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First Day Tele Skiing

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Gorilla.Steeze
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I know this thread doesn't really have a point, but I have been skiing for ~18 years now and for some reason I have never tried telemark skiing. I just tried it for the first time yesterday and I had a fucking blast! It brings a totally different dimension to skiing in my opinion.

Who else on NS likes to dabble in tele skiing?
Dec 20 2010 2:37PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8863 - Karma: 31,577
i tele sometimes
tele was my only option for backcountry before my news skis shipped, and i am now sick of it

its kind of fun though
Dec 20 2010 2:50PM
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McFellon
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 2,005
sounds fun. i want to try it
Dec 20 2010 2:52PM
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Emma_Watson
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i would like to see tele skiing switch.
Dec 20 2010 2:58PM
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Smuffy
Posts: 4685 - Karma: 3,407
you have a mad river glen icon... how have you not tried telemarking?

i usedto be into it, and my dads totally obsessed. i almost totally converted at one point, but it was just way too hard to ski park. i couldnt spin more than 3 or do more than a 270 off so i pretty much stopped
Dec 20 2010 3:10PM
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frenchfries
Posts: 138 - Karma: 31
My dads into it, so I've gone, and ended up getting a setup this yr...it's really different though with the weight, but it's fun.
Dec 20 2010 3:13PM
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technique.
Posts: 1538 - Karma: 308
my friend tele's and we switched setups one night. i front 2d out of a box and put too much pressure on my tips while landing switch. my heels came up and i faceplanted. hilarity ensued. its fun to mess around with every so often, but ill keep my heels connected from now on(with very rare exceptions for the fun of it)
Dec 20 2010 6:23PM
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.Max.
Posts: 2930 - Karma: 701
I'll sell you some equipment...
Dec 20 2010 6:27PM
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Evilchris
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I tried it oneday last tear
Dec 20 2010 6:38PM
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Evilchris
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last year and it was tons of fun. I would HIGHLY suggest trying it to anyone. stupid mobile ns
Dec 20 2010 6:41PM
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drumbumocdp
Posts: 3228 - Karma: 1,079
My dad is a tele skier. Ive tried it once or twice but never really got into it. It takes mad quad strength to do it for more than a day
Dec 20 2010 6:41PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
Ive always wanted to try. Maybe ill get to this year
Dec 20 2010 6:42PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 11992 - Karma: 9,212
teled beofore i ever downhilled..  when i was 4-6 , the last time i did it.. this guy in college said he was a better skier then me cause he tele d   so i rented a pair and showed him what the fuck was up!
Dec 20 2010 6:43PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
My tele friends can rip switch it's kind of nuts, and they stagger their feet opposite switch than alpiners do so they stick their inside ski downhill.

I've only done it a couple days, but it's definitely fun. Wish I had three lives so I could snowboard, ski, and tele.
Dec 20 2010 6:43PM
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ratherbeskiing
Posts: 14 - Karma: 10
yea
Dec 20 2010 9:39PM
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J.DUKE
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 38
i tele 100%. Alex Paul is on here, and he is a SICK park freeheeler.


check out this edit

http://vimeo.com/groups/13938/videos/9185450

Dec 20 2010 10:08PM
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teleak
Posts: 2251 - Karma: 105
Alex Paul is the man!

And i tele errday.
Dec 20 2010 10:11PM
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J.DUKE
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 38
yup^
Dec 20 2010 10:22PM
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parkpanda
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I too tele everyday i just enjoy the challenge and difference that it brings to me
Dec 20 2010 10:34PM
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parkpanda
Posts: 17 - Karma: 11
soz double post but here is a tele park segment of RMU that I like tons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSkMDQCG_4g

I dont know how to emb....
Dec 20 2010 10:42PM
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RosskillzIT
Posts: 116 - Karma: 29
that's sick dude! I want to try it really bad.

was it really hard on your legs? cuz that is what I have heard.

mad props for going out and trying it.
Dec 21 2010 12:03AM
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snowbombz
Posts: 2456 - Karma: 96
i skied in utah once with an army guy who tele skied on a bloken foot! tele skiers are badass, way more gangster than twall
Dec 21 2010 2:11AM
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powerslide
Posts: 570 - Karma: 273

Yep Tele is a great work out for the legs. My wife only skis tele.

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The wife with tele. She thinks it has a unique flow.

Dec 21 2010 7:42AM
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ORDEAL
Posts: 6386 - Karma: 75
^ props for ripping with the family. I want to try it pretty bad actually.
Dec 21 2010 7:50AM
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CMYK
Posts: 1101 - Karma: 336
My dad's a full time tele-er, whenever I ski with the fam (aka not park) I use his old stuff. Definately a good way to switch it up from time to time
Dec 21 2010 8:08AM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7604 - Karma: 20,096
Tele skiing is great fun, brings new magic to the old familiar runs. It feels like you are more physically involved with skiing.
Dec 21 2010 9:33AM
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i.ski.NC
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Looks really fun. I want to try it at some point.
Dec 21 2010 10:09AM
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teleTay
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i havent skiied a day on alpine skis in about 9 years give or take, and im 16 now, been on teles since i could find a boot small enough,

i was thinking the other day why i telemark, and i honestly couldnt tell you why i would do anything else
Dec 21 2010 10:40AM
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teleTay
Posts: 2320 - Karma: 186
thats me by the way

but the only thing that i think is hard on tele's is switch pow landings other than that i can basically do anything else just easy as an alpine skier
Dec 21 2010 10:43AM
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DannyArnold
Posts: 247 - Karma: 366
tele is fun, it give you a new perspective on everything, especially tricks
Dec 21 2010 11:53AM
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corona
Posts: 12752 - Karma: 32,266
I read "the wife with tele. She has a unique flow"
gross dude

but yea, tele is where it's at. Absolute best feeling in pow. when I was younger I used to hit up the ski hills just in my cross country setup before I could afford anything else. got me good at tele real fast, then soon as I was in a heavier actual tele setup it was clutch
Dec 21 2010 12:03PM
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teleak
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This is me.

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Dec 21 2010 12:48PM
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