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  1. 03-09-2010, 08:31 PM #1
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    A/T Anonymous: A Tale of a Telemarker Turned A/T Skier

    There's a similar thread in the archives, but since I found a nicer version of this brilliant piece on Vimeo, I figured I'd start a new thread. Enjoy, if you haven't already:

    [ame="http://vimeo.com/8913214"]http://vimeo.com/8913214[/ame]
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  2. 03-10-2010, 11:20 AM #2
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    HAHAHAHHAHAHA the hissy fit throwing of poles is FUCKIN PRICELESS!!!!!!!
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  3. 03-10-2010, 11:46 AM #3
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    "I even bought a carabiner, cuz I thought it looked cool"
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  4. 03-10-2010, 01:32 PM #4
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    awesome.
    a rerun.
    but still awesome.
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  5. 03-10-2010, 01:51 PM #5
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    is that what Rontele sounds like?
    ROLL TIDE ROLL
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  6. 03-10-2010, 02:18 PM #6
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    brilliant. Is it me, or does the narrator sound a little like a young Jeff Bridges?
    on the send bus to gnar town
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    Great video.

    seems like my life this year as I'm making the slow transition to the AT world.
    I love to tele and also see the aggressive ability of hard charging with the AT setup.
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  8. 03-10-2010, 05:20 PM #8
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    Haha that's a great vid. Also love the pole-throwing action.
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    AT stands for after tele.
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    Priceless. Thanks for posting this.
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  11. 03-12-2010, 12:07 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by enjoytheride View Post
    HAHAHAHHAHAHA the hissy fit throwing of poles is FUCKIN PRICELESS!!!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by plugboots View Post
    AT stands for after tele.
    Hah! I'm using that.

    I'm a recent Darkside convert as well.

    Now I'm just "a skier."

    I watch that vid once a year or so for kicks.
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  13. 03-12-2010, 05:29 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Telenater View Post
    You're welcome.

    Well if ya get Telenator out of the wod works then it's worth it. Nate you should come down to the Mammoth Mini with DJ. .... Now where is Steelman?

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    A classic for sure.
    watch out for snakes
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  15. 03-12-2010, 09:06 AM #15
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    Nice video. Even I enjoyed it: Just about all of my friends, including the enthusiasts who taught me to telemark, have switched. Inertia, stubbornness, stupidity, whatever: I stick with it....

    AT = Aging Telemarker
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  16. 03-12-2010, 10:20 AM #16
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    Its good he went alpine....'cause he wasn't a good telemarketer. Anyone can ski flat corn, but falling out of the blue in it. Fuck! I'd hate to see him in moguls, that would of been a shit-show. Now he can just smear-turn.
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  17. 03-12-2010, 10:23 AM #17
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    Stan Wagon? Founder of Ultrarunning mag? I ran into to you in the 1990's on a ski tour. I was on tele gear. Nice to see a maggot who is older than I am.

    That video is always fun to watch. Classic.

    The ski touring group was 100% tele 6 years ago. Now we're 30% tele, 70% AT. Since my switch to AT, I've doubled my touring days per season. Just sayin' Still got the tele gear for low angle days.
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  18. 03-12-2010, 11:17 AM #18
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    Yes, Big Steve, I am he. Ultrarunning mag is almost 30 years old now -- I do ultra skiing: 100-miles once, and a nice 90-km race every spring (coming up in 2 days). So far this year: about 100 days skate-skiing, 20 days on light touring gear, and 1 day last week telemarking at Beaver Creek on a free ticket (pretty fun). All the skating helped my balance! I'll still get out and flail a bit in May/June on the steeps out here in Colo.

    I know: If I really like light gear so much I should switch to AT. Someday when I get really old....
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    Cool, Stan. BTW, my name has appeared in c. 80 results in Ultrarunning.
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