@@djwoodco Ha ha. Far from it. In the history of all the great things blister has done, this is simply the greatest. Would have loved to have been there to see it. Telemarking will change your life, or at least your skiing if you stick with it
If anybody wants to try this out for themselves, most tele skiers I know are huge gear hoarders and pretty nice people! They prob have an extra setup you can borrow for a few days (source: I am a tele skier).
Solid. For anyone contemplating tele… I reckon 5 days back to back and you’ll be 80% of your fixed heel ability and probably having even more fun… the remaining 20% will take another 5 years ; ) I think my second or third day on teles was at CB in ‘95… sold my fixed heels, bought teles. No regrets.
Next time you're going to break out the tele's, start out by standing still in a flat place and having someone give you a light push from behind (skis can be on or off). You'll naturally take a step forward to catch your balance, and that is essentially the proper tele stance you want to repeat in your turns. You obviously can ski tele skis alpine style (with both heels down), but you constantly run the risk of losing your balance and falling forward on your face. Just like regaining your balance after being pushed, the split stance in tele is about having a leg out in front of you (not dragging one behind you) to create a stabilized position where you can't easily fall forward. You'll should actually feel more like you're squatting on the rear leg than dragging it behind you, and the front leg should feel like it's out in front of your body a bit with a bend in your knee. Aside from trying out the push from behind trick to find your position, it's also helpful to think about stepping forward to transition from one tele turn to the next. Begin to stand/rise up as you begin to transition, and then step forward with the rear leg like you're doing lunges. You can practice that on flat ground too to get the feel.
I stopped "Alpine" skiing 20 years ago (I got pretty bored... sorry)- but I sure do a lot of alpine turns on tele skis. I LOVED this-mostly because trying to do something unfamiliar is, by definition, really hard... but even though none of the dudes ever seemed to "trust" the trailing/back ski (which is, of course, essential to the tele turn), still getting out and giving it a serious shot, without much (non-contradictory) instruction-it's an inspiration.
As an ex-ski instructor and many years telemarking now, you guys look great, well done, but you are dragging the foot. I recommend, at home, no boots, just stand in an alpine position and then drop to a tele, from the video you’re stepping one foot back, when you do that, you need to move the hip slightly over the one leg as you then start to go down. This burns, it takes you off balance, but also means all your weight is on one leg, the other is just for a little balance. Now go back to alpine, this time, step forward to drop into the tele, when stepping forward, you will have some weight on the toe of the back leg as that leg goes down, you will have equal weight on both feet, on the forward foot don’t forget to push the knee forward on to where the front of the boot will be. You will immediately feel how the position might look the same, but you are now rock steady, balanced, not burning the legs, and the hips didn’t move as much. Practice this at home and next time you tele, you will feel the difference.
Nice reminder to everyone that skiing is supposed to be Fun! ...and it was fun watching the humbling experience that is Tele and how much you all had fun with it. I'm only 2 seasons into Tele and love it.
I started teleing a couple of years ago and this looked familiar! The main thing is getting enough weight on the back foot. When you're really 50-50, it actually feels like you've got like 80 % on the back foot. Then you can drive the back foot ski as well and it's not just hanging along for the ride.
I tried tele before, and the lunge forward technique is what got me into the right "balanced" position. It felt like I had 100% of my weight on the front foot for an instant, and then I naturally shifted it to a balanced stance. Listening to your description seems to apply more to someone who is advancing, not a beginner. The back foot advice would have confused me when learning. I can relate to what Jonathan said about conflicting advice. I tried to mimic the "good" tele skier I was with and that helped me a lot. I like the push someone from behind technique as well. When I alpine race coach, to get a skier into and athletic stance, I will have them stand still, tell them to get into the stance, and then grab the tips of their skis and shake them, they either fall over or squat a lot lower, which means I succeeded.
Freakin fantastic! “I need everyone to know I’m a tele skier” ouch, guilty! Haha I remember being humbled hardcore, and whenever I forget it I’m always humbled again. This was super fun to watch.
I would love to see you guys try snowboarding. I'm 55 skied in my 20s, snowboarded for the next 15 years, became really good and returned back to skiing for the last 11 years. I remember my first day on a board with no instructions (being thrown from a truck multiple times would have been less painful). I bought boots, bindings and a board that same day, go figure. That was a very entertaining video, I think you are onto something...
