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serz, what a dumb idea. Are you intentionally trying to harm this person? That's just ridiculous. IMHO, given the state of things, there's NO REASON to put those boots on someone's feet, much less try skiing with them...and fwiw I've skied with leather and pins on some karhus - the setup skied like absolute dog shit!

If you want someone to learn to tele, buy the best shit you can afford and go tele! Putting someone on those old school leather boots and a pin setup is pretty much signing them up to get injured.

Good luck and maybe report back when your niece is looking for reading material from the couch this winter.

Pretty much agree w) ^^^ that dude.
Tele'n is badass but why handicap yourself more than you have to.
I learned on Scarpa Expresso's and Riva's. They absolutely sucked compared to my TRace HH/Axl setups(wasn't a fan of NTN @ the time).

I had the alico double boots and i got junior asolo extremes to start Tele but yeah these boots sucked

I used ductape on the heels, if you round the corners, put it on dry feet with NO wrinkles it would stay on all weekend

but then you would have ductape glue on your bed sheets

If anyone has a line on some cheap tech toes, send a PM as I'm looking to put together a TTS system.

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Originally Posted by Peruvian

If anyone has a line on some cheap tech toes, send a PM as I'm looking to put together a TTS system.

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commercial source so posting, not PMing: https://skimo.co/dynafit-binding-toes -

they claim to have many Dynafit toepieces in stock, in the $80-$90 per piece range.

dunno if that's "cheap" but it seems easy if no other options.

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Originally Posted by ts01

commercial source so posting, not PMing: https://skimo.co/dynafit-binding-toes -

they claim to have many Dynafit toepieces in stock, in the $80-$90 per piece range.

dunno if that's "cheap" but it seems easy if no other options.

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I've bought a few toes off of skimo, most recently a set of G3 zeds. Never an issue with the transaction. If you are going with dynafit toes with TTS, beware the ramp angle and purchase the shims (B&D)if you need them. My speed turn 2 had far too much ramp for me.
Also, beware their screw kits for inserts. The zed12 screws they sent are 2mm too short IMO. Not crying too much, the screws were only $6.

Wax day.

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A blast from the past. XCD GTs, leather boots and matching Team Canada jackets. Awesome:

https://youtu.be/Vj9k7kSYG2E

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Originally Posted by Peruvian

Tell me of your love of rim brakes, 3x gearing, tubed tires, etc when you mountain bike.

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Well yeah [emoji3]

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Originally Posted by Telemahn

I still rock a pair of second hand extremes I picked up in 1991, nothing has ever fit (my feet) as well. Meadow skipping in ankle deep fluff or low angle corn is a joy in them. But for steeps, crud bashing and hard snow the leather stays and the plastic plays.

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Nice, sounds perfect.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Multiglisse

A blast from the past. XCD GTs, leather boots and matching Team Canada jackets. Awesome:

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That was indeed awesome -- thanks for posting.

my T4 Targa Voile rig is the shit

for that reason

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Originally Posted by jmedslc

serz, what a dumb idea. Are you intentionally trying to harm this person? That's just ridiculous. IMHO, given the state of things, there's NO REASON to put those boots on someone's feet, much less try skiing with them...and fwiw I've skied with leather and pins on some karhus - the setup skied like absolute dog shit!

If you want someone to learn to tele, buy the best shit you can afford and go tele! Putting someone on those old school leather boots and a pin setup is pretty much signing them up to get injured.

Good luck and maybe report back when your niece is looking for reading material from the couch this winter.

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