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jenski*
Posts: 540 - Karma: 12
My friend was talkin about a binding that you can use for telemarking and then if you wanna downhill u can just fasten back on ..., would that be a good way to go when your learning? Or should i just go with straight telemark bindings?
Oct 19 2006 8:45PM
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Searles2sels
Posts: 57 - Karma: 10
go for the regular tele bindings. if you want to learn, no reason to get training wheels.
Oct 19 2006 8:51PM
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$tezzyStu
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 11
ya most tele skis are tele specific, they're the bindings jon olsion has on in TBC tho
Oct 19 2006 8:52PM
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philipc
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ive seen those bindings but just get regular tele bindings
Oct 19 2006 8:53PM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 38
sounds like a touring binding. They free heel so you can hike backcountry, with skins and gain ground fast, and then lock in so you can go down heel locked in. the tele motion is a little differen't than a traditional tele binding.
Oct 19 2006 8:56PM
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720laxskier
Posts: 2428 - Karma: 5
thtas what i was thinking. and thats not really going to be a regular tele binding or alpine binding. it rotates liek a tele binding, so you can go skinning, but it locks down for alpine decents. but its madd tall, so its like a triple riser plate
Oct 19 2006 9:10PM
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pinnerspinner
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alot of people think there is such a binding....but there isnt.  Like people are saying above its an ALPINE TOURING binding, and not a telemark binding, two totally different things.  You cant even really telemark on the alpine binding, made for zero resistance where as a telemark binding has resistance.  If your looking at bindings id say buy a pair of hammerheads from twenty-two designs.  They are a bit more expensive but well worth it.  They can also aid in the learning curve of the telemark turn because it will force you to weight your back ski, therefore teaching you the turn quicker.  They also have moveable pivot points so you can fine tune the performance you want from the binding.  if you have any more questions get at me.  most important though.....HAVE FUN with it.
Oct 19 2006 9:14PM
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720laxskier
Posts: 2428 - Karma: 5
hammerheads are probably the best binding out there, so have at it
Oct 19 2006 9:37PM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
i think there called trekker bindings, im not sure but ive seen my dads friend use them and its like the whole binding comes up like a tele boot and idk, its wierd
Oct 19 2006 9:45PM
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mz2288
Posts: 630 - Karma: 10
all i know is teles are mad fun
Oct 19 2006 9:50PM
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twintipteles
Posts: 2954 - Karma: 13
yeah, as pinnerspinner said, those are AT bindings, not tele. Just get some real tele bindings, if you're on a budget the threepin hardwire are probably your best option.
Oct 19 2006 10:31PM
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little_ey
Posts: 609 - Karma: 392
just like some people are saying, those are AT bindings.

There seems to be a lot of confusion about this. AT bindings are not compatable w/ tele boots and you cannot do a tele turn in an alpine boot. Currently there is NO tele binding that can lock back down to do alpine turns. You'd think someone would make them, but there isn't one out there yet.

If you want to get technical, you could buy the bomber bishop bindings with the stiff springs and change out the pin placement from stiff to loose for days that you want to tele w/ a not too restistive tele binding and then move it to stiff for days you feel like you want to have your heel closer to your ski. It'll still move up and down, but you're going to have to work a lot harder to get that heal up.

Hope that makes since.
Oct 26 2006 4:37PM
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JMR2012
Posts: 95 - Karma: 9
Did someone honestly just confuse AT and tele bindings?! What is the world coming to :(.
Oct 26 2006 5:35PM
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tele_tom
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
that's right.

if you try to to tele on an AT rig you'l die, or at least look like an idiot.

I do alpine turns on my tele gear very easily, you just have alittle less control.

Aug 17 2007 1:37AM
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yelsel
Posts: 12967 - Karma: 3,451
trekkers i believe are the ones that click in to your regular alpine bindings. then from there you can move on up the mountain.
Aug 17 2007 4:40PM
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e.will
Posts: 1981 - Karma: 967
jea! i have those. got those with a hippy stinx all for 300
Aug 17 2007 4:43PM
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RossiScratch-411
Posts: 777 - Karma: 18
and check out www.lipstick-films.com to see more tele
Aug 17 2007 6:43PM
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tele_tom
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
they're just another type of Alpine Touring gear, the idea is to be able to skin it up hills and then click back down for the descent. they're no good for tele, especially if you're just learning
Aug 19 2007 8:22PM
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KjellEllefson
Posts: 581 - Karma: 254
the new voile switch back is one of the best bindings for skiing and skinning
Aug 20 2007 1:47AM
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DaysToCome
Posts: 1601 - Karma: 86
i feel like i need to add to this thread cause i tele but everythings already been said
Aug 20 2007 1:20PM
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Pirruccio
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tele is so hard
Aug 20 2007 10:18PM
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