Alpine touring is utterly boring . And easy. Anyone can do it, hence the popularity. Telemark is pure bliss, the culmination of a lifetime of truth seeking. The living end. But it does require a small learning curve... A learning curve that is growing exponentially more fun every year until your nex...

Sounds like you have enjoyed you winter retreat. Welcome back. Thank you very much! But that was just a brief outing to update my reviews after a whole season... I had so much fun on all these Asnes masterpieces... Back to my cave now... ;) (I might be back again this summer when the new 2020 Asnes...

Rabbs.jpg It’s the question people have been asking me since I first posted my review of the Rabb 68 . So Johnny, what is the difference between the Rabb 68 and the Falketind 62? They are very similar, yet they can be used for several different things. They are the closest brothers of the Tind Fami...

They are both very nice. To me it seems like the Asnes scales are smoother, offering a slightly better glide, while the Offtrack offers a tad more grip... But it's hard to tell for me since my Ingstad and Nansen WLs are much narrower than my Offtrack skis...

The best skis I know for distance oriented tours:

Asnes Mountain Race 48 Skin
Asnes Mountain Tour 51 WL

Super fast, super light, and both waxless. Think about the Fischer SuperLite series but with more stability and 3/4 metal edges... Similar to the Gamme, but much softer and lighter...

They went against the prevailing trend of extra-long, aggressive grip patterns. It seems they prioritized glide over grip, which is cool because you can attach kicker skins for more grip. The scales glide way better than the 30mm mohair skin, no question. The skin does grip a little better, especia...

Aggressive turns?!? Aggressivity and stiffness are for madmen and thugs. Poles apart from the very essence of telemark. Everybody knows XCD is all about softness, technique, grace and finesse... Not aggressivity and stiffness... 8-) It's no surprise that some people are destroying their boots or nee...

Rod, je meurs d'envie de te faire découvrir tout ca...! Mais je suis né hermite, et mon cas s'aggrave de plus en plus avec l'age... Ce qui me plait énormément, je dois l'avouer... La derniere fois que j'étais dans la région c'était pour l'exposition de Tintin il y a quelques années... I got the sens...

TINDAN 86 At last, those dream skis: the ones you can use both for long hikes in the pristine spring snow and exhilarating arcs on the groomed powder. [/color] Oooooops! Sorry, I didn't notice that! I like my powder untouched, I had absolutely no idea that people were actually skiing groomed powder...

My verdict after one season: The Tindan is freaking awesome. The most sensual and passionate ski for everything powder. Groomed powder? What the heck is that? :lol: From an alpine and modern tele perspective, the Tindan is a nice all-mountain ski. But from the XCD perspective, the Tindan is a pure p...