Tele days

So...I did it...I finally telermarked. I've been wanting to try it for a while, and I got the perfect opportunity while skiing with Andrea last Sunday. I ended up renting from Mary Jane so I probably paid about $20 more than renting somewhere else, but it was still worth the $38 I spent! Wow is it fun! Very different--even more than I expected, but the challenge is rewarding.

I found it most troublesome distributing my weight evenly on both legs while turning. I often found myself wanting to straighten my outside leg to turn alpine style. Alpine turns are possible, and as the saying goes, "when in doubt, alpine out," I made a number of alpine turns if I got into real trouble--and when the burn was unrelenting! I'm convinced that this is the fastest way to sculpt thighs of steel.

After a while, I could distinguish (I think) between good turns and bad ones, and I loved perfecting each turn. For the most part, I was still comfortable on harder runs (I took Sleeper, a blue-black), though I fell a lot more. I was never comfortable turning while at high speed, though. Hey, the bindings don't release!

I definitely want to go up again. Maybe I'll get some cheap tele gear. At the MJ shop they said they always have good deals on the last years demos. That'd be sweet. Anyway, thanks for sharing in my excitement. Oh, and my thighs are so sore! Woohoo!