 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey guys,
I'm just starting out telemarking and have a couple of questions. I have managed to get myself some cheap G3 Targa bindings and some tele boots to have a play about on. I have an old pair of fairly stiff and heavy, all mountain twin tips that are a 169cm (I'm 168). I was wondering if they would be suitable to mount my tele bindings on? Alternatively, my local ski shop has a couple of pair of cheap twinnies that are between 159 and 169 and fairly soft and light. Would these possibly be better?
Finally, these is nobody around where I live that knows a lot about telemarks but one ski tech I know has said that he is happy to try and mount the bindings for me, but wondered if there was a particular place to mount tele binding. Most skis seem to have the ski centre marked. Where is best in relation to the ski centre?
I would be really grateful of any advice anyone can give. In terms of my alpine standard, I am a pretty good skier (BASI level 2 approx).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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womble_cat, personally, I'd go softer for your initial telemark experience. It's harder to get pressure through the skis when you telemark and a softer ski will make it easier for you to get the skis working.
Telemarking on twinnies has the downside that you can catch the tails. It'll keep you honest though 
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i just swapped out my alpine skis which are all pretty stiff to tele, and got on fine. Mounted boot centre line on manufacturer's line on the ski, also fine - one point to watch here though is with twins - if its a proper symmetrical twin the manufacturer's line will be bang on centre point and possibly way too far forward for anything but park antics
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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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Modern convention for telemarking mount (burlier bindings / boots) is circa -1 to -2cm behind the 'boot centre' line marked on the ski.
Seems like good advice to me - but I suck at tele.
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Haggis_Trap, I too suck at tele, but that doesn't stop me flailing around (and offering advice). Softer would be better; I've found my stiff planks pretty hard to put pressure through.
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