Telemark Skis
Q: Are their Telemark ski's that have the option to lock in the rear should I decide to use them as a traditional downhill ski?
A: They are Randonee bindings, also known as Alpine Touring. They are not Telemark. Telemark boots and bindings are used to perform Telemark turns. Randonee bindings and boots are used to perform standard Alpine turns. The two styles of skiing are very different.
Vancouver , British Columbia (July 28, 2010) – This fall, G3, manufacturer of industry-leading gear for backcountry skiing, will become the first alpine-touring/backcountry ski binding manufacturer to offer a liability reduction and indemnity program to its North American dealers.
The program, the first of its kind in alpine-touring and backcountry skiing, is based off a system that is standard operating procedure among alpine-skiing binding manufacturers and retailers, reducing risk, and potentially cost, to G3 dealers in the process.
The basis of the program is that when G3’s Onyx and women’s Ruby alpine-touring bindings are installed and set in accordance with the company’s instructions, dealer agreement, and documentation requirements, G3 would take the lead in defending any legal case surrounding binding releasability or function involving a dealer and/or a sales rep. No other backcountry binding manufacturer offers such a program. G3 engaged risk-management attorney Jim Moss to develop the program.
“What we are doing is taking the best practices from the alpine-skiing world, and applying them to the backcountry world,” said G3 founder and President Oliver Steffen. “Given the very thorough process we use to test and document proper, precise releasability on every pair of bindings before they go out the door, we have extremely high confidence in our bindings, and extremely high confidence in stepping up to offer our dealers this added protection.”
The fact that G3 can offer this protection to retailers also speaks to and stems directly from the ground-breaking design used in the Onyx and Ruby, Steffen said.
The Onyx and Ruby are tech-style alpine-touring bindings with high-performance retention, dramatically reduced pre-release, and industry-leading releasability functions. They also offer the ability to switch...
Will i need to buy a certain type of ski to put a telemark set up on it? or will any ski work?
specific the ski that i have, and am thinking of putting telemark bindings on is Line Prophet 90 '08 or '09.
Any help is appreciated.
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Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs telemark ski racer Jeffrey Gay reached one of his biggest goals this week, |
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I love to play outside whether it is on a mountain bike, telemark skis or cross country skis; running, hiking or just playing with my dog. |
As announced this Spring, the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation has developed a plan in the event that Telemark Lodge is not available for Birkie Pre-Race
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Built by the NSW Tourist Bureau, it's a place where skiing in Australia came of age, where telemark turns became a social event and where after-dinner
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The events will now finish at Telemark Resort in Cable with all events taking place on the hilly Birkie Trail at one of the most beautiful times of the year
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