 Poster: A snowHead
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Sidenote I also learned on the telesaures boot! Great beginner boot if you're lacking in the weight category like most 10 years olds. Also I would stay away from NTN until until he gets a bit bigger, when I first started I didnt even way enough or half the calf strength to bend the boot, haha. But if you looking for some sweet sticks I got a pair of 160 rossi powder birds with g3 bindings (the skis I learned on) they're in excellent condition and Id love if they got some use again, we need more youth free heelers!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Brief update. The 11 year old is now 16 and has been freeheeling ever since. Telemarking is as people here have said, extremely friendly. We've skied along with lots of other telemarkers, who always stop by for a chat and sometimes for a ski together. In particular we've skied with a great bunch of French telemarkers in les Arcs- Fentastick, which was a great cultural experience.
Then in April 2017 I asked a bloke in teleboots at the Grands Montets mid station if he knew any guides who tele'd, as we were hoping to do the Valle Blanche. He turned out to be the GB telemark team coach, I mentioned that I followed Jaz Taylor on Instagram- he told me to stop where I was and 30 seconds later returned with Jaz, . Ed jnr then had a ski with him and Jaz Taylor- and got asked to join the team for a training camp in September 2017, he got a week off school, then we both went to the GB champs in January, he did some races, got a couple of podium finishes and he is now on the GB telemark team.
In all this has turned out much more expensive than I first thought.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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5 years later I have just done the same. As an avid Telemark skier what a great story
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@ed123,
Great story. One of my inspirations for moving to Telemark 25 years ago now, was seeing an outrageously good Telemark skier at Nevis Range. Turned out he was in the national team at the time.
Free the heel 
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Thread age noted.
I came across a couple of telemarkers in BC this season, which is two more than normal. Back in the day it wasn't uncommon, but I've had a drought of them for years. Anyway, these two separate guys had modern funky bindings and were pretty good. One was an emergency medic, the other runs the ski patrol at a local resort; they were both competent. They tended to do paramarking in the steeper/ gnarlier stuff and only break into the real deal super low stuff on easier ground. I asked about all that and they reckoned that modern equipment works a bit differently from the back in the day stuff, which I can certainly believe.
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@ed123, looks like your update in 2018 was missed by most, but what a great story. Thanks
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@ed123, congrats to your boy!
Separately how do you tele with both heels up like in the Vimeo video Barry posted 12 years ago? Here
Worstenstück edit - The Worst Crew from The Worst Crew
http://vimeo.com/27234093
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I have enjoyed reading this. I also taught my son to telemark, starting with xc skis 1st.
This Yr he was UK tele champ for 3rd time and also won joint services.
My husband and daughter also telemark and I'm looking forward to teaching my grand children. Cross country 1st.
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@Teletart, nice one! The GB Telemark Championships in Pralongnon are amazing.
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