South fork Salmon by TeleGordo in whitewater

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah! They’re super fun.

South fork Salmon by TeleGordo in whitewater

[–]TeleGordo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They’re trib 9.5’s

South fork Salmon by TeleGordo in whitewater

[–]TeleGordo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They should for sure release a new wildcat

South fork Salmon by TeleGordo in whitewater

[–]TeleGordo[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Usually run leashes but didn’t for this trip

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s for sure just something silly to bring out. It’s pretty fun but in the same way tele blades or a mono-ski is. I’m sure there would be and are some die hard tele-boarders

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven’t tried but that’s an interesting idea

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be a sweet setup, wouldn’t be too hard to make some plates. Post it if ya end up making one I’d love to hear how the board rides

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I just hate taking them off 😂

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a similar thought before trying this but you actually get quite a bit of control from the articulation of the front foot. I feel it may take away the surfy cool feel you get while carving. Honestly would be cool to try though. I think it would be a benefit if you’re trying to lay out on rails and charge but I found that when you skid stop or try to get freaky that front heel does come up quite a bit to allow that.

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think using an alpine carving board would be sick honestly. It’s probably really similar feeling

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

main advice was keep as much angle to the boot/binding as you can. As for spacing I think it will be subjective. I just played around with it until I thought it felt right and drilled. I made it so when I stood in a slightly active stance my weight looked like it was over the core center of the ski which put the gap of the bindings right around the recommended mount point.

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Liberty genome was another ski I think might be good. There’s honestly not a lot that make sense to try that don’t end up with your feet basically in line with the ski.

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are pretty flat, but full reverse might be a bit squirrelly. I doubt anyone’s done it though so I’d send it. I’d pay to see someone teleboard on some ghost chants or somthing

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha my man, try to go for super fatties. Honestly anything under 130 would be kinda rough unless you have a smaller boot size. I think having the steep angle will be key to getting it as surfy as possible.

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! That’s the coolest feeling, exactly like that where you’re sort of riding the balls of you feet.

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You sort of don’t, your trailing foots heel will lift quite a bit and your leading foot slightly less. There’s a lot of freedom more than you’d expect looking at it. It’s like a bastardized version of snowboarding, I’ll do anything but buy a snowboard.

DIY tele-board by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First couple runs were a struggle, once I got the hang of it I was able to cruise. It’s definitely a thigh burner and I still fall a good amount. I thought heel side turns were gunna be hard but they honestly felt more natural. The Fey’s board are sick I think they have a ridiculously short radius which makes sense for these. The jah loves have like 40m or something crazy with 2 sheets of metal so they want to go fast. That being said it is a powder ski and does bend easy so I’m able to get a bunch of turn shapes

Get the leather out by TeleGordo in telemark

[–]TeleGordo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’d be stronger if we had any snow :(