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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Alastair Pink, Do you Tele?... if so then I am going to grab some kit for some cheeky tips when I see you!
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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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Jasmine's an ex-Suffolk Viking dry slope racer and still seen occasionally at the Suffolk plastic slope. From dry slope to World Champs, just shows it can be done. Go Vikings!
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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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Dear all, the FIS Telemark rep (Andrew "Nobby" Clarke) is making a case for Telemark at the Olympics this week!! Fingers crossed. In the meantime anyone looking to race in the British Indoor Series can follow this link:
http://gbtelemark.co.uk/events/british-indoor-telemark-series-2014/
The next one is at Tamworth with racing on the Sunday and a "festival" on the Saturday. It's a very welcoming environment, and DEFINITELY for all standards eg duffers like me, it's also a great way to get to know the wider UK Telemark community....... 
Tony
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Fri 6-06-14 12:58; edited 1 time in total
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Is it still popular? Serious question.
When I first started skiing in N America in '98/99 they were everywhere.
Each season since, I see less and less.
Less than a dozen telemarkers where I ski on Hokkaido.
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Mike Pow, seem increasingly popular in Chamonix and Champoluc. I suspect highly correlated to scandi population...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Mike Pow, It's coming back, quite a few at copper this year inc. some bloody good ones. A Basin is a bit of a mecca for us with a big festival at the end of the season.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Cheers.
Racing, backcountry or both under a new name and Masque?
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You know it makes sense.
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Mike Pow, racing is certainly helping us to attract interest within the Forces. As a backcountry activity the attraction of the telemark style through powder continues to draw many. As for touring, I may be wrong, but can't believe that Telemark comes close to modern AT equipment and has therefore lost its place as the choice of ski for touring?!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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TelemarkTony, Have run the debugger - looks like the sites had a SQL injection attack or similar - there's a Java script that it tries to launch, and if it fails then you get the regular page. If the script runs then it redirects to the hack page. I'll alert their site admin.
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Poster: A snowHead
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TelemarkTony, G3 will have Tele adapt kits for next season and the lightweight NTN are fine for everything but the height, distance and weight obsessed.
Got to say that Tele in powder is as close as any skis will get to boarding in the stuff . . . Though much tougher on the legs. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mike Pow, Several telemark racers train in Les Houches.
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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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Mike Pow, don't know about the racing but plenty of back country and quite a few frontside. Even met a fellow Tele-boarder 
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I saw quite a few youngsters telemarking on very fat skis in Switzerland the Christmas before last.
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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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Whispers emerging from the FIS congress regarding Telemark into the Winter Olympics are sounding positive!! The UK would be very well placed to compete, particularly in the ladies events.
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Confirmed from FIS congress in Barcelona - Telemark will be included in a combined package of proposals to be made to the International Olympic Committee to be included in the IOC's Agenda 2020. Telemark could be an Olympic discipline by 2022........seems ages away but I suppose it's only one more turn of the handle! 
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TelemarkTony, Great news. Looking forward to Jasmin Taylor (and maybe a few more Brits) competing in the 2022 Olympics.
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I'm a bit confused. The little youtube video shows a bit of "extra" after the dual slalom. But seems to me can all be done on fixed heel skis too.
So do they make some rules what kind of equipment can be used for the race?
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abc, you're required to use the tele style in a race. Not sure which video you saw but at speed, and from the front, it might have appeared like an alpine skier crouching....they're not, they're kneeling/bending/lungeing for want of better terms, they just do it extremely smoothly and at full pelt.
There are penalties for not adopting the tele style (approx 3 secs per gate), similarly there is a jump that must be landed in tele style or more penalties.
It's not really possible to adopt the tele style without appropriate bindings ("free heel) and you'll need "bellowed" boots ie bend at the toe.
It will be interesting how the sport develops now, not least as a race time is not confirmed until gate judges add the penalties. You can imagine how TV audience "unfriendly" this could be?! Similarly skiers might begin to exploit any and every loophole to gain an advantage when there's an Olympic medal at stake!!! 
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Alastair Pink, Great news for Jaz! Should be an OK timeline for her, and a great reason to stick at it for the next 8 years.
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