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by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:48 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

LOL. Being average is now bragging. Love the world you live in, @connyro. Explains your whole deal, from feeling butt hurt to rejecting fundamentals. Thing is, you don’t need to be like this. Idk how old you are but if you have a few good years left, they could be great years. Awesome ones… not jus...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

Me? Average on a good day at the collegiate level tbh. Look, it was a bit of fun (except for the last part). Wasn’t going anywhere with it. 99% don’t. That’s just the way it works. Doesn’t get in the way of good skiing, or understanding the fundamentals. There are truly gifted ppl out there. You na...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

Manney wrote:
Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:36 pm
Some skiers have superb control at any speed too.
Like you, Pirmin Zurbriggen?
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

Your argument is binary: Control or no control. That's not how skiing works. Control is a spectrum without many absolutes. Speed can add or subtract control. Grip can add control (climbing for example) or subtract control (scale/skin drag for example). I'm surprised that I need to explain this to y...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

:geek: Interesting discussion, the widest scaled ski I have skied underfoot is 78 mm. I’m curious, perhaps @connyro or @lowangle al could answer. I know both you guys ski scaled Vectors which are mid 90 mm underfoot. Are these mid-ninety underfoot slower edge to edge than a smooth ski. I am honestl...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:48 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

So you’re saying you lose or gain control with speed? Is that absolutely true? Of course not. You can control your skis standing still. You can lose control of them standing still. You can control your skis at high speed. You can lose control of your skis at high speed. You can control your skis in...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

It’s not a counter argument. Just reminding you of what you said elsewhere. All of my statements were qualified by conditions. Sometimes scales work great, sometimes wax is better, sometimes skins. You agreed with most of that elsewhere. But neither wax, nor scales, nor skins will determine weighti...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

http://telemarktalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5895&p=60158&hilit=Klister#p60158 You’re contradicting yourself to launch a personal attack. Not bright enough to remember what you’ve said before, or do you think that the search function doesn’t work on the forum? Jeez, guy. Must be embarrassing to get ...
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

Manney wrote:
Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:14 pm
...But ppl keep confusing speed and control. Speed? Wax ski. Control? Edged ski, side cut etc. Scales, skins not a determinant of control.
Not even close. lol. Wow, that's some serious ignorance. Blowhard.
by connyro
Fri Jul 28, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: What boots to buy??
Replies: 114
Views: 38301

Re: What boots to buy??

Groomed snow. LOL. Is that what backcountry means to you… old guys dependent on chairs so they can shake their asses down groomers? Waxless bases CAN be slower. They CAN also be faster. Depends on how well a waxed ski is prepped. For every 1000 waxable skis, 990 will have the wrong wax or sub-optim...