Mammoth shoot out: Outlaw VS Meidjo
Mammoth Mountain.The rule of Winter ’15 season has been to act fast when fresh snow arrives, otherwise there won’t be much left. A couple of late storms hit the Sierra last week. Though...
View ArticleThe Case for NTN Grows
NTN’s biggest advocate – Mitch WeberAs recently as 2013, the reasons to drop the duckbill for a duckbutt were significant, but mostly based on a personal requirement for releaseability. Not all...
View ArticlePreview: Moonlight’s Tele Pure binding
CAD drawings of the “final” Tele Pure binding design.The inclusion of Dynafit-style 2-pin tech toes in a telemark binding, first pioneered as the Telemark Tech System is bringing a wave of enthusiasm...
View ArticleScarpa & Scott drop heel inserts on NTN boots
Not even a heel groove is left for Scarpa’s 2017 TX-Pro.Good tele skiers know there’s a time and a place for parallel turns and if it doesn’t add much extra weight, why not add that ability?...
View ArticleOverview of next gen tele bindings
DIY tele tech bindings are thriving.I was really hoping to end this season with a set (or two if they skied similarly) of bindings that I could go into next season with and be confident I had a good...
View ArticleThe State of 2-pin Telemark Bindings
Telemark Tech bindings are here to stay. The original Telemark Tech System binding (early beta version, circa 2010). The 2-pin connnection When Mark Lengel first proposed the idea of the Telemark Tech...
View ArticlePicking a 2-pin tech toe for telemarking
OMG’s telemark tech toe.When selecting a tech-toe for a tele tech binding keep in mind that they were not designed for the stresses of telemarking, they were designed for use in a locked-heel alpine...
View ArticleDIY 2-pin Tele: Use the Force (Luke)!
Before venturing any further in chronicling tele-tech bindings, it is important to understand the forces at play in a telemark turn. For the average telemarker, this article fits in the too much...
View Article2-pin Tele Springs: Size Matters
Size matters. J Nicol checks to see if they measure up.While the effect of cable pivot location tends to dominate the sensation of a tele tech binding, the next strongest binding component of the tele...
View ArticleReview: Scarpa’s TX-Pro (2017)
Odds are that if you’re a decent telemark skier, you will love Scarpa’s TX-Pro (2017). The reasons are simple, and with a little investigation and analysis, obvious. The TX-Pro simply nails the peak of...
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