Telemark skiing is dead.

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I must have missed the explanation, but what the fuck is up with the string of unreleadable "[emoji]" crap?

Every forum here has a sticky thread at the top explaining that they’re working on fixing the site

Has anyone seen the new TX Comp prototype? Any thoughts on how it compares to Crispi WC?


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Just yesterday there was a review of it on powder.com . I got to put it on but not ski. Also haven't skiied Crispi WCs, but can confirm it's stiff. I expect it to walk way better, be significantly lighter, but also probably be a less good choice for heavy resort use due to that weight diet.
https://www.powder.com/gear/review-s...-telemark-boot

The Powder review seems to go out of its way to compare it to the new Pro which, while not without merit, leaves a lot of room for questions; especially for those of us on current Comps and WCs. Nothing in the review, however, would make me hesitant to try a pair next year.

Yeah I was bummed the powder review didn’t benchmark the stiffness vs Crispi. My current comps are so soft I barely remember them ever being even moderately stiff.

The weight increase with the TX Comp was more than I expected. Oh well, guess that’s my fault for buying AT boots like the Skorpius and ZGTP that have a great stiffness to weight ratio…skews my perception.

But my real hesitation is the walk mode lever on the TX Pro. From what I’ve seen skiing with friends, it has a tendency to pop into Walk mode on the descent. I haven’t bothered looking in other forums for a solution. Does one exist?

Re: ski/walk mode - on the new Pro it seems to be associated with icing up, and the new sole material has a similar problem. No solution that I've heard of yet, other than de-icing.

I think the walk mode lever popping into walk mode only did/does it in one specific forward lean position (don't recall if that's the position with the most or least lean).

I havent experienced issues with the walk mode, other than a clicking noise on the uptrack and some tape inside the boot solved that.
I believe some folks who moved into the most forward lean position had the problem of popping into walk mode on the descent, and I thought that going back to the neutral, default position cured that. But I could be wrong.

Lookin for a single 22 designs Outlaw X NTN telemark binding. Anyone holding one?

Not an issue if you're doing a tele turn. Not even if you're parralel but centered. Only a problem if you get in the back seat.

The reality is that even a godlike skier like me might land an air a bit off balance, or hit a weird divot in flat light, or whatever, and put some pressure on the rear cuff. It is interesting to hear the complaints about the Quattro XT lever unexpectedly going into walk mode since they appear to be the same as the TX Pro lever. Since Scarpa addressed that issue by using an actual lock mechanism for the Quattro Pro they seem aware of the issue.

BTW tele boots have traditionally had such shitty walk modes that as long as you had em buckled tight, going into walk mode didnt make much difference on the descent if you were just cranking tele turns on moderate terrain. My Crispi WCs are a shining example of that. But the tx pro walk mode has actual ROM.

I ski in walk mode 100% of the time. Will have to change that when I get new boots

Some of the mods to the new TX Pro are pretty eye opening - removing top buckle, removing the shell tongue, pulling the rubber sole off and grinding down the shell sole thickness, etc.. Really says something that people are willing to hack up an $850 (I know, currently on end of season sale) pair of boots after skiing them for just a few days. Makes me uneasy about next year's new Comps.

New to NTN. Have Outlaws on eightyeight. Anyone have eighty or ninety five brakes? If not I’ll get them from twenty two. Thanks


Based on cursory research I guess they are bendable.

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If you really were hard core you would go old school with leashes. Nothing like the egg beater crash. Lol. Loving NTN for convenience and performance. The only way I would go back to 75mm is if I lived in the Midwest and decided to ski garbage hills with leather boots and tua skis. Oh wait. I did that years ago</p>

I’ve gone back to no brakes and no leashes with my outlaws.

Be aware that if your brakes hang over too much, your brakes are going to catch the snow when you angulate in a turn or when skiing steep snow. They do not retract on the outlaws. Some people also experience their brakes catching each other when transitioning tele stance between turns.

Bandits do retract; I'll be testing a new pair next week. The brake catching thing is weird - the narrowest brake available for my Freerides is 95, which I've used on everything down to 65 mm waited skis, and have never snagged the brakes on each other, nor have I caught snow in sharp angled turns - that may be explained with my 50 mm stack height, however.

I experienced the outlaw x brake catching the snow thing skiing the steeps at mammoth on 2d snow. Removing the brakes solved the problem.


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Argh

Argh

I gave my Tele setup to the local telemarking cobbler bro who is like the only cobbler/ boot maker in narthern BC so out of curiosity I asked about resoling a leather tele boot and Buddy sez he can no longer get those Vibram soles to redo a leather tele boots

Hmmm. Think I will forgo the brakes. Accustomed to the PITA of leashes and do not want to have non retractable brake arms getting tangled up. Thanks