Haha this was great! I once took an alpine ski lesson from an instructor who was skiing on tele skis. I don't think he even lifted his heel once! At the end of the day he told me that he is primarily a snowboarder 😆
As a tele skier who loves Luke's reviews on gear, watching him put maybe 5% weight on his back foot is the greatest thing ever. I feel better about myself now 😂
Fun-NY! It sounds like you paraphrased Yogi Berra: "I'd like to thank all of you for making this necessary". If you need the ski review perspectives of a 70-year-old man who transitioned to the dark side (tele) 17 years ago, you let me know! I'll do it for free coffee. The hardest part on my first day was getting that second ski on, then reaching forward to pick up my gloves and face planting because there was no heel hold down. I'm only upset that you all did so well!
Most rewarding day of skiing I’ve ever done was when i decided to try and learn tele on nordic skis having never done it on regular tele skis before. It was hard and took me a good 6 hours of just hiking up hill constantly to learn but by the end i could turn down greens and flat blues, which for anyone who has never cross country skied before, feels illegal. It’s also funny cause you’re so unstable going like 15 kmph gives you a bigger adrenaline rush than 120 on downhill skis
Oh I can tell you I definitely want that! Fun video, watching Kristin makes me want to ski Tele...watching everything else makes me want to never take off my Alpine set-up haha. Also this is the first time that I've ever put a face to voices of the podcast so that was kind of weird
Офигенный видос, честный такой. Мне, как инструктору и популяризатору телемарка супер интересно смотреть, как опытные альпайн райдеры откровенно мучаются и борются с оборудованием. "Цепляются" за старые двигательные стереотипы Удачи в продакшене. Подписался, буду смотреть. Привет из матушки России
@@djwoodco what's it going to take to get Jonathan in the park rocking a 4xxl kit skiing center mounted noodle skis? bonus points if its at timberline in the summer when all the pros are there
I was taught: scratch your rear foot into 'beach sand' and it acts as an anchor to turn from I think that's an easy concept to understand. ...of course 50/50 weight balance, pointing your torso down the fall-line, and lead switching are important too. But they all come from that first simple turn.
Brand new, stiff tele boots are not great for beginners. If you’re new to tele, older, well broken-in boots will help you weight that rear ski properly!
Джонатан! Ты сам-то нихрена не умеешь кататься - и туда же, учишь их! У тебя самого куча ошибок ещё! Самому надо учиться и учиться, а не понтоваться перед новичками.
This is the greatest thing blister has ever done.
Haha
I can't tell if this is a compliment on the video or a diss on everything else we've ever done
@@djwoodco Ha ha. Far from it. In the history of all the great things blister has done, this is simply the greatest. Would have loved to have been there to see it. Telemarking will change your life, or at least your skiing if you stick with it
haha agreed! are the boys going to get on teles again? Kristin was crushing!
@@blisterreview The greatest thing that Blister will ever do will be the Powsurf video. So we should just skip straight to that...
If anybody wants to try this out for themselves, most tele skiers I know are huge gear hoarders and pretty nice people! They prob have an extra setup you can borrow for a few days (source: I am a tele skier).
haha... amen brother.
Definetly don't have 5 skis mounted tele and 4 extra bindings
@@Jbhcwow Ha ha…I definitely don’t have a cross section of the last 30 years of tele-gear evolution kicking around in my barn!
Kinda like ww kayakers
I just started tele skiing and the first day my feet hurt like hell, I think my boots were too tight
Solid. For anyone contemplating tele… I reckon 5 days back to back and you’ll be 80% of your fixed heel ability and probably having even more fun… the remaining 20% will take another 5 years ; )
I think my second or third day on teles was at CB in ‘95… sold my fixed heels, bought teles. No regrets.
Next time you're going to break out the tele's, start out by standing still in a flat place and having someone give you a light push from behind (skis can be on or off). You'll naturally take a step forward to catch your balance, and that is essentially the proper tele stance you want to repeat in your turns. You obviously can ski tele skis alpine style (with both heels down), but you constantly run the risk of losing your balance and falling forward on your face. Just like regaining your balance after being pushed, the split stance in tele is about having a leg out in front of you (not dragging one behind you) to create a stabilized position where you can't easily fall forward. You'll should actually feel more like you're squatting on the rear leg than dragging it behind you, and the front leg should feel like it's out in front of your body a bit with a bend in your knee.
