Telemark on light gear Reciepts

[Capercaillie]

Here is one from this January from ma in / Masaki:

[Montana St Alum]

Super 8 video or never happened

I think we were only up to "Super 3" back then! Crayons were involved.

[Rodbelan]

Nice!!! What length glittertinds and how tall are you?

I am 5'2", and my Glit are 180... The newer ones I have (same red design) are 190. I am a bit surprised by your question though... Does it change something?

[Rodbelan]

Here is one from this January from ma in / Masaki:

I think we see, from some of the camera angle, the importance of flexing the leading ankle and leg... I have seen lots of skiers on skinny skis forgetting about it and having an unstable front ski... that can't really stir a turn...

[runcle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Uch7thXRFiY? ... mThtrdBMVf

Waxless Nansens

[xcdnewb0313]

Early this season (read a few weeks ago ) I was thinking about getting a heavier setup for inbounds/bc.

Last weekend I had headed deep into the Olympics with my Sbound 112,Xplore,Alfa Free setup (sprayed about it last season) and got my a*# kicked on iced over snow converting to corn (and had an absolute blast skiing trees and dropping into some epic windblown snow waves).

Later in the week I came across this thread saved in my Obsidian app. I had saved it months ago while digging through this forum and had forgotten about it. While standing in line or waiting at red lights I scrolled through the forum post and got inspired. When I came across this video a light bulb went off "I bet this could have really helped the other day when I was falling left, right and center".



A little further down the post was this video, which cemented the idea of step turns (I felt confident it could translate easily to a lighter setup).

This past weekend I took my son to Steven's Pass. I only brought my S-Bounds too. I was nervous leaving my heavy AT setup at home. Boy am I sure glad I did though. Armed with the newfound knowledge of the step turn I was charging some hard runs, even a couple of blacks. As my confidence grew my telemark stance got a lot stronger too. Towards the end of the second day I had to start taking it real easy as my quadricep tendon on my 'not-dominant leg' was SCREAMING

I'd be remiss not to mention I picked up a copy of a few books on the subject as well Cross-country downhill by Steve Barnett and Total Telemark by Brad English. I think the thread mentioned earlier on Backcountry Talk discussed the books too. However, I also found this helpful article on Powder.
Some of those books were/are pricey but I figured if I was ready to drop 1k on a new setup (boots, bindings, skis) then what was a hundred or so to learn new skills and save my bread for a rainy day?

In the end, glad I did.

[sharykin]

Probably the lightest set is edgeless skis and leather boots, 3pin bindings.
Look at Max on the spring slope:

https://vk.com/wall-55918223_16783

[Lhartley]

Hot. So damn hot. Stolen from Purgatory

[Capercaillie]

There is this older film sequence of traditional telemark skiing that I have come across a couple of times:



Starting at 1 minute 12 seconds.

Would love to find out where/when it was filmed and who the skiers are.

[Lhartley]

Another out of Japan, beautiful turns on lighter gear. Could also go inthe technique thread. Credit to purgatory for the vid