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If there is science to "Telemark bindings should be further back than Alpine boot center" then mounting telemark at "Factory Recommended Boot Center" should produce a ski that skis more "Progressive" and is easier to turn.
A downside would be that the ski is more likely to "tip dive" in deeper powder.
It seems like most of the comments I hear about "mount back" are somewhat subjective, along the lines of "It feels better."
There can't really be a right or wrong here -- just different ski feel, and personal preference.
I haven't been willing to experiment. As Woodserson said:
only go screwing with things if you like experimenting and are ok with the agony of defeat (I have definitely mounted several skis too far back and had to go back and drill a bunch of new holes!)
If there is science to "Telemark bindings should be further back than Alpine boot center" then mounting telemark at "Factory Recommended Boot Center" should produce a ski that skis more "Progressive" and is easier to turn.
A downside would be that the ski is more likely to "tip dive" in deeper powder.
It seems like most of the comments I hear about "mount back" are somewhat subjective, along the lines of "It feels better."
There can't really be a right or wrong here -- just different ski feel, and personal preference.
I haven't been willing to experiment. As Woodserson said:
only go screwing with things if you like experimenting and are ok with the agony of defeat (I have definitely mounted several skis too far back and had to go back and drill a bunch of new holes!)
I don't know if there is a science to it. I always thought it was a holdover from mounting traditional Nordic skis, but there are probably a lot of people that mount back that never skied traditional Nordic skis. It would help with tip dive though so that may be a reason. I prefer to manage tip dive with body position and properly pressuring my skis. The more active your bindings the harder this will be.
