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Should I buy telemark skis.

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CabbyArrant
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A dude put a pair of 174cm telemark skis in my ski shops swap meet and wants $25? Should I try to free the heel or nah. I've kind of always wanted to try tele skiing.
Oct 15 2019 12:33PM
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SnickleFriz
Posts: 328 - Karma: 900
Can't go wrong for that price...
Oct 15 2019 12:42PM
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OregonDead
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but how much are you going to have to pay for boots?
Oct 15 2019 12:49PM
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SofaKingSick
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Yeah for that price, if you can find cheap boots, it’d be worth trying I say
Oct 15 2019 1:49PM
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r00kie
Posts: 5238 - Karma: 59,580
Free the heel, free the mind.
Drop the knee, hit a tree?
Oct 15 2019 2:45PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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Do it. Its fuckin fun.
Oct 15 2019 4:33PM
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Non_State_Actor
Posts: 4883 - Karma: 17,366
No.

Unless you ski a Midwestern slag pile of a hill and are looking for a challenge in which case yes, why not?
Oct 15 2019 5:21PM
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CabbyArrant
Posts: 779 - Karma: 4,120
mystery3No.

Unless you ski a Midwestern slag pile of a hill and are looking for a challenge in which case yes, why not?


That is a yes to the midwestern slag pile
Oct 15 2019 6:08PM
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corona
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do it. What skis and what bindings?
Oct 15 2019 7:02PM
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davetron78
Posts: 531 - Karma: 1,117
Free the heel, free the mind. I don't telemark but I have touring bindings and I'll never pass up hiking some trail to get to a powder pocket. I saw these dudes slaying the park on tele's last season, just hitting rails and jumps with their heels free like a ballsack swinging around
Oct 15 2019 10:13PM
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ASSholebomber22
Posts: 6679 - Karma: 70,685
Last season during the first few days I saw a guy trying to learn how to tele. It was hilarious because he'd fuckin faceplant anytime he'd try to make a quick turn.

I bet he was doing it to make the most out of the one or two runs open, so as long as he had fun who am I to judge. Haven't seen him since so either he got good and I didn't notice or he doesn't tele anymore
Oct 15 2019 10:23PM
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GarFrom09
Posts: 243 - Karma: 1,176
Free the heel and ski for real, or half a binding half a brain whatever your into
Oct 15 2019 10:24PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Go for it. Even if you don't like it, it will probably improve your skiing.
Oct 15 2019 11:27PM
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methscratchface
Posts: 1204 - Karma: 4,445
skis and bindings? isnt any ski a telemark ski? give him 15 and a tall boy.
Oct 16 2019 10:32PM
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PsychicMigration
Posts: 2099 - Karma: 10,537
yes
Oct 16 2019 11:15PM
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telemon
Posts: 122 - Karma: 272
do it for sure, i tried tele and switched to it permanently, even better than fixed heel skiing
Oct 17 2019 3:29PM
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oldmanski
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Yes, do it!
Oct 17 2019 3:39PM
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