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Switch telemark?

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invader98
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IS skiing switch with a telemark setup hard i dont telemark i was just wondering
Dec 18 2006 5:49PM
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Black-Bandanna
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My friend can do it in the pow without thinkin' about it. He said it's hard to learn though.
Dec 18 2006 5:51PM
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Lineskiah11
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there was a guy up at sunapee last year that was trying it and it looked harder specially b.c it must feel weird that your heels can bounce up
Dec 18 2006 5:52PM
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Skipig25
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it's like switch on alpine. it's hard learning, but you get better
Dec 18 2006 5:52PM
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Neffer
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the first time i tried i went right on my face. i've gotten much better since then, and now its not too hard.
Dec 18 2006 7:38PM
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C_Ewart
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There's a few seconds of just straight up Drop Knee switch tele turns in this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC8Sukk23_g
Sep 26 2007 5:18PM
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sconnyFC
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the sw-tele was about the only cool thing in this clip. everything else was pretty much alpine tricks and he just happened to have teles on.
Sep 26 2007 5:24PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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agreed
Sep 26 2007 5:58PM
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C_Ewart
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There's only so much you can change from Alpine and Tele in the park though.

Nosepresses with freeheel are very different. And you surly can't drop a knee on Alpines when you slide a rail.


Landing switch is considerably harder, as well as switch tele-turns.


But other than that, yeah... in the park, tele and alpine can only get so different.
Sep 26 2007 11:31PM
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twintipteles
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How long has spinning through the air been a purely alpine trick? Some might even watch a alpine park video and say that skiing switch is the only cool thing, everything else was just acrobatics with skis on.

In short, there are no "alpine" tricks dumbass. He didn't just happen to have teles on, he is a telemark skier doing tricks on his telemark skis.
Sep 26 2007 11:38PM
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hemlockjibber8
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Steve Crazy rips lines switch on teles, he throws threes off windlips in the middle of lines and generally rips shit up.
Sep 27 2007 12:02AM
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C_Ewart
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Yeah... I guess I was just trying to be nice. Really, what I meant to say was:

Hells no, all you're doing it Telemarking with your heels locked down.. what fun is that?

Remember, Telemark came first, and freeheelers have been doing
"heli's" and Flips and aerials for just as long as alpiners.


I don't wanna get into an argument of what is better, because there will never be a winner.. I was just showing a video with switch tele turns in it. (as the thread topic states)



Sep 27 2007 12:03AM
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Min_Soo
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take it from an absolutely sick tele skier
Sep 27 2007 12:34AM
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Kevski
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i've always thought switch tele was crazy. Props to those who can pull it off well.
Sep 27 2007 12:36AM
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