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by FourthCoast
Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Gear Basket
Replies: 628
Views: 728902

Re: Gear Basket

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373987415303 This one " can be used not only for leather shoes but also for hard use with plastic boots!" But most importantly, they are only 221 $ USD plus shipping Woah. Should I pack a suitcase full of Voile bindings and head to Japan? That is way over the retail price a...
by FourthCoast
Fri Mar 18, 2022 4:37 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Do ya think US is biggest XC market?
Replies: 19
Views: 22277

Re: Do ya think US is biggest XC market?

the size of the market does not always dictate the advertising budget. Coke, Macdonalds, etc spend billions advertising in the US. are soda drinkers going to forget about Coke if they stop advertising? yup, awareness will age-out. can't ever stop the advertising machine. all of that said, I cannot ...
by FourthCoast
Tue Feb 15, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Musings on Wax
Replies: 28
Views: 31843

Re: Musings on Wax

Regarding the wax and temperature... 7°-20°. -For Me, that's a Blue wax day. Easy peasy. Why Extra? Enjoy BLUE wax days while You can. Re: the scraper. I've pulled it out. Handy, clean it with a stick. Kind of a problem eh', yes. Clean it with a metal edge; haven't had to do that yet... Error on th...
by FourthCoast
Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:15 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Musings on Wax
Replies: 28
Views: 31843

Re: Musings on Wax

It has been cold here, at least by local standards, with a low last night of 7 Degrees. The high today was 20, so I thought I would be good to go using the two-day old swix blue extra that worked well the last few days. There was lots of fluffy new snow with more falling while I was skiing. I had a ...
by FourthCoast
Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Alaskas anywhere?
Replies: 8
Views: 6524

Re: Alaskas anywhere?

BarkEater wrote:
Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:27 pm
After reading reviews on this site, I'm looking for a pair of Alpina Alaska NNN BC boots in size 44. I can't find them anywhere near me, or online. Do any of you guys know anywhere that has them in stock. Any help is really appreciated. Thanks.
@BarkEater, I send you a PM.
by FourthCoast
Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:07 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Incomplete skiing. No continuity between shuffling on the flats, a line to ride uphill and groomed snow downhill
Replies: 23
Views: 15992

Re: Incomplete skiing. No continuity between shuffling on the flats, a line to ride uphill and groomed snow downhill

Thank you all for taking the time to respond. I am now shopping for a quality edge tuning kit. I have a gummy stone that probably needs to be thrown out. Otherwise I don't have any edge tools. Can someone help me put together a kit that will let me put an edge on my skis without spending any more th...
by FourthCoast
Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:57 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Alpina Alaskas lacing pattern: technique
Replies: 25
Views: 16857

Re: Alpina Alaskas lacing pattern: technique

Thanks. But that's nuts. エイダン.シダル I suspect you are much younger than me. When I started sharing binary computer files online with USENET I had to encode the image as ASCII (text) and split it between 100 posts due to the size limit of each posting! The turn-of-the millennium technology we have her...
by FourthCoast
Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:58 am
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Incomplete skiing. No continuity between shuffling on the flats, a line to ride uphill and groomed snow downhill
Replies: 23
Views: 15992

Re: Incomplete skiing. No continuity between shuffling on the flats, a line to ride uphill and groomed snow downhill

FC have you tried P turns with them? It may take a little more finesse and somewhat softer snow then what you were able to do on alpine gear but they should carve turns. If you're just doing T turns I would try some P turns to get a better feel for what the ski can do. We finally have a good base o...
by FourthCoast
Tue Feb 01, 2022 4:07 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Can you revitalize old waxless bases?
Replies: 2
Views: 2710

Re: Can you revitalize old waxless bases?

Spencer, I have no experience with this, but, I would like to see what happens if you do the following: 1. Strip off whatever is on the base of the skis now 2. Use a relatively rough grit sandpaper with a sanding block to remove the existing waxless pattern and also remove a little bit of the base o...
by FourthCoast
Thu Jan 20, 2022 1:31 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: One ski to rule them all! A one ski quiver for all disciplines
Replies: 120
Views: 79255

Re: One ski to rule them all! A one ski quiver for all disciplines

Boy, boys! Calm down! Ok my bad, I will try to be more culturally sensitive towards our younger skier-recanteurs I need to take into account they are coming from a different perspective than us old fux... I wonder if you remember how Easy Rider ended. I personally was against the people in the pick...