Regarding b-tele, I may not be familiar with the terms "Weighting" and "Unweighting" [...] When I use the term "weighting," I mean it more like shifting weight from one foot to another while walking. In his b-tele text, Telehiro uses the words "in air" ("in the air"). I have interpreted that the wo...

@CIMA Do you mean width of feet? I was thinking of that today, when practicing for two hours at a resort. I thought that a narrow stance might be easier than a wide stance for b-tele, or generally for weighting your rear ski. It seems mechanically difficult to weight your rear ski in a wide stance....

I have a bit of a different take. But I'm mostly resort and don't ski Gamme's, so take with a grain of salt, I suppose. IDK what "B tely" is, really, but you don't drive skis by rotating hips. You rotate hips so that they don't slow down or interfere with the skis as they turn. Proper weighting com...

Thank you Cima, I have been following the “B” Tele discussion on 2 forums. For my kind of skiing which preferably is in soft snow, I look at all the rotation of the lead ski, and while I cannot help but admire the athleticism, I can’t see how it is a benefit it 3-D snow. I don’t think I could ever ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6FbJtgwdTg Does the above video show, how ”b-tele walking” looks and feels also in your experience CIMA? For me the video seems to explain also, what you mean by ”the center of a turn being inside a skier’s body” in b-tele. I guess it is related to going downhill in...

Regarding b-tele, I may not be familiar with the terms "Weighting" and "Unweighting" frequently used in alpine skiing. Unlike the alpine (or a-tele) techniques, the "Weighting" and "Unweighting" motions that involve changes in body height are not necessary for b-tele. Without such active movements, ...

Transitioning from a-tele to b-tele skiing may require a change in mindset, which can be confusing for a-tele skiers at first. However, I believe that the concept of b-tele skiing is natural, and there are similarities between vehicles (cars or bikes) and four-legged animals (cats or horses). Both v...

tkarhu Your observations seem correct. The two videos effectively demonstrate the height difference of two skiers at a pivot, highlighting a key contrast between a-tele and b-tele. However, to further improve your technique, it's beneficial to focus on how your posture affects the allocation of foo...

When skiing with a normal telemark setup, I never considered the metal mounting plate. My telemark friends have never mentioned it either. I've heard that some skiers bring spare wires for 75mm cable bindings during their ski tours, but I always thought that the spare wires were unnecessary for me. ...

The height of boots and the styles of telemark skiing affect the damage, too. The clawbar effect as @jtb said.