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by Stephen
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: TELEWIKI - The Telemark Skiing Wiki Knowledge Base
Topic: why is snow so slow?
Replies: 5
Views: 606

Re: why is snow so slow?

The moisture in the skins from the warm, wet snow may be freezing in the cold snow in the shade and causing drag.
by Stephen
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: How Do You Ski Downhill?
Replies: 15
Views: 1456

Re: How Do You Ski Downhill?

It’s hard to comment on these sorts of things without actually seeing what’s going on and commenters are going to pick up on different things. The thing that comes to mind for me is the image of standing sideways over the balance point of a teeter totter, with someone raising and lowering the plank...
by Stephen
Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:52 am
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: meidio3 trouble
Replies: 7
Views: 630

Re: meidio3 trouble

I’m gonna have nightmares after watching this…
:twisted:

Sticky snow problems are mostly fixable with UHMW tape and the Powder Casing.
Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Peachtree-1118-U ... B00153HUIG

https://aspinockwoods.com/shop/ols/prod ... ingtouring
by Stephen
Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Mea Culpa: bought a pair of...
Replies: 10
Views: 952

Re: Mea Culpa: bought a pair of...

fisheater wrote:
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:39 pm
Those are coho salmon, Rod. They will be 8-10 lbs by fall. They are stocked in the Great Lakes.
Well, they aren’t going to be 8-10 # if you keep doing that to them!
:lol:
by Stephen
Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Telehiro and B-Tele Discussion
Replies: 173
Views: 29313

Re: Telehiro and B-Tele Discussion

Where’s the “Thumbs up” button?
:D
by Stephen
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: Pictures, pictures and pictures!
Replies: 1781
Views: 1871922

Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

@matu, WOW!
8-)
by Stephen
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: 2024 Quiver
Replies: 32
Views: 3568

Re: 2024 Quiver

DG99 wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:59 am
It’s steeper than it looks!
Are you a fisherman?
:lol:

I think the same thing about my turn pictures…
by Stephen
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Stretching wool
Replies: 2
Views: 502

Re: Stretching wool

The process is called “Blocking.”
All sorts of How-Tos on the Internet or YouTube videos.
Basic steps are to: wet the garment, lay it out to the shape you want, and let it dry — but, look it up for full details.
Then you will have my full admiration!
😁
by Stephen
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: Telemark Talk Forum
Topic: binding placement experiment
Replies: 5
Views: 594

Re: binding placement experiment

Mattafix wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:19 pm
There is a way to mount almost every telemark binding onto one pair of skis:
https://telebuddy.ch/
This looks brilliant. Wish it had an option for the Xplore binding.