Aside from trying out the push from behind trick to find your position, it's also helpful to think about stepping forward to transition from one tele turn to the next. Begin to stand/rise up as you begin to transition, and then step forward with the rear leg like you're doing lunges. You can practice that on flat ground too to get the feel.
They are never breaking out the tele's again. :D
I am about to start in tele after 54 years on the slopes (XC and alpine). This looks like an excellent beginner tip.
Amazing tips! I'm about to start tele
I stopped "Alpine" skiing 20 years ago (I got pretty bored... sorry)- but I sure do a lot of alpine turns on tele skis. I LOVED this-mostly because trying to do something unfamiliar is, by definition, really hard... but even though none of the dudes ever seemed to "trust" the trailing/back ski (which is, of course, essential to the tele turn), still getting out and giving it a serious shot, without much (non-contradictory) instruction-it's an inspiration.
"Not only do I trust my trail ski, I bank on it." -- Telemón #telebankaonpow
As an ex-ski instructor and many years telemarking now, you guys look great, well done, but you are dragging the foot.
I recommend, at home, no boots, just stand in an alpine position and then drop to a tele, from the video you’re stepping one foot back, when you do that, you need to move the hip slightly over the one leg as you then start to go down. This burns, it takes you off balance, but also means all your weight is on one leg, the other is just for a little balance.
Now go back to alpine, this time, step forward to drop into the tele, when stepping forward, you will have some weight on the toe of the back leg as that leg goes down, you will have equal weight on both feet, on the forward foot don’t forget to push the knee forward on to where the front of the boot will be. You will immediately feel how the position might look the same, but you are now rock steady, balanced, not burning the legs, and the hips didn’t move as much.
Practice this at home and next time you tele, you will feel the difference.
This is amazing. I love how uncomfortable Jonathan looks, and how much that reminds me of my first day on the mountain.
Nice reminder to everyone that skiing is supposed to be Fun! ...and it was fun watching the humbling experience that is Tele and how much you all had fun with it. I'm only 2 seasons into Tele and love it.
I started teleing a couple of years ago and this looked familiar! The main thing is getting enough weight on the back foot. When you're really 50-50, it actually feels like you've got like 80 % on the back foot. Then you can drive the back foot ski as well and it's not just hanging along for the ride.
I tried tele before, and the lunge forward technique is what got me into the right "balanced" position. It felt like I had 100% of my weight on the front foot for an instant, and then I naturally shifted it to a balanced stance. Listening to your description seems to apply more to someone who is advancing, not a beginner. The back foot advice would have confused me when learning. I can relate to what Jonathan said about conflicting advice. I tried to mimic the "good" tele skier I was with and that helped me a lot. I like the push someone from behind technique as well. When I alpine race coach, to get a skier into and athletic stance, I will have them stand still, tell them to get into the stance, and then grab the tips of their skis and shake them, they either fall over or squat a lot lower, which means I succeeded.
Freakin fantastic! “I need everyone to know I’m a tele skier” ouch, guilty! Haha I remember being humbled hardcore, and whenever I forget it I’m always humbled again. This was super fun to watch.
I would love to see you guys try snowboarding. I'm 55 skied in my 20s, snowboarded for the next 15 years, became really good and returned back to skiing for the last 11 years. I remember my first day on a board with no instructions (being thrown from a truck multiple times would have been less painful). I bought boots, bindings and a board that same day, go figure. That was a very entertaining video, I think you are onto something...
Love this. Possibly the greatest ski video ever. The editing was on point 👌
Beautiful job alpine skiing with tele skis on😊!
Haha this was great! I once took an alpine ski lesson from an instructor who was skiing on tele skis. I don't think he even lifted his heel once! At the end of the day he told me that he is primarily a snowboarder 😆
He’s all over the place😂
As a tele skier who loves Luke's reviews on gear, watching him put maybe 5% weight on his back foot is the greatest thing ever. I feel better about myself now 😂
Vid title should be - "Telechick rips and 3 guys fumble"
haha, yes!
Amazing! More videos from the Blister Team please! 🤙
Hope to see you guys next weekend for the alley loop! Do a video on Nordic skiing!
Fun-NY!
