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Should i switch????

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little_ey
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so i'm dealing w/ a pretty big dilema that i need to solve before next years open...

here's the deal. i'm a telemarker. have been for pretty much forever. and i got people who hook me up because of it. i just tried alpine this year (for the first time in over 7 years). i will never switch to alpine for big mountain, but i'm having this debate over park. my face is liking 5's a lot more on alpines than teles. some of my sponsors wouldn't care if i switched, but others might... they plug the fact that i'm one of the few ladies doing park on teles. (i was the first tele lady to do the Open). but i feel like i can get farther along in my park tricks on alpine. (but i can also suck on my tele skis in the park, and still get props, simply cause i'm on tele ;)

so... any comments???
Jun 28 2007 2:51PM
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*rkp*
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you'll progress ten fold if you switch to actual skis.
Jun 28 2007 2:52PM
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*DrewT*
Posts: 7768 - Karma: 481
I personally don't see the point of riding park on tele's but it's not like I've ever really tried it.
Jun 28 2007 2:57PM
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SkierJulie
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Wow, Erin. That's a big decision. If you did switch, you would wind up picking up alpine sponsors, and you would probably keep the tele ones for big mountain. So, that would be awesome. But, you are one of two girls I have ever seen rip the park on teles, and that makes you very unique. All in all, it is probably a good choice to switch for park, or at least give it a go for a season. With your air sense, you'll pick up new tricks in a heartbeat. And seeing how you hit rails so well on teles, putting the heal down will probably make locking down new stuff even easier.
Jun 28 2007 3:12PM
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kepler.
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i can't really give out advice on such a huge decision like that. i would like to see some video though
Jun 28 2007 3:22PM
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little_ey
Posts: 609 - Karma: 392
This video is from the 2005-2006 season


http://youtube.com/watch?v=DMIqg0NzK1g


and this video is from this season w/ me, my boyfriend, and his friend
(kinda shitty quality, but there's some 7s, 270s, and such from me)


http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgan3Qlua34
Jun 28 2007 3:25PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
I just keep on keepin on with the teles. Work concentrating on tricks, and set you focus on one trick, and just work that until you get it down. You're a pretty big asset to the tele community, and I'm sure you can keep progressing without your heel on lockdown. But, you have to do what's FUN. not always what's best. If you really want to give alpine a try, go for it. You might end up switching over completely, who knows? Basically, it's all up to you. Feel free to switch, and if you like it more, definatly stay with it, but at the same time know how much you influence the tele scene
Jun 28 2007 3:28PM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
You should do what you want. Forget about what's right for telemarking, you have to do what's right for you. And forget about being unique...cause that's just a word, and I know it's sick to be one of a few, but you having fun should be more important. And forget about sponsors, cause it sounds like you're driven to be a sick skier and so either way people will hook you up.

You want to be a big mountain tele ripper and alpine park rider. I can tell that's what you want to do from your post. So do it!!!
Jun 28 2007 3:39PM
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TheButterHashira
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yea
Jun 28 2007 3:54PM
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ijibgoremtn
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id say get a pair of alpine twins for park but i have a lot of respect for tele park skiiers especially if you can 5 that seems redic. but you are gonna progress a ton with your heels strapped in, anyways just do both you will find it more fun skiing park on alpine anyways theres so much more you can do
Jun 28 2007 3:54PM
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Gharf
Posts: 1390 - Karma: 983
just keep on what s more fun. u ll progress more if you are havin fun
Jun 28 2007 3:57PM
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james44
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 578
yo stay on teles and drop the poles then youll be the only girl tele skier that rocks no poles steez and your sponsers will pay you more
Jun 28 2007 5:56PM
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honeydip
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if your good in the park on teles then just how amazing u will be on regualr skis
Jun 28 2007 5:59PM
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Troop801
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I'd be original. And tele.


Seriously, teleing is SO much sicker than skiing or snowboarding, simply because your regular gear is your touring gear. Take it into the backcountry.
Jun 28 2007 6:59PM
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McGill-X
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based on ur pics u fuckin kill it on tele...stick to it...be urself, dont conform!
Jun 28 2007 9:18PM
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beardstatus
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very truee
Jun 28 2007 9:20PM
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skiierman
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Stay with tele skis. They're better anyways.
Jun 28 2007 9:22PM
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djikstra
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YO! FUCK THE SPONSORS, FUCK COMPETITIONS, FUCK "training". why do we ski?












