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- Mon Feb 10, 2025 5:15 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Changes to Alfa Kikut
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Changes to Alfa Kikut
The Alfa Kikut Perform 2.0 has some changes. The ones I just got are in full-grain smooth leather (hooray), the prior version was in notoriously thin Nubuck. Not having owned a previous pair I am not sure what else has changed on this boot. Very comfortable but there is zero push-back on the forward...
- Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:10 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Anyone really psyched about their Hok style skishoes?
- Replies: 22
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Re: Anyone really psyched about their Hok style skishoes?
PS were you an NPS or NFS ranger? I was a Minnesota State Park Ranger for 13 years, a USFS Backcountry Ranger for 3 years, and a county park ranger for 10. I was kind of like the main character on "The Rookie." I finally got a ranger job when I was in my mid-30s. That's great! Nice career working o...
- Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:34 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Sporten: a new player on the nordic backcountry ski scene
- Replies: 17
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Re: Sporten: a new player on the nordic backcountry ski scene
Hi They may seem like a new player on the retail North America scene but apparently made in a long standing factory in Czech. Doing some digging I have come up with some interesting info revealing that currently all the Asnes skis are made in the same factory as the Sporten line. European fabricati...
- Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:02 am
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Alfa vs Alfa
- Replies: 40
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Re: Alfa vs Alfa
Finally!! Boot drama over for now. The size 46 Alpina Alaska was too long. Alpina really needs to release a model of this boot with a non-narrow toe box. They would probably double their sales. This year I am going with the Alfa Kikut 2.0 Perform. First impressions out of the box- It is very light, ...
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:44 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Bellows won't flex at all
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2377
Re: Bellows won't flex at all
Next time you are in Montana you should hit Bridger Bowl, nicest lit serviced skiing in the state and the vibe is much more laid back than the Vail-Associates vibe at BS. Re Lodge is top too! Going in March. And we actually are skiing Bridger Bowl one day. You might be hooked! Have fun!!
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:32 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Anyone really psyched about their Hok style skishoes?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8666
Re: Anyone really psyched about their Hok style skishoes?
I got a pair of 145 Hoks for Christmas, replacing my forever pair of Trak 190 cm Bushwacker IIs, which replaced my original 150cm Bushwackers (purchased in 1983 at the Original LL Bean in Freeport, ME). I also have a pair of the original 2003 Karhu 10th Mtn. Tour skis, 205s with the 10th Mtn. Hut l...
- Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:13 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: 3 Pin vs. Rotte Xplore
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14050
Re: 3 Pin vs. Rotte Xplore
Maybe Solomon will come out with a new binding? Many people will adopt it, Solomon will then discontinue it.
- Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:09 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Bellows won't flex at all
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2377
Re: Bellows won't flex at all
Should also mention that I'm not a very confident tele skier and still sometimes bail out of turns with a parallel turn. I ski almost exclusively on piste in the East. Sometimes, I go out to visit my daughter in Montana and ski Big Sky. But most of my skiing is in Ice Hampshire. Next time you are i...
- Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:27 am
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: Full length skins for Asnes Nato
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3717
Re: Full length skins for Asnes Nato
Thanks all for the advice. I've ordered the surplus Black Diamond ones off Ebay, and will see how they work out, I may end up putting a tail clip on as per Capercaillie's method, or using a Pomoca repair kit. I also have a pair of old G3 skins from a long gone set of AT skis that I could probably r...
- Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:14 pm
- Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
- Topic: 3 Pin vs. Rotte Xplore
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14050
Re: 3 Pin vs. Rotte Xplore
From the interview part and specifically "The Future of the Nordic Norm" section: " Scarpa sees the hard-skiing Nordic norm vibe as still viable. “I think that right now, 75mm at that level of performance is still a thing, and we’re going to hang in there,” says Miller. “The question is what do we ...