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  1. #126
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    I got my Vans on but they look like sneakers.....

    Telemarktips.com

  2. #127
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    Alpine = Fun
    Tele = Fun

    Closet tele wanna-tryers, come out and give it a run. You might be surprised.

    Tele or Alpine = Well deserved reward of beer at the end of the day

    Feed your soul, just ski something
    Vinko Bogataj is my HERO

  3. #128
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddy View Post
    THE HARDEST THING ABOUT TELESKIING....


    IS TELLING YOUR FATHER YOU'RE GAY.
    Fuck, that is excellent. LOL

    It rivals this


  4. #129
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    Damn, does anyone have an opinion? I can't tell which way this is leaning. All I wanted to do was go skiing. Guess I'll have to check if either my knee pads or jock strap are sill in the garage.

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    this thread is summed up in a bumper sticker i saw in CB...where there are a lot of tele skiers. "NOBODY CARES THAT YOU TELE"

  6. #131
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    Most tele skiers go on about the fact that they tele (and how hard it is) as an excuse for how crap they are.

    This can get mistaken for looking down their nose at alpine ('it's sooo easy'), but most of them were once crap alpine skiers who have switched to try something different and have found a sport where the majority of people suck and so they feel better about themselves.

    As has already been pointed out, 99% of people on tele can't ski for shit. Most can't link turns or carry any speed let alone keep the upper body quiet.

    Gr. (who skis 10 days a year and can at least link some turns, carve and carry some speed although the quiet upper body could use some work)

  7. #132
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    As someone who has done both Alpine and Tele,
    allow me to say, Tele is easier, but it requires strong legs.

    People with wimpy weak legs should remain on alpine or knuckle boards,
    until fully capable of biking uphill about 10 miles (road).

    Ski, bike, climb. Resistance is futile.
    Ski, Bike, Climb.
    Resistence is futile.

  8. #133
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    Quote Originally Posted by gritter View Post
    As has already been pointed out, 99% of people on tele can't ski for shit. Most can't link turns or carry any speed let alone keep the upper body quiet.

    Gr. (who skis 10 days a year and can at least link some turns, carve and carry some speed although the quiet upper body could use some work)
    you do realize not everyone is skiing under the lift or ripping down some awesome black diamond trails with you

  9. #134
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    POLITICALLY CORRECT

    let's get one thing straight here. it's not teleskiing, it's free heel skiing. "tele" is short for telemark, which is just a turn. we don't call alpine skiers, "parallel" skiers.

    the end.

    rog

  10. #135
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    One of my neighbors frees his heel. Kinda looks like Corky rapping 'Fight the Power" when he's doing it. It sucks waiting for him.

    OTOH, I know a couple of dudes who get a regular 175 days/season on teles. I can't keep up with them on alipine gear and I hear it sucks waiting for me.

  11. #136
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    I started tele'ing 12 yrs ago I still have the gear and drag it out once or twice a year but since I fell back in love with the alpine turn its pretty much all fixed heel and besides I can go faster for longer the gear doesnt break and besides I reverted to P turns when the going got fast & hard so I wasn't doing many tele turns

    A big crew of telemark tipsters came up here to ski and I took them to the hill at the bar they presented me with a "telemark skiing is stupid " sticker which I put on my helmet some tele skiers take offence and that can be a lot of fun

    I got the scar from the spiral fracture & the 25 stitches in the lip (which fortunatley were all internal so no scar)to prove I am a telemarker

    its like having an STD you can't get rid of ... I will always be a telemarker

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    I started tele'ing 12 yrs ago I still have the gear and drag it out once or twice a year but since I fell back in love with the alpine turn its pretty much all fixed heel and besides I can go faster for longer the gear doesnt break and besides I reverted to P turns when the going got fast & hard so I wasn't doing many tele turns

    A big crew of telemark tipsters came up here to ski and I took them to the hill at the bar they presented me with a "telemark skiing is stupid " sticker which I put on my helmet some tele skiers take offence and that can be a lot of fun

    I got the scar from the spiral fracture & the 25 stitches in the lip (which fortunatley were all internal so no scar)to prove I am a telemarker

    its like having an STD you can't get rid of ... I will always be a telemarker


    Does your father know?
    Johnny's only sin was dispair

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Deep View Post
    Does your father know?
    I don't know ,actualy he's dead

    MY GF is a telebabe ,she sez she will dump me if I don't tele so I break out the gear once or twice a year BUT ... I just don't love it anymore

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    I know exactly what you mean.
    Johnny's only sin was dispair

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    If you think about it now days I only do just enough tele to keep getting laid

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    If you think about it now days I only do just enough tele to keep getting laid
    She doesn't make ya do it under the chairs, does she?
    Johnny's only sin was dispair

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    This video is obviously very old, but I scrolled through all posts in this thread and somehow it has not yet been posted. May as well as this:



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    That video is old but it will always be funny.

    Alpine gear for alpine terrain. Nordic gear for Nordic terrain. Duh.

  19. #144
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    I like your tele skiing, I do not like your tele skiers.
    As a snowboarder... i fucking hate snowboarders in general. -advres

  20. #145
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    that video is awesome

    this thread is fail...
    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins View Post
    Do you have one of those gay ass stickers on your car? If so, I'll bet money youre an uptight passive aggressive fucktard that hates anyone different than them, yet loves to pay lip service to 'tolerance'.

    People with coexist stickers are ALMOST as bad as tele skiers, although there is some overlap.

  21. #146
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    I just ordered some Scarpa TX-pros.

    Will this now make me a Trandonee, or Tranny skier?
    Can someone lend me a skirt, preferably with some kind of paisley?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Deep View Post
    She doesn't make ya do it under the chairs, does she?
    no I can't convince her to

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    IMY GF is a telebabe ,she sez she will dump me if I don't tele so I break out the gear once or twice a year BUT ... I just don't love it anymore
    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    If you think about it now days I only do just enough tele to keep getting laid
    I guess I need to get laid more than once or twice a year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    no I can't convince her to
    Suggest that you'll teley more frequently...always leaving the options open.
    Johnny's only sin was dispair

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    First, I am an Alpine Skier.....but from '97 until '05 owned telegear (leather boots with plastic cuffs....never had full plastic). I am fine on tele, can rip a groomer, can technically ski anything, but dont look great off piste.

    Despite my addiction to Squaw straightlines and hucking, I recently have a desire to Tele (free heel, whatever). I do alot of cross country now, as I have 2 little kids and I like towing them (it is a fun thing to do without dragging babies to Squaw).
    --After doing lots of XC days, I get on Alpine and feel sort of confided.

    It has made me think of teleskiing again. Not to rip the palisades, but more because it feels really mobile. I can picture teleing more as I teach kids to ski, as I can skate, hike etc to pull them around. Teleing is more of a true transportation tool.
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