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Tele Isn't dead?

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PacificRimJob
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So I've got back into Tele this year, mostly because I'm pretty over getting hurt in the park. It's actually the most fun I've ever had sucking at something that involves sliding on snow. Plus, it's allowed me to screw around with friends who are pretty passive and slow. Anyone else out there freeing the heel these days?
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GhettoYeti
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TrippTerminiTelemark bindings don't release, right? I'm trying to get into telemark and I'm concerned about that. Are there a lot of times that you can get hurt by no release?

Well idk about ntn but regular tele bindings dont, however since there is only one point of contact you ar not very likley to get hurt because of the lack of release
7 years ago
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masterhatin
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7 years ago
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_Martinsson
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teleTayhttps://www.facebook.com/dizzleberry/videos/1990340727915670/


Andreas in that video was a parkteacher in a mountain I ski a lot in, seriously a crazy dude!
7 years ago
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levibonn
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FishChowderIf I wanted to get into it, what would I want for gear? There aren't many who do it at my local hills. I only see one or two a year but I have always loved the style.


Go for some karhus and 22 design bindings
7 years ago
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telewaker101
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I just started two years ago and it's one of the best things I have done. I love the sport.
7 years ago
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MitchWAndrew
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Tele. Tubbie skiing is not dead this is my 7th grade self shredding absolute gnar way back in the days at Sundance may tellietubbie skiers live on.
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Breeze-J
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What is the point of Tele skiing?

If you have to ask you'll never know...:)

But I'll try

- Style / feel...good tele turns on powder snow feels like surfing...it's kind of like a mix of alpine/snowboard, super fun feel. And looks pretty good too (imho)

- Challenge, telemark skiing is pretty hard

- Change...e.g. for me after 37 years of alpine and some snowboard I know I am not hucking doubles anymore; fluid tele turns, reasonable sized cliffs, 360s, easy park skiing = more than enough challenge and new kind of fun

- Exercise...it's said that tele is harder to your muscles, alpine to your joints. If you want fit legs, start dropping your knee :)

- Touring/mobility...these days alpine touring is lighter/more efficient but teles are still a very convinient way to move around in the mountains in general. Flats, rolling terrain, long traverses etc. I started to tele to ski with kids, thought that the added mobility will be a benefit when teaching...and got kind of hooked since.

Hope that made sense at all?
7 years ago
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telewaker101
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I'm part of a big mountain Telemark team at my school, there's about 25 of us on the team and even more in outher Tele groups in our school alone. There's also a big mountain Telemark team at my home Resort with even more kids, so I can attest that telemark skiing is very much not dead or dying. Infact around me it seems that a lot of new young kids are getting into it.
7 years ago
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SSteezle
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would anyone happen to be selling a setup? I'd love to just buy a full used setup, I'm size 9.5 shoe size and would prefer a 180ish ski
7 years ago
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skiP.E.I.
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I don't have my own tele gear but I try to borrow some a couple days a year. Does wonders for dialing technique, and as you say it's a nice way to have a chill day with a different challenge. I love the fine adjustments you can dial in in terms of balance.
7 years ago
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oiucheekykunt
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i would try tele at whitegrass its a cross country place in west va but they have glades and some small rocks for tele
7 years ago
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PacificRimJob
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TrippTerminiTelemark bindings don't release, right? I'm trying to get into telemark and I'm concerned about that. Are there a lot of times that you can get hurt by no release?


There actually are a few fully releasable telemark bindings. Voile makes the Hardwire CRB for 75mm setups, and there's also the 7TM Power Release, which I'm not sure exists anymore, but you can find them out there. Someone's bound to be selling a set...

otherwise, there are the NTN bindings, which have the ability to release - albeit, it's not like there's some spring tensioned action to set like on alpine bindings. They are made to have the potential to release though, if you end up twisting so that's good.



THAT SAID... Here's some interesting stuff to read about how it's apparently... safer than alpine?

https://absolutetelemark.com/is-telemark-safe-for-your-knees/

I'll say one thing... with tele, you're way more likely to fall forward than backward... and most alpine knee injuries happen when falling backwards... so keep that in mind.
7 years ago
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HypeBeast
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Man fuck Tele skiers. Recent encounter with one, I was skiing on probably a 5ft wide stretch of snow on the far right of the trail cuz this Tele skier was already taking up 75% of it with his big ass turns.... Nbd. Whatever. Then out of the blue he decides he's gonna make a super extra large turn this time and cut right in my path. Had to slow down a bunch to avoid him. If you're reading this Tele guy, screw you.
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telemon
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DingoSeanSo I've got back into Tele this year, mostly because I'm pretty over getting hurt in the park. It's actually the most fun I've ever had sucking at something that involves sliding on snow. Plus, it's allowed me to screw around with friends who are pretty passive and slow. Anyone else out there freeing the heel these days?

I started tele this year and its so much better, having such a good time messing around on them. Ive got an edit on my account of me riding them in the park.
7 years ago
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telemon
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but I like how small theres just a small group of people who tele, makes it a cool community. If everyone was on tele it would be ruined.
7 years ago
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Rum_Ham
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DingoSeanThere actually are a few fully releasable telemark bindings. Voile makes the Hardwire CRB for 75mm setups, and there's also the 7TM Power Release, which I'm not sure exists anymore, but you can find them out there. Someone's bound to be selling a set...

otherwise, there are the NTN bindings, which have the ability to release - albeit, it's not like there's some spring tensioned action to set like on alpine bindings. They are made to have the potential to release though, if you end up twisting so that's good.



THAT SAID... Here's some interesting stuff to read about how it's apparently... safer than alpine?

https://absolutetelemark.com/is-telemark-safe-for-your-knees/

I'll say one thing... with tele, you're way more likely to fall forward than backward... and most alpine knee injuries happen when falling backwards... so keep that in mind.


I thought the issue with Tele falls was tib/fib spiral fractures not knee damage?
7 years ago
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aidanaughton
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FishChowderIf I wanted to get into it, what would I want for gear? There aren't many who do it at my local hills. I only see one or two a year but I have always loved the style.


Peep my for sale threads, got all the stuff you need
7 years ago
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PacificRimJob
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Rum_HamI thought the issue with Tele falls was tib/fib spiral fractures not knee damage?


Pretty sure both are pretty bad and happen often enough with either method...
7 years ago
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~Gotama~
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I recently moved to Vermont and live really close to Bolton Valley, which is a small and fairly flat ski area with super cheap season passes and night skiing. I found a tele set up at a ski swap this fall specifically to get the most fun out of this terrain that would otherwise be sort of boring, and I've been having so much fun with it. Black diamonds are actually scary again, which just makes me feel like a kid.

This is my first post in a really long time, which goes to show how changing things up can reinvigorate interest.
7 years ago
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