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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Eastside, are you afraid of speed?
Why are you dragging yer arm?
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F
climber
away from the ground
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It does kind of suck to have to bend over to get into your bindings.
But nobody cares...
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Peater
Trad climber
Salt Lake City Ut.
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East Side and Eastman: Laughing loving your comments.
East Side I like Tele because of the movement. It is really complicated. I know there is movement (lots of it) on a board but I like the feeling on the two free heel boards.
I used to windsurf and I always wondered if the foot power worked the same way. On big boards you would plunge the right turning foot to go "down" and turn left into the wind. But on the smaller glass boards you would pull the right rail up to go left into the wind.
Always wanted to try boarding to see which way it worked on snow.
Eastman: In the photo He's trying to get his iphone out of his pocket. He'll go faster in a minute or two.
:)
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east side underground
climber
paul linaweaver hilton crk ca
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Eastman thats not me in photo, a french friend from tignes way steeper than it looks lets see you make that move. Ha Ha ive never been accused of being afraid of speed . me in photos above. Petater, nothing like the leverage one can get on a board. give it a try it's a blast. cheers
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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ESU, just kidding. All those shots look super. Where is the last one? Looks like back East at treeline...
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east side underground
climber
paul linaweaver hilton crk ca
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field of dreams backside mammoth. Just f*#king with you , its dumping here almost a foot over nite at my place lets go tele!!!!! cheers
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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I grew up skating/surfing, so I boarded from the ages of 20-25 around the central Sierra, S. Tahoe and the Eastside. I frikkin loved it!! When I moved to MT in 94 I wanted to find the Freedom of the Hills in the winter and there was no way I'd put snowshoes on so I tried tele. Immediately, I fell in love with the challenge and the feel of it. I think of it is similar to boarding in terms of the feel of the carve and initially you have your regular(regular stance) turn and your off(fakey) turn. I have tried alpine and felt none of that. I felt like a cat with masking tape on it's paw with the locked heel. I occasionally think about getting a board for the area but I always end up back on my FreelHeelers and in a couple weeks, I'll be on NTN for it's 'releaseness' for the first time and am stoked to try it.
That said, like EastSide says, there isn't really anything like a board in deep powder and I think it has a lot to do with the toe side/heel side edging as opposed to the sides of your feet....what do you think EastSide?
Just Giv'r!!
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flatlandermcjack
Trad climber
Speardawg, SD
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tele is super awesome until you buy AT gear and do some real skiing
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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no one cares that porno bob telle skiis
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2017 - 06:32pm PT
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Nice shot Nick,Mount Snow?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Hiko Pico. super populer for skinning.they are closed tues and wed and allow skinning. also ok after 4 any day.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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If you have the $ 1200.00 and like Dynafit bindings, these boots won't bury your front points...
Jim Brennan, re. Arcteryx Procline... Solomon's new X-Alp ski touring boot is modeled from the Procline, and will be cheaper and more widely available. Hopefully! The X-Alp is not yet for sale, though Lou Dawson is testing it: https://www.wildsnow.com/21423/salomon-ski-touring-x-alp-boot-mtn/
Salomon did a no-brainer here. They took the Arcteryx Procline form factor (the two companies are entwined) and presumably the same mold tooling, and made a full-on ski touring boot.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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These boots keep getting better for function and dexterity, Jim.
Same Italian boot designer, Federico Sbrissa, behind the Dynafit TLT5, the Arcteryx Procline, and now base of the X-Alp.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2017 - 05:56pm PT
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Grooming Canadice Hill trails,4F.Skiing off them.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Jan 11, 2017 - 04:16am PT
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Happy Cowboy
Social climber
Boz MT
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Jan 11, 2017 - 06:08am PT
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Great shot Norm, I'm jealous. We've got good snow but not the snowpack you're on. Heading north come visit. We live out near Hyalite canyon. Best, Donnie
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Jan 11, 2017 - 06:12am PT
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Hey Wilbeer!
Are you grooming for phat biking or is that just a narrow tech section of the skate lane?
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2017 - 07:33am PT
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Cragar,I groom for the Rochester CC Ski Federation,at Canadice Hill.Technically I groom 20+ miles of trail for skiers ,they do not like fatbikes ,but I do.
Great picture Norm.
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Happy Cowboy
Social climber
Boz MT
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Jan 11, 2017 - 07:34am PT
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no offense Cragar, but looks to me Wilbeer is grooming for XC skiing. Yes what's now called "classic", sure you know. Some of the FS trails around Boz get occasional rolling, and certainly not suitable for xc skating. Best HC
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Jan 11, 2017 - 07:54am PT
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I bought new XC skis last month and then went on a hut-to-hut trip in Maine. Hardly my most sizzling adventure, but at 68 I need to reduce the impact sports. Still feeling where I fell on my ice axe in the Airondacks early December.
eta: funny thing, the new XC skis, were around a foot less than my old ones.
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