![]() But I remain absolutely, resolutely, utterly, hopeless at snowploughing on the damn things. Cross-country is easy enough going on the level, or up a gentle slope after two weeks of lessons I got quite good at some of the gliding steps and I love being away from the hullaballoo of the lifts and people on the downhill slopes. I am finding cross country skiing far, far, harder to learn than snowboarding and despite not being bothered about falls on the snowboard (I fell a lot!) I remain really quite scared of falling on the cross country skis somehow it seems to hurt a lot more. Thanks, abc, I see the point now! It does look great, and I'd like to do some touring, but if my efforts on "ordinary" cross country gear are any indication of how I'd get on with telemarking, I won't bother. And tele boots are lighter because there's no need to "brace" the ankle. Not having to have the mechanism to lock the heel down means simpler binding. Consider I didn't spend that much time on it, it's not too shaby a reward for the littel amount of work. (Had shaped skis not come along to open up the possibility of easy carving-just in time, I might have switched for good! ) The fact that we competent skiers already got the sense for putting a plank "on edge" comes in quite handy in learning snowboard. In 3-4 days, I was able to carve ( not sideslip) down an intermediate run. I always look at all the old guys on tele gear and thought to myself "I bet it can't be that hard on the body, otherwise how do those old bones (and joints) hadle it?".īut if it's something you just need to do to pass a test, snowboarding might be easier to get to that elusive "competent" level. ![]() If you care to learn tele because it looks nice. randonee isnt considered a 2nd distinct discipline hence telemark. I am starting training for my ISIA instructor license and MUST be competent in a second discipline. More over, snowboarding might also be better on your knees too. I live close by such terrains so it's a no brainer for me. Telemark gears are developed, and primarily used, for backcountry touring. That said, if you're going to stay on lift serviced slopes, I'm not sure what telemark gear gives you that alpine gears don't. I have to conciously keep my balance on the "sweet spot" of the ski. I can't rely on the high stiff boot to hold me upright. In my experience, skiing heels free in general helped me to get a better "feel" on the skis. I had a bit of nordic background, so skiing heels free is nothing new for me. So take my opinion with a grain of salt.įor me, it's not a question of if, just a question of when (I become a full-fledge one). I need to learn a second discipline and it will be tele or snowboardingĬomments from all telemarkers gladly accepted. It always looks so cool when i see people doing it correctly, but is it a lifetime of dedication to get to a reasonable standard? Im 44 with bad knees, am i nuts to want to learn Telemark skiing? Anyway, snowHeads really is MUCH better when you're logged in - not least because you get to post your own messages complaining about things that annoy you like perhaps this banner which, incidentally, disappears when you log in :-) We don't share your email address with anyone and we never send out any of those cheesy 'message from our partners' emails either. It's rather good and not made up by tourist offices (or people that love the tourist office and want to marry it either). ![]() When you register, you get our free weekly(-ish) snow report by email. 50,000+ snowHeads already know all this, making snowHeads the biggest, most active community of snow-heads in the UK, so you'll be in good company). as well as access to 'members only' forums, discounts and deals that U don't even know exist as a 'guest' user. Log in to snowHeads to make it MUCH better! Registration's totally free, of course, and makes snowHeads easier to use and to understand, gives better searching, filtering etc.
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