It sounds like you paraphrased Yogi Berra: "I'd like to thank all of you for making this necessary". If you need the ski review perspectives of a 70-year-old man who transitioned to the dark side (tele) 17 years ago, you let me know! I'll do it for free coffee.
The hardest part on my first day was getting that second ski on, then reaching forward to pick up my gloves and face planting because there was no heel hold down.
I'm only upset that you all did so well!
Most rewarding day of skiing I’ve ever done was when i decided to try and learn tele on nordic skis having never done it on regular tele skis before. It was hard and took me a good 6 hours of just hiking up hill constantly to learn but by the end i could turn down greens and flat blues, which for anyone who has never cross country skied before, feels illegal. It’s also funny cause you’re so unstable going like 15 kmph gives you a bigger adrenaline rush than 120 on downhill skis
About a year later i tried tele on real tele skis and lemee tell ya it is so much easier lmao
Oh I can tell you I definitely want that! Fun video, watching Kristin makes me want to ski Tele...watching everything else makes me want to never take off my Alpine set-up haha. Also this is the first time that I've ever put a face to voices of the podcast so that was kind of weird
The moment we've all been waiting for!
Офигенный видос, честный такой. Мне, как инструктору и популяризатору телемарка супер интересно смотреть, как опытные альпайн райдеры откровенно мучаются и борются с оборудованием. "Цепляются" за старые двигательные стереотипы
Удачи в продакшене. Подписался, буду смотреть. Привет из матушки России
5 stars for this video. Brilliant!
Amazing content
A million ups to Kristin Sennitt showing how it's done! This edit should be more Kristin and less Jonathan, but hey, physical humor. 😄
Question. Does Luke skiing tele while wearing an anorak cancel itself out?
So can we expect Blister telemark gear reviews going forward??? Blister opinions on the 75mm vs. NTN debate???
Totally. Give us 1, maybe 2 more days on tele, then we'll surely be able to weigh in and settle that debate for all time. (Cough)
I was going to, but now I think ill hold off on asking for tele ski recomendations
now for telemark snowblading
I’m sure you can find a still shot of Luke in there to throw on the cover of the next Buyer’s Guide
This is so good
Give it a couple days and you'll be dancing on the mountain in no time. Tele is easy - it's just like running downhill. :)
Nice job! Happy World Telemark Day!
Tele is making a come back y'all!
Blister park skiing master class next?
Hmmmmmm.....
@@blisterreview everyone in 4xxl outerwear hitting the park would be pretty great, maybe this calls for a trip to mount hood in early summer?
Don't tempt me
@@djwoodco what's it going to take to get Jonathan in the park rocking a 4xxl kit skiing center mounted noodle skis? bonus points if its at timberline in the summer when all the pros are there
@@Tanner731 it would take a *lot* of ratings.
I didn't see anyone fall... did you edit out the wipeouts?
Unfortunately, that was the reality, much to my disappointment.
"If you wanna ride a horse, telemark. If you wanna drive a car, alpine." -- Telemón
100% worth the wait. Thanks guys!
No freeheel life collab?
We were worried they couldn't keep up with us. (Er, wouldn't want to be seen with us.)
Netflix would pay a bajillion dollars for this documentary. First in a series…
Invite Wagner, who used to (maybe still does?) teleski, for part deux.
I was taught:
scratch your rear foot into 'beach sand' and it acts as an anchor to turn from
I think that's an easy concept to understand.
...of course 50/50 weight balance, pointing your torso down the fall-line, and lead switching are important too. But they all come from that first simple turn.
Yes! Ride ski blades next.
Yep, it's happening after the Blister Summit (so we don't break ourselves right before the Blister Summit).
Brand new, stiff tele boots are not great for beginners. If you’re new to tele, older, well broken-in boots will help you weight that rear ski properly!
goggles beneath helmet. why Luke?
epic pacifico shirt
These videos need a mandatory double black run. #doitorweunsubscribe
Unless you can do the tele shuffle on an easy slope then you won't get the rhythm of the lead change.
Big toe, little toe
Hmmm....?
You guys should try actually dropping a knee, not just lifting up your heel... then maybe you can call it tele skiing
You seem fun, Jake.
Джонатан! Ты сам-то нихрена не умеешь кататься - и туда же, учишь их! У тебя самого куча ошибок ещё! Самому надо учиться и учиться, а не понтоваться перед новичками.
C-
The moment we've all been waiting for!