Now the way the Free works is not unlike NTN boots. The sole being quite hard to flatten at the ball of foot, it requires additional help to fully unleash its full power for downhill telemark turns. As I first mentioned last year when I first tried the XP, this additional help can come from: 1- a d...

Stephen That's good if it can shed some light on the new system! I'd like to add that the hard flexors felt fine to me for K&G, when not compared directly to the standards. Wanted to test the Rabb on a hilly K&G tour. Brought hard flexors only, went skiing for 15km/9miles (with two downhill section...

Hi all, I was able to test the two back-to-back for some runs. This will just be some initial impressions. Let me start by saying that I have limited experience with other mountain-/downhill skis. My opinions are my own, you may feel different and your milage my vary. That said, I’ve skied XC track ...

Has anyone had an XPLORE pin come out or fail? Just wanted to know because sometimes go up to 2 miles away from the car (I realize that's a lot less than most people) but wanted to know the likelihood of the XPLORE system failing. I have had some times that I thought I was in, but wasn't, but in th...

Transplantskier Quite possible, I've lived at Storhaugen/Kyvannet for the last year and a half. Would ski there regularly, usually in NTNUI club colors :D Anyhow, nice to see fellow teleskiers in the Trondheim area! Thanks for letting me know about the Mountain Race 46's, would be cool to try if I ...

@telemarius Is that you, Marius: Mange hilsener fra Sveits, Peter Hei Peter, spot on :) I've seen this vid before, it's a great one! I'd say we're evenly matched skill wise (Yet I have no video of my own to back it up ;) ). You can see at 0:22 how he's tippy toed in his skate boot, and this is how ...

fisheater Bob, I haven’t even considered the 75mm system to be honest. I think that’s a mix of limited experience on old equipment and some prejudice against the system. Which I’m sure is unwarranted, it’s merely based on lack of knowledge and being used to racing equipment, which do not have leath...

If your tours don’t involve a good portion of kick and glide you may want to go with the Rabb. Not because the FT X isn’t a good downhill ski, but because it is both an XC ski and a downhill ski. Thanks for sharing your experience fisheater! I've read your initial impressions over at ski reviews, b...

Hi all, Friflyt.no posted yesterday an article about an issue with the Alfa Free boot. Short summary: the pin in the sole can jam up. According to the article over 40 customers have reported this to Alfa, rendering their shoes useless. I do not have access to the whole article, so I cannot say if th...

Hi all, My first post on this forum "Thoughts on Xplore from a XC racing enthusiast" ended up being so long, that I decided to ask my question in a separate thread (hope that's ok). (Note: I've read all there is to read on Teletalk and tele ski review about the two skis. I'm just a bit confused on t...