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Recent content by djg21

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    Telemarking

    You can play in the park on teles if you are so inclined. A lot of folks do. If you are having trouble "flexing" your front leg, you are probably "fake-a-marking." In other words, you are not weighting your back ski enough, and you are doing a parallel turn with all your front ski forward...
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    Telemarking

    You should take a handful of lessons. My suggestion is to sign yourself up for a 2-day telemark clinic with NATO (http://www.telemarknato.com/). You may also wish to purchase NATO's Joy of Telemark Video. Does it come easy? If it did, it would be called "snowboarding." But it is no more...
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    How do you transport your skis?

    I use a Yakima Spoacebooster II. Inside, I attached two cargo straps, about 6' in length, by running them under the metal mounting plates. Rather than using carpet to line the box, I went to Home Depot and bought a 6.5" length of "fatigue padding." I "Fatigue padding" is essentially 3/4"...
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