Overall performance may not be a thing that telemark skiers have been looking for. From advent of modern telemark ski in the 70s, its overall performance has never been a match for alpine ski. However, many of them found telemark interesting because it let them feel a superb buoyancy on powder, a se...

Hi Raventele, But here's the thing to me: I find there's really so little difference in feel or weight penalty using pins over System bindings, but pins are definitely far sturdier and far more reliable (especially in very cold conditions) and can be mounted on about any ski that can reasonably be c...

Hello LoveJohnny, Thanks for your comment, too. Personally, this is what I'm heading for. Grace, sensuality & lightness. That's why I'm so into XCD now and why I wanna make the switch to "real" XCD. I imagine that way back in the 70s all the televangelists in the US must have had similar idea like y...

Hello LoveJohnny, Thanks for your comment, too. Personally, this is what I'm heading for. Grace, sensuality & lightness. That's why I'm so into XCD now and why I wanna make the switch to "real" XCD. I imagine that way back in the 70s all the televangelists in the US must have had similar idea like y...

Thanks for your comment, Raventele. Yes, I understood that the XCD included heavier and sturdier gear here. So there is no problem. Though I've skied with Scarpa T4 and Binson on 3-pin before, I couldn't get enough "lite/right" feeling with them. Yes, the NNN/BC is laughable as you gave it triple LO...

http://bcountry.xsrv.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ontake.jpg Mt. Ontake (10,049 ft), a popular back-country ski area in the central area in Japan, erupted on Sept 27 and caused 47 deaths as of Oct 3, 19 still missing. The picture above was taken by one of the victims. http://youtu.be/kD6T4Ji9le...

LoveJohnny wrote: How does one quadruple the value of their car? By fitting 174 pairs of Salomon XC skis in it.

I wonder if they are aiming a Guinness record or something.

Sorry for my bringing up an old thread, but I couldn't help! Here it is.. :lol: :lol: :lol: About what you should expect.. :lol: :lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3yaE34VYek What an interesting video!!! As one of the casts of that video :), I'd like to add the following comments: Actually, the s...

Have a nice trip to Hokkaido!
There are nice backcountry-ski areas in Aomori and Nagano prefectures also.