Telemark skiing is dead.

[Peruvian]

[buttahflake]

[glademaster]

There was a whole group of little kids on tele gear at Ajax last weekend who were part of the local ski club. They must have been like 10 years old, as they were tiny, but most of them ripped. That was pretty badass to see, plus, it doesn't take much snow for a 10 year old on tele gear to make it look DEEP.

I've also noticed that I've never seen a couple skiing together where someone alpines and the other person teles. I guess tele skiers only fuck other tele skiers? Or is that a fellow tele skier is the only kind of person who can stand the smell of your ass after you've tele'd all day?

[half-fast]

Probably more telly skiers than I’ve seen before at my hill

[Core Shot]

I was a way better tele skier than anyone on here back in the 90’s, just sayin is all. None of that paramarking bullshit, fully loading up the back ski and straight up ripping shit. No lie, I was better than you, it’s true. Then the day came when we got K2 Four demos at the shop I was at in Waterville Valley. One of the boys came down and said I needed to try them, grabbed some rental boots and locked down, two runs later, I came down and got fitted for new Nordica’s, haven’t made a tele turn since that day.
Take laps beaters

You suck.

K2 four? Seriously?

I was slaying the gnar on Tuas and riva loops. And I still tele for fun. Way better than your dreams.
And with NTN and modern skis, it’s even more fun.

Take a tele lap

No seriously. If you claim to be a tele guru, but haven’t dropped a knee since the k2 four, you suck.

[jmedslc]

I ❤️this thread

[Peruvian]

Skied with a couple the other day - she freeheeled, he was a knuckle dragger.

[Laps]

You suck.

K2 four? Seriously?

I was slaying the gnar on Tuas and riva loops. And I still tele for fun. Way better than your dreams.
And with NTN and modern skis, it’s even more fun.

Take a tele lap

No seriously. If you claim to be a tele guru, but haven’t dropped a knee since the k2 four, you suck.

TELE SKI-OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[BCMtnHound]

TELE SKI-OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DRITTSEKK DOWNHILL!!!!

[tuco]

fully loading up the back ski

Have you tailgunned alpine since those Fours as well?

[CS]

fun throwback tele pics.

I'll play along, back when I used to actually ski...




Yes, there is a tele turn in here somewhere....




Aahhh springtime Mammoth...



the watermarks tell you how old the pics are


But, I am still dropping a knee when I am able to get out in the springtime these days...




And yes it is stupid, but dammit if I don't still love it (and hate it).

[tuco]

Nice^^^
Here's a throwback too.
This is about all I got. Photo of a photo.
Mt Highbush Chugach Range May 2002.
With a left knee that only bends to ~90°, my tele days are dun. I'll always miss it dammit
And yes, we did drop in from the top. Ramp on lookers left

[Norseman]

What happened to the knee, Tuco?

[tuco]

I learned the hard way that this (notice the rusty delams under base) can be a dangerous situation when moisture gets under then freezes. Brother and I came smokin' off a slope into a short low angle section where, just to fuck around, whip off some Stein Erickson wiggle turns high speed and make sharp right along creek bed that's around 6' tall. One ski stuck and I went headfirst into opposing creek bed upside down and knee bent laterally over the crest of the creek bed. Lateral hyperextension. Not only hurt my knee, but I body checked that creek bed hard. Right in front of two gapers. I was too embarrassed to admit I was hurt in front of the gapers, so I got up, said you're welcome(guaranteed those two still say "remember that time in Honeycomb Canyon.....") and skied off.

[abraham]

Damn. Out of curiosity Tuco, were you a bird tram rider on tele gear around 08-12?

Cool pics CS, was just talking recently about when pics were all hosted on Biglines.

[Flyoverland Captive]

A couple oldies from the days before I destroyed my feet.

Lone Peak, 2011-ish.


49N, 2008-ish.

[tuco]

Damn. Out of curiosity Tuco, were you a bird tram rider on tele gear around 08-12?

Cool pics CS, was just talking recently about when pics were all hosted on Biglines.

Had spring passes, yes

[Core Shot]

fun throwback tele pics.

I'll play along, back when I used to actually ski...




And yes it is stupid, but dammit if I don't still love it (and hate it).

Fuck. Thread winner right there.

Siiiiiiiiiicknesssss

[PB]

I am both humbled and honored to be part of this community.

[efbride]

I am both humbled and honored to be part of this community.

I second this. Much stoke and humor to boot. Met a few and guaranteed to bump into more. Grounded people living life.

[b0ardski]

this thread almost makes me miss T-Tips

[jmedslc]

Damn. Out of curiosity Tuco, were you a bird tram rider on tele gear around 08-12?

Cool pics CS, was just talking recently about when pics were all hosted on Biglines.

I was! Started tele in 2004 after realizing I was handicapped on the snowboard I moved out here with. Been a dedicated 22 designs skier since day 1.

Rode the bird 00-04 then AltaBird till ‘12 then bought a cabin in Brighton and been full-time big cottonwood ever since.

I miss skiing LCC terrain and my dear posse over there but we have great skiing over here in “the people’s canyon”. Booyah

[wolfelot]

I don’t think I consciously recall seeing any telemark skiers all year here in my area of Colorado.

[PB]

Ah! But SUB-consciously you only saw free heelers, right?

[frorider]

I don’t think I consciously recall seeing any telemark skiers all year here in my area of Colorado.

I play a game with my fellow tele skiers on a resort day. I’ll silently tally the number of other tele skiers I’ve seen in lift line or on the slopes, then ask my crew how many they’ve seen that day. Generally they’ve only noticed one or two, while I’ve seen a dozen or more. I’m referring here to resorts that aren’t tele meccas like Alta.

No idea why I seem to notice tele skiers at a distance. Maybe it’s my sense of smell.