FOR FUN. DUH! do whats more fun... or do both?
Jun 28 2007 9:24PM
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J.D.
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I wouldn't be surprised if learning new stuff on alpine skis and then transferring those skills to tele is much easier than straight up just trying to learn that same stuff on tele sticks. In other words, if progression's what you're after, it makes some sense to switch at least part-time.
Jun 28 2007 9:25PM
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snowbladesforlife
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How do you plan to push yourself if there are only 2 girls at your level? I feel like people who competitively tele in park like to be the big fish in a small pond and don't really have the drive to push themselves as hard as those with regular bindings. Or they are just filthy hippies who refuse to shower, drown their sorrows in granola and love to get props for their Arc' teryx jackets at String Cheese Incident concerts. Oh, and fix the heel, fix the problem.
Jun 28 2007 9:30PM
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bob_dole
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mister preacher man over here...how about we also say fuck preaching huh?
Jun 29 2007 12:19PM
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bob_dole
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by the way, both of those videos are sick! you killed it as well as those guys. personally, if i ever had like a few hundred bucks to drop, id drop it on teles in an instant. this past season at alta shredding with some fools there totally got me psyched on it all.
Jun 29 2007 12:28PM
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twintipteles
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Yo, fuck you man. I'd love to ski with you and have you tell me that I don't push myself. 
Jun 29 2007 12:46PM
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snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
You are from the east coast and you tele? That's pretty fucking stupid in its own right. Tele park skiers who don't switch to alpine for park are like snowbladers, they are just afraid.
Jun 29 2007 12:54PM
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r.w
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i really liked that toe stand at the beginning of the first video haha, that was sweet.
Jun 29 2007 2:17PM
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Swan_Solo
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do what you want
it's not like you can't switch back
if anything, alpine will help you with tele and vise versa
Jun 29 2007 2:19PM
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liukangkid
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just try it for a season
Jun 29 2007 2:29PM
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twintipteles
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yeah, i'm really afraid. Someday soon i hope to learn three sixty degree spins.
Jun 29 2007 4:25PM
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KSdesign
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yea for the park i def think u'll progress more and much quicker if ur ridin on reg twintips rather than tele.
Jun 29 2007 5:00PM
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little_ey
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oh, and for a side note... to clarify...

the skis used to ski tele in the park and alpine are the SAME. just a matter of slapping a different binding on and riding w/ a differend boot.
Jun 29 2007 10:38PM
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mike_e
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Jun 29 2007 10:40PM
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papasteeze
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short and sweet - best answer.

you already have skills, quit worrying about sponsors.

Jun 29 2007 10:54PM
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DaysToCome
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fuck off, there are tele'ers placing in the top twenty in the US open and its alot harder to do shit on tele's so i could argue that one would need more talent than alpiners to tele and be good
Jun 30 2007 2:23PM
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Pirruccio
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short and sweet?


are you talking about snowblades
Jun 30 2007 2:33PM
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snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
They definetly get a point boost from the judges. Also when the tension is so high on their bindings, why just not switch to alpine anyway? Oh right, they wouldn't do as well.
Jun 30 2007 4:05PM
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Kevski
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no, he's talking about the answer. it sums it all up about right.
There's absolutely no harm in trying it for a little bit.
Jul 1 2007 1:07AM
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Shorton
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learn stuff on alpines then try to switch the tricks you learned to telemarks, and anyway, dont let sponsors control you, do want you wanna do in skiing, and have fun
Jul 1 2007 11:28AM
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Ryanvdonk
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you could always get those super high tension tele bindings that you can't bend at all, since those are essentiall alpine bindings, it actually kinda pisses me off to see those though,since the tele park people who have them never make tele turns.
Jul 1 2007 12:17PM
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FUUUCK
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is there anything speacial that you can do on telemark in the park that you cand do with alpine bindings?

if not theres no real reason not to switch in my mind.

its really about what you find more fun
Jul 1 2007 12:23PM
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MadSteezin
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go alpine nigga!
Jul 1 2007 12:28PM
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fourhundred
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APLINE! you'll be so good
Jul 1 2007 12:33PM
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Bailey**1080
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whats the song on the http://youtube.com/watch?v=DMIqg0NzK1g
one ??
thanks
btw thts sum sik skiing
Jul 1 2007 3:27PM
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Skipig25
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Fort Minor - Remember the name
Jul 1 2007 4:08PM
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SteezePatrol
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i thought you said you ski'd park with teles
Jul 1 2007 10:13PM
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asonUnique
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plus you get deeper in pow on teles. skiing is cooler though
Jul 1 2007 10:25PM
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Tom
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do blades!
Jul 1 2007 10:46PM
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KjellEllefson
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exactly simon
Jul 1 2007 11:33PM
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KjellEllefson
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ur an idoit thats all i have to say
no matter how tight your bidings are it is still possible to touch your knees to your skiis
and if anything i get screwed in comps because i tele
Cough Spring massive Cough
Jul 1 2007 11:36PM
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little_ey
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i do currently do ski park on teles... it's how i've learned. in these videos i'm all tele.
Jul 2 2007 12:02AM
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SwitchMahFuckah
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Damn babe you got skills! Stick with tele, your really good at it. You can already do more on tele than most (i.e me) can do alpine style.
Jul 2 2007 12:04AM
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