Tele skiers >>>>>

[mtsprings]

I have three kids that were born within three years of each other. The budget included gear & passes for the family but not lessons or ski teams. That left me with three beginning skiers between the ages of 4 and 7 on the slopes, by myself. I picked up some tele gear to try to give myself something to work on while I spent my days on the blues & greens.

Now, five years later, I cannot keep up with any of my kids while on the tele’s (license to suck ). I still indulge in the free heal life while at my home mountain but switch to alpine when we go to other mountains. Tele’ing has really helped improve my alpine skiing and I get a great workout in one day. My home mountain is small & it usually takes until late January to get a lot of the good terrain open. I would be bored on alpines but am content tele’ing average terrain plus I usually get just partial days at home where I am on 3-5 day trips when I am visiting other mountains .

When I first started tele’ing I did find myself looking at good skiers and then thinking, oh they are just on alpines. It was kind of like looking a someone spin or bait fishing when you are fly fishing. That emotion/perspective really did not last long for me. Lately I am sometimes almost embarrassed to be tele’ing when I see how trendy it has become with the elitist dorks. I choose not to be in their club(no subi, dog waiting in car, overgrown beard, artyrex, need to wear an oversized pack when skiing inbounds or talk loudly with a sense of entitlement in lift lines).

In the end, I am really just happy to be able to be skiing as much as I do. I do not give a shit about what others are thinking or how they are getting down the mountain. Just hope they are having as much fun as me.

[cuseo]

...and do whatever you f-ing want with your heels!!!

Telemarking is skiing, not a "form" of skiing or an "alternative" to "normal" skiing. It is skiing. Does that make sense?

Here's my two cents...

I like telemark gear because I'm a skinny white boy and I could never really flex the alpine race boots I grew up skiing in. When I started teleing several years ago it just felt more natural. I can bend my ankles and knees more and find my balance better, even in Alpine style...it's all about the boots and the biomechanics for me. And with the Black Diamond touring binding (the 01), it's the best setup ever for touring, lighter and with a more natural pivot point than any AT binding out there, period.

And I'll be the first (and maybe only) telemarker in the thread to admit to skiing with my heels down whenever I want. I do it and I'm proud of it. I'm eagerly awaiting the aforementioned "elitist dorks" to weigh in on my "Telpining" because I already have a great response...

I'm a skier! A f-ing skier! That's it, that's all. Just a skier. Not a "Telemarker" or an "Alpiner". Does that make sense to all the beauraucrats (sp?) out there? Skiing is going down a mountain on snow. Telemark gear is not a knee-dropping mandate, just an option.

[end rant]

[The word Gaper is overused]

Tele skiing is for Gapers.

The word Gaper is overused.

[DaHeel]

This thread is lame. Just shut the fuck up and ski -- if you can.

This should have been the first and LAST reply to this lame ass butt hurt thread. Who the hell gives a shit what others think of what you do or don't do.

[bluespark]

I do not think that term means what you think it means.

i didn't know that there was an official definition for "fruit booter". i've always heard it in reference to freeheelers. does the "real" definition have something to do with produce and rectums?

[bio-smear]

i didn't know that there was an official definition for "fruit booter". i've always heard it in reference to freeheelers. does the "real" definition have something to do with produce and rectums?

It's my understanding that it refers to rollerbladers.

[blizzy801]

freeheeler 4 life...josh & cody's new movie rocks..and my friends and have not learned this skill yet..
hell yeah blizzy

[Big Tim]

What is this TELEMARK that you speek of..................

[heyyyou]

This should have been the first and LAST reply to this lame ass butt hurt thread. Who the hell gives a shit what others think of what you do or don't do.

And que the emo music.......


It's a wrap.

[wra]

At least the "fruitbooters" know better than to skin up the down.

[RootSkier]

How can you deny the sweetness?

[loJack]

Meadow skippers is what I call them.

[Bob_Ondeeznuts]

what about teleboards? Are those people ok?

[Geekasaur]

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"

After reading this post I am able to deduce the following two things:

1. You prefer the company of men.
2. You are far too old for it to be considered experimentation.

[Conundrum]

There's a lot spouting going on in this thread. Shouldn't you all be combing the interweb for end of the season close outs on wool and hemp.

[yonskion]

After reading this post I am able to deduce the following two things:

1. You prefer the company of men.
2. You are far too old for it to be considered experimentation.

1. I puke bigger than you can ski.
2. This is the last you'll hear

[telepow]

Not looking down here, but based on my experience, if you alpine 100+ days a year you will get sick of it, assuming you're not dropping a new Alaskan line everyday. With tele skiing I have not found this to be the case, I appreciate every turn more, and there is nothing comparable to a bottomless powder telemark turn. To put it simply, I know a lot of people that 'used to alpine' but 'no one who used to tele'. Its pretty nice to have in the skiing repertoire

[Pablo Escobar]

1. I puke bigger than you can ski.
2. This is the last you'll hear

oh puh-leeze. the only reason you puke big is due to the fact that your stomach is filled with the man juice of every truck driver within 100 miles of bend.

found your pic too, don't be shy there, big boy

[LIP]

Not looking down here, but based on my experience, if you alpine 100+ days a year you will get sick of it, assuming you're not dropping a new Alaskan line everyday. With tele skiing I have not found this to be the case, I appreciate every turn more, and there is nothing comparable to a bottomless powder telemark turn. To put it simply, I know a lot of people that 'used to alpine' but 'no one who used to tele'. Its pretty nice to have in the skiing repertoire

I used to tele for a decade plus, but I got bored with it and quit. Felt confined and limited by it. I've pinned once in the last 7 years or so, and after that one day I said, what the fack was I thinking. Don't even remotely miss it one bit.

[telepow]

^ The equipment has changed in recent years, were you on leathers? With decent gear and enough experience you can do anything on teles you can on an alpine setup. Therefore, isn't alpining just limiting your skiing and making your feet sore? I've never met your kind

[MakersTeleMark]

I kill it on teles:

[telepow]

so steezy

[LIP]

^ The equipment has changed in recent years, were you on leathers? With decent gear and enough experience you can do anything on teles you can on an alpine setup. Therefore, isn't alpining just limiting your skiing and making your feet sore? I've never met your kind

Bought the Scarpa terminators first year they came out. Bellows made my feet bleed. My Langes are more comfy then any tele boot I've been in. Been there, done that as far as gear goes. Just got bored with teleing. Wanted to go bigger, faster and more confidently than pins would let me. Less room for error on pins = more limitations. Telemark: Norwegian for 'Wait for me'!

[ali wantodo iski]

i just hate on texans. because i have yet to meet one of them who can alpine, tele, snowboard with skill above that of the average grade school kid in CO, UT, or MT

i am from texas and i can alpine, tele, and snowboard. i'm not sure about the grade school kids in those states, but i can at least hang with third graders in tahoe on any board. i agree though, most texans are frucking ertarted anywhere near snow, especially while on vacation in colorado.

[telepow]

Bought the Scarpa terminators first year they came out. Bellows made my feet bleed. My Langes are more comfy then any tele boot I've been in. Been there, done that as far as gear goes. Just got bored with teleing. Wanted to go bigger, faster and more confidently than pins would let me. Less room for error on pins = more limitations. Telemark: Norwegian for 'Wait for me'!

Its all about the thermofit liners and stiff ass boots and skis=no limitations

i.e. Dylan Crossman: