Chord Center mounting- does it make any sense?

[wrussl]

Not being centered with a 50/50 balance isn't my problem, in fact I don't have any problems. I didn't come up with the idea about keeping the lead ski flat on my own. I got it from one of Dickie Halls later instructional videos, and it works.

If I'm in deep powder and want my skis to come up I may put more weight on my heel. If I'm on steep hard packed slope where controlling my speed is my priority I will weight the lead ski more towards the toe to get more edge contact earlier in the turn. Other than that it's a flat foot, and I don't really see how that affects my for aft balance.

It's all good. Didn't mean to start a debate on the correct way to telemark. There are as many techniques as there are freeheelers.

[lowangle al]

No problem brother, I was just trying to explain why boot center makes sense to me.

[stigits]

For a long time I mounted my downhill/resort skis BOF/CRS. This worked great until I got a pair of fat, rockered powder skis. Then BOF/CRS felt too far forward but only in the powder. Getting from powder stashes back to the lift through moguls and chop, the mount felt just right. I’ve been fretting over this for years but I still have not changed my mount.
I finally got some new daily drivers and decided to mount them at manufacturer’s recommended mark. This has been great. After measuring all different methods I realized they were all very close to each other.
A long time ago I stopped trying to make the ski right for me and decided to just learn how to ride each different ski I had. I always strive to keep equal pressure on both skis whether it be whole foot, ball of foot, big toe, little toe...it all changes at every point on the mountain. This changed the game for me. Now I just ride and have a lot of fun. Be fluid.
Soul skiing.
Free your heel free your mind. Its all stupid.
Tell everyone in the lift line your heel piece broke and you’re too poor to buy new ones.

Moral of the story: it depends..