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lewski16
Posts: 280 - Karma: 62
is fun as hell, i just tried it for the first time yesterday
everyone should try it
Dec 26 2006 4:25PM
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mistaskia
Posts: 1252 - Karma: 32
never tried it... seems kinda akward to me. I dont really see the fun it turning like that, but thats just me i guess.
Dec 26 2006 4:28PM
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lewski16
Posts: 280 - Karma: 62
the turn feels cool because you're supposed to have about equal weight on each ski, so you really feel each carve in both skis instead of having pretty much all your weight on your downhill ski
Dec 26 2006 4:33PM
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mistaskia
Posts: 1252 - Karma: 32
true. but what i like about skiing is being able to have a veriety of turns, you can turn sharp or u can make long smooth turns... telemarking u really cant do that can u?
Dec 26 2006 4:35PM
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HeathR
Posts: 4357 - Karma: 1,379
I have tried it several times and i wasent that impressed. Its fun to mess around for a little while but i couldent see myself ever doing it seriously.
Dec 26 2006 5:21PM
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Neffer
Posts: 806 - Karma: 38
sure you can, and if you really feel like you need to you can fall back on alpine style turns.
Dec 26 2006 7:47PM
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mistaskia
Posts: 1252 - Karma: 32
really i have never seen anyone make long turns on telemark skis
Dec 26 2006 7:53PM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
wow its like everyone with less then 1000 post's is here....hahaha jokes guys

but your right tele's can be dam fun 
Dec 26 2006 7:58PM
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Homebrewer19
Posts: 346 - Karma: 11
sweet bro, we can always use more freeheelers on the mountain. try tele in powder once you have it down, that's when tele really shows its advantages.

and you're going to want this site: http://freeheellife.com
Dec 26 2006 11:40PM
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steezee5
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 136
switched to tele this year. got scratch BC's mounted with G3 targas. its a lot of fun, and you can def do a variety of turns, snapping them around for short turns, or just let em run and haul ass in long turns, but that kills you legs.
and teleing in powder is actually a ton harder than alpine, but the feeling when you get it is literally like floating, its sick
Dec 26 2006 11:51PM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
i have tried it and its fun but i would never switch over to it you don't have as much power or control
Dec 27 2006 1:24AM
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Notorious_BLT
Posts: 3401 - Karma: 14
teles are sick and i think people that are really good at it are insane, its so much harder on the legs and jus harder in general. ive only done it once on my dada old teles but it was still fun. im gonna put some tele bindings on my old skis
Dec 27 2006 2:36AM
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TAK
Posts: 5007 - Karma: 14
Telemarking = shitloads of fun, give it a shot if you ever get the chance. It's way harder than skiing, but feels so cool.
Dec 27 2006 2:53AM
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