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  1. #1
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    why not a telemark only place...

    We had a place like Telemarktips on the internet, but the ski manufactures kept telling us we needed bigger boots, stiffer bindings, and wider skis. There was a metamorphosis from true telemark to what today is difficult to distinguish between alpine skiing and the telly turn. They even renamed true telemark; XCD, that is when telemark died. We need a place for history to live and knees to drop. BRING BACK TELEMARK.
    I'm the best DPP in the West.

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    no one cares....
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    And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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    There is a sticker in the P-Dog describing Telemark Skiing.
    Johnny's only sin was dispair

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    telemarking has been cancelled

  5. #5
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    Want to know how to make a small fortune in the telemark ski area business?

    Start with a large one.

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    Still tele huh?

    Oh well, probably better skier than me.

  7. #7
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    No one cares that you double pole plant!
    あなたのおっぱいは富士山のように美しいです。富士

    Kendo Yamamoto "1984"

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    What does the tele skier say when he runs out of drugs??


    Man, these bindings suck.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tunco perfectly summarizing TGR View Post
    It is like Days of Our Lives', but with retards.

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    The minute someone made a plastic shelled tele boot, the sport began its death spiral. The spiral accelerated as soon as someone in an english speaking country called it "randonee."

    I would pay for tele lessons and buy new gear, if it was still done in leather boots, and if my AT boots weren't so dam comfortable.

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    i wish telemarking would just go extinct already

  11. #11
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    Its a beautiful turn when done correctly.
    Like in this video.

    Not like VONnosedrippers fucking double pole plant telegaping.
    TGR Bureau Chief, Greenwater, WA

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    ribbon dancing and figure skating are "beautiful" too fwiw

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    The problem with telemark is telemarkers.

  14. #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by meatspicy View Post
    ribbon dancing and figure skating are "beautiful" too fwiw
    Good point. .. Telemarking...the ribbon dancing of skiing.
    TGR Bureau Chief, Greenwater, WA

  15. #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by dumpy View Post
    What does the tele skier say when he runs out of drugs??


    Man, these bindings suck.
    Joke Fail....


    Two possible intros:

    #1 What did the telemark skier say when they ran out of weed?

    #2 What did the telemark skier say when they started eating meat again?

    One answer:

    What the Fuck happened to my bindings?

  16. #16
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    Bring back Suzy Chaffee and ski ballet!
    Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident

  17. #17
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    As predicted 20+ years ago, telemark gear evolution would progress itself out of existence and eventually become alpine touring gear. And it did!
    Look at the current AT gear. It's better in every way than tele stuff.

    The only remaining valid excuse is that some folks still prefer the feel of the tele turn technique.
    Leave No Turn Unstoned!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamespio View Post
    The minute someone made a plastic shelled tele boot, the sport began its death spiral.
    You can pretty much thank Arty Burrows for that one.

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    The smell would be awful...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scotsman50 View Post
    Its a beautiful turn when done correctly.
    Like in this video.

    Not like VONnosedrippers fucking double pole plant telegaping.
    Actually, that guy needs to keep his hands out front. He poodles a little on the less steep terrain and he needs to weight that rear ski. Oh wait, thought I was on TTips again. Nevermind.

    I parallel on tele skis. That way I'm in with both crowds!
    Last edited by GiBo; 01-17-2014 at 01:23 PM.

  21. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamespio View Post
    The minute someone made a plastic shelled tele boot, the sport began its death spiral. The spiral accelerated as soon as someone in an english speaking country called it "randonee."

    I would pay for tele lessons and buy new gear, if it was still done in leather boots, and if my AT boots weren't so dam comfortable.
    Just the other day I saw a guy in his 50s or 60s on little 170ish straight skis and leather boots. His stance made it obvious he ripped. I gave him a big nod. Dude was not fucking around and clearly, clearly the best skier on the mountain.

    Then I flew by him on the down and realized... yeah, modern skis...

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    Quote Originally Posted by vdRONdripper View Post
    We had a place like Telemarktips on the internet, but the ski manufactures kept telling us we needed bigger boots, stiffer bindings, and wider skis. There was a metamorphosis from true telemark to what today is difficult to distinguish between alpine skiing and the telly turn. They even renamed true telemark; XCD, that is when telemark died. We need a place for history to live and knees to drop. BRING BACK TELEMARK.
    Bring back the 8-Track!

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    Quote Originally Posted by vdRONdripper View Post
    We had a place like Telemarktips on the internet, but the ski manufactures kept telling us we needed bigger boots, stiffer bindings, and wider skis. We need a place for history to live and knees to drop.
    here is the crux of your problem vd, you got sucked in to the noise and lost focus.
    dpp all you want, the guests always enjoy a good chuckle.
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  24. #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by GiBo View Post

    I parallel on tele skis. That way I'm in with both crowds!
    Tha'ts what hipster-wanna-be teenagers in Boise do. Borrow dad's tele gear with the super stiff springs (cuz dad's carrying an extra 60 lbs), and ski it parallel.

  25. #25
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    It's called Whitegrass, WV

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