CIMA wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:37 am

I find a Norweigian style better...

What they're doing at 7:47 looks to me like it would be a great drill for B-tele. Am I completely wrong?

I've got the stiffest version and I was curious to find out how miserable the superheavies would be skiing these. Turns out it's not bad at all. Shoved every piece of cast iron cookware I have in the backpack and used a trash picker to move a sheet of paper under the scales. Positive numbers means i...

Chinesium 2016s. There's still time to get something better before skiing season ends.

Thanks for linking that, Capercaillie! I watched the whole thing. The pictures in the book make it look like the stepping turn in cross-country, but that turn is completely different. I think I now also want to find more about Baud. They reference a film of his at 26:21 https://youtu.be/R6SKpjjg5UU?...

Old thread, but the bindings are fairly new. The Nordigrips do accomodate Husky 90s very nicely when set up for use with rubber boots. They even kind of sort of accomodate the Ski March boots: nordigrip.jpg Not exactly light at 500 g apiece, but I think they are compatible with the Voile springs/hee...

Rodbelan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:21 am

Ok, I think I remember now... It is in «Revenge of the Telemarkers», not available anymore though...

Thanks for the tip! I've watched The Telemark Movie, but maybe the sequel will come up for sale on Ebay one day.

And here's the rest of the chapter:

Hi. I recently got Steve Barnett's book to try to learn Telemark skiing. There's a section in it that describes open turns. Reading the descriptions and looking at pictures, I can't for the life of me imageine what it's supposed to look like. Here's how he describes them: 1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg Is that s...