Telemark

telemark is when you have the detachable heel when u ski, u see em alot in moguls they carve and their knee almost touchs the snow
 
these are totally round twin tips. like the karhu agent. twin tip, yet listed under telemark. totally round heel. explain.
 
take it from someone who does tele. telemarking is where the persons heel is unconnected to the ski. and the persons toe IS connected. and when you bend down to turn, your boot flexes. and its the shit.
 
the karhu ski is meant to be used for telemark, and it SHOULD NOT be used for a normal ski binding, you can but you really shouldnt. and karhu makes a twin tip that is designed to be used as a telemark ski you can grind, jib, jump, etc.
 
It definately looks fucking sick, a friend of mine and I are going to try and rent some next time we are up at the hill.
 
I don't think they release, but what I want to know is how you land anything large switch, I mean falling forward seems way too easy. But if you look in the rail pictures section there is a pic of someone doing a nose manual pretty much on a rainbow box on tele's and it looks fucking nasty.
 
some bindings release. the karhu bindings do. but its absolutly fine to jib with em. nothin wrong. switch is a interesting bugger though...coming down on a smooth landing its eisier obviously, you just have to have allllll of your weight on your heels. otherwise...you go forward, either get a tip in your teeth, knee smashed into edges or both at the same time. not good. it takes skill.
 
Kahrus are made at the line factory, I think they might even have the same construction although I could be wrong.
 
heres a little telejibbing for you:

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thats a really bad sequence from earlier this season. I also have some decent urban rails and stuff in my videos if you wannna see more telejibbing. Anyone that's interested should definitely try it, i haven't picked up alpine skis since i started.
 
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