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In with the 9.
I have been Telemarking for about 20 years. longer than most of the want 2 be "Norpiners" have been alive.... Any of you remeber Tele before plastic boots and 100mm skis underfoot. TELE is for Chicks and guys who want to ski with them. Sorry girls no offense.
Anyone who claims balance and skill needs to try some leather lace up's in the bumps with 60mm skis..
"lock the heal ski for real"
Anyone who wants to talk smack needs to get some real ski skill's before they come around here.. ya! that's a call out to any "tele wacker" that wants to try and show me what they got.
I went back to the "Dark Side" because I like to haul big boy ass in the Steeps and the Deep..Tele can't keep up.... reality sucks for you I'm sure
There is no way in all of Hell that you can keep up with a real Man or Woman on thier FAT BOY'S. All the "Tele Bro Mag's" that think they are a ski god where were you 15 years ago when there was maybe 2 of us!!! plastic boots and big skis make that turn so easy it should be called snowboarding.![]()
Speacial shout out to "JayKuhle" welcome back to the "Dark Side" enjoy the Speed and Power. Alta's better when you can "ski for real" have a great spring.
"Telemarker" Norse word for "Gaper in the way"
Last edited by yonskion; 02-23-2008 at 03:47 PM.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
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Please post a new thread when a consensus is made.
Rideit - hit the nail on the head.
Telemark snowlerblades - join the revolution.
Last edited by yonskion; 02-23-2008 at 01:31 PM.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
bet you your quiver i can keep up with you on teles yonskion
Carwash king is having beans today...
Once you have attained a certain level of Telemark, everyone get's ur' dun!
Take the knowledge your feet and eyes now control. Lace up some Leathers and get your old X-C skis out and run some steeps and bumps. The higher level still awaits. Then go back to your Tele's you should feel a difference in your balance and stance.
Then try Alpine on the biggest day yet to come. Feel the Power and confidence your years of Toe riding has blossomed, young Jedi. May the Force be with you.
But, If you want to come out and through down I'm around. It will be fun to Shred with someone who feels as confident in their skiing.
Like all Art to understand it's relivance to now... you must understand it's History. The Style of Todays Telemark turn was not used by Early the People of the Northern Europe for decent during hunting parties. Telemark is a beautiful thing but, I need more Speed. Just a personal prefence
Last edited by yonskion; 02-23-2008 at 03:23 PM.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
i ski about 70 days tele each season, and i've got some big alpine boards for the huge days when i want to go straight and huck. freeheeling more then alpine makes a huge difference in your locked heel skiing. you can defiantly ski harder on alpine boards and have more confidence in your airs, but being able to ski as hard as i can, and as hard as the top peeps on alpine when i'm teleing is a goal i'm trying to work with. i know what your sayin about the old skool leather, totally different world, and i respect anyone who can hold their own on an older three pin set up. mary jane is my hill, the older dudes gettin er done out there with leathers blow me away, especially on the bumps. if your ever around CO hit me up yon, we'll setting this once and for all!
Carwash king is having beans today...
There used to only be Leather then.. The Super Comp.. Wow!
Mel I love to haul ass Tele, My fence is full of skis and bindings that tell the evoultion of the sport. I'm 37, since I was 19, the sport has taken off. I use to look up to the Old Dad's and have the same goals. I'm still in the prime of my skiing and I have my Telemark years to thank for my ability today.
I'm Serious about the Leathers training. If you want to get better than everyone else that's the way. They will teach you the sweet spot for sure.
Last edited by yonskion; 02-23-2008 at 03:43 PM.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
got a pair your trying to unload? i have basically the polar opposite of leathers and super loops: ener-g's, bombers and squads...i'd love to put some days on leathers with jeans and a flannel...just need some zinc oxide..
Carwash king is having beans today...
Last edited by yonskion; 02-23-2008 at 04:07 PM.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
hey, if these guys can do it....
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=CUxS9B0IjUQ
there are some gratuitous leather boot shot shots in there. his back flip is smoother then mine too....
Carwash king is having beans today...
now let that be a lesson to all of us. It's not the skis it's the skier.
Could have been anywhere early 1990's Bridger, Jackson, Alta/Brid,... but we use two pole's in AmerikA
Get your Leather on... Try it you'll see "Humble pie" for sure
Thanks Mel![]()
Last edited by yonskion; 02-23-2008 at 05:14 PM.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
I start every season on leather for the start and at least 50% of my BC in leather and love my free heel.
As for speed well I travel as fast as anyone without the fixed heel, but then alpine got boring and so very easy.
I forgot to mention that I'm not a hater. In fact I ski telemark but cannot abide by the snobbery some skiers feel they are entitled to simply because of their chosen method of getting down the hill (usually the ones spastically exhibiting their "skills" on the groomers under the chairlift).
Just a few of the attitudes that exhibit what I'm talking about include the not-so-clever bumper stickers:
Randonee, French for can't tele
or
If it was easy, they'd call it snowboarding
Come on, I'd like to see the geeks who actually believe this just try to thread a line through some tight trees on a snowboard.
OK, my haldol is beginning to kick in, so I'll cease my curmudgeonley rant now.
"Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is" -Charles DeMar
Never argue with an idiot..They always drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
Me = alpined my whole life until 5 years ago
Yearly trip to Alta - middle of High Pressure system = me bored
Borrowed some tele gear = had a blast, felt more natural/ fun to me
Sold my Alpine gear same week I got home and I have not looked back since.![]()
Can't tele anymore but have embraced AT.
I don't care if you are on a board, apline, AT or tele. We are all sliding on snow and that is all I care about!
I do miss the tele though. Not going happen anymore though, so AT is a great way for me to stay in the BC and get turns in!
"If it had taken any effort I wouldn't have done it at all. I mean it. I wouldn't have done anything" - B. Kelso
This thread is lame. Just shut the fuck up and ski -- if you can.![]()
I boiled my thermometer, and sure enough, this spot, which purported to be two thousand feet higher than the locality of the hotel, turned out to be nine thousand feet LOWER. Thus the fact was clearly demonstrated that, ABOVE A CERTAIN POINT, THE HIGHER A POINT SEEMS TO BE, THE LOWER IT ACTUALLY IS. Our ascent itself was a great achievement, but this contribution to science was an inconceivably greater matter.
--MT--
Those stickers you mention were all created as a marketing tool, which were also meant as a good natured, humorous jibe (read satire) by a company and people who manufacture and market all of the above snow products. Anyone actually taking these seriously, thinking it's OK to judge others as being less cool, less skilled, less whatever, has a much larger issue to contend with IMPO... It's all sliding on snow, it's all fun, and it's what you make it.
I've tele'd since the early 80's and remember leather and skinny boards that were stiff as hell. I tele'd back then because I was board. I grew up alpine skiing. Back then you were a real freak on the hill if your heal wasn't nailed down. I never quit tele skinning, but like others prefer skiing my alpine gear. My experience is that skiing tele, made my alpine skill set stronger, just the same way that skateboarding transition helped my skiing when I was growing up. Call it cross training whatever, it makes a difference. At the end of the day I still fix my heal to fix my problem...![]()
Last edited by AlpenChronicHabitual; 02-23-2008 at 11:35 PM.
Can't we all just get along? Being a Tele/Alpine/Snowboarder,no snowblades,I've come to the conclusion that we all love what we do,and should be happy other people are out doing what they love.That said, Teleskiing is great ,and I don't drive a subaru ,I drive an old beater toyo pickup that gets me to the backcountry that I love so much.My friends are snowboarders,skiers,snowbikers?but we're there for fun and enjoy each others company any day on the hill.
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