Telemark skiing is dead.

[petey_]

Fwiw I have several NTN telemark rigs available in SLC for anyone who wants to try it out. Outlaw X, free ride or Lynx. Shell size 27.5 bring your own liners or boots.

The difference that NTN brings is profound and substantial, but not for everyone. Some folks like skiing on leathers and pins, as we’ve heard a bunch lately. [emoji3]

Such a long drive. My size too.

[ski-wpk]

I have T4s with Intuition Denalis. Love those boots.

[bio-smear]

I'm excited about a shift to tech toe tele bindings. ... What's lacking is a good pin-equipped ultralight boot to pair with the TTS, like the T4

If you want the power of a 4 buckle 75mm boot you might as well be on NTN. NTN has much more lateral control, which is the whole reason we switched to plastic boots in the first place.

We have some disconnects in our communication, probably because I ramble. What I was trying to say it that I want essentially an NTN T4 so i can use it with TTS and all its contemporaries like the Kreuzspitze telemark kit or any tech toe frankenbinding. I used the term "pin" to mean tech toe pins, not 3 pins.

I've been on NTN since almost the start. But dragging my 4-buckle boots out for a rolling tour around the lake is not gonna happen.

[bio-smear]

New, good problems. Anyone used one or more of this combo?

Fischer Ranger 94 FR. Found a good deal on them. Been wanting a mid width daily driver for tele. Also migrating away from Freerides and want to try something with a tech toe so I grabbed some Meidjo 3s.

Kinda bought the Rangers blind but reviews say they're medium stiff and playful for higher end skiers. I did read the Blister review and noted the flex pattern. I dunno if that's me but I'm heavier (6'1" 220lbs—all muscle and testicle except for the mid section) and one morning in winter 2009 I slayed some shit on alpine gear.

Now telemark...I'm ok. Definitely hold back a fair amount with the free heel and these days I just like to play in pow and soft snow. Tend to ski taller, not lower.

Blister guys said they liked the 94 FRs mounted forward of the recommended line a bit, so i was thinking of mounting these Meidjos ON the line rather than my standard -2cm.

Anyway I really like the color combo. Will I rip these fuckers out of the ski if I keep my knee off the deck? lemme know now before I punch 13 holes or whatever it is.

Thanks.

[chicken feathers]

^That sounds like a sweet setup. Pretty sure that ski has some metal in it right? My wife has some Hannibal 96's with A/T bindings, the construction is solid and I wouldn't hesitate to mount them telemark based on how solid the mount feels on them. I'd think the Ranger would have even burlier construction and make a bomber tele ski.

[wickstad]

This run is no longer there thanks to a landslide.

[Surfer 7]

@BioSmear - don’t know jack about where to mount Meidjo on those skis, but Meidjo versions 2.1 and 3 were changed slightly to make sure they didn’t pull out. Some deep knee benders experienced pull out with version 1.2 and 2.0. I have 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 and so far no pull outs, in fact I haven’t broken anything yet.

[MakersTeleMark]

Post a question here and some really nerdgeeks will totally help you out:

https://www.backcountrytalk.com/

And say thrunt a lot, because they have their panties way in a wad.

[BeHuWe]

Returning to the freeheel life and I’m pretty excited about it


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[Doremite]

Returning to the freeheel life and I’m pretty excited about it


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You should be. Those look sweet!!

[bodywhomper]

Agree. Stoked to see and read about others new setups.

[thefrush]

Telemark skied for the first time on Thursday back where I learned to ski over 30 years ago.

[PB]

That's not free heeling; that's suffering.

[bodywhomper]

Telemark skied for the first time on Thursday back where I learned to ski over 30 years ago.

Congrats!

That's not free heeling; that's suffering.

Lol!

FWIW, I found mammoth mtn in the springtime a great place to learn to tele. Long corn runs were really conducive, for me, for learning. Also, having a shop in town with rentals was critical.

And mammoth has some good runs for learning to make steeps tele turns. I found out that I could tumbledown hangman’s after botching my first or second turn and go right through the funnel unscathed. I also learned quite a bit following (and observing) good tele skiers at the hill. Watching how they were able to haul ass and confidently ski down runs like climax and the chutes off ch23 helped me a lot.

[Peruvian]

Does anyone happen to have a spare forefoot buckle for a TX-Pro?

[Peruvian]

Does anyone happen to have a spare forefoot buckle for a TX-Pro?

[frorider]

No, but I had a similar buckle break and I drilled a horizontal hole and used baling wire to replace that broken shaft as a temporary fix.

The fix has worked perfectly for 2 seasons, so I’m leaving as is

[~mikey b]

probably can use a different buckle from a different boot

[jmedslc]

Does anyone happen to have a spare forefoot buckle for a TX-Pro?

I’ll see you down at freeheel life this afternoon. Haha. I broke the cable on mid step buckle on my tx comp over the weekend.

[jhyatt]

This week I have been telemarking a lot and now my big toe really hurts to the point where I had to go back to my alpine stuff.
When I bend the bellows it jams my foot forwards and my toe jams. My toenail really hurts.
Boots feel like they fit ok otherwise.
I researched and everything says to get boots that fit that's it...

[Shredhead]

Same shit happens to me, when I do a lot of Nordic.

[Laps]

Crispis or old scarpas?


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[Meadow Skipper]

This week I have been telemarking a lot and now my big toe really hurts to the point where I had to go back to my alpine stuff.
When I bend the bellows it jams my foot forwards and my toe jams. My toenail really hurts.
Boots feel like they fit ok otherwise.
I researched and everything says to get boots that fit that's it...

Does it hurt when you do that?

Don’t do that.

[Peruvian]

This week I have been telemarking a lot and now my big toe really hurts to the point where I had to go back to my alpine stuff.
When I bend the bellows it jams my foot forwards and my toe jams. My toenail really hurts.
Boots feel like they fit ok otherwise.
I researched and everything says to get boots that fit that's it...

What boots, what bindings?

Normal shoe size and what’s the boot size?

What part of your toe hurts?

[jhyatt]

Black diamond PUSH.
28
My ski boot is 27.5. Size 11 running shoe
Old hammerhead from Laps.
But also happens with Axl
I am worried about messing up my toenails ahead of a big marathon in April