And did not enjoy it.
Blog time:
I was very nervous when a buddy who uses the same size gear as me left his stuff with me for a couple days. Skis were Atomic Automatic, mounted with new generation Marker Baron's. I skied these with really nice fitting current model year Lange XT boots with the tour mode, with a similar flex rating of the plastics to my BD Customs.
I was worried, that after 15 years of exclusively skiing tele, and all of this forum babble of conversion from tele to AT, that I would find myself falling in love with the alpine turn all over again.
I actually expected it to happen.
But it didn't. Never even really got the love. It's not that I sucked at it, as I do p-turns on the tele-gear when tired, so remember how to do a p-turn. The edge hold was astounding on hardpack. Landing drops was really really solid. And taking air or spinning the skis was most pleasant. A short tour, proved that in touring mode, all was good in the world with the Marker touring mech and the Lange cuff release.
But... I wasn't having as much fun. It wasn't interesting to me. Even a soft bump zipper line was just meh. And in the side-country pow we toured over too, I wasn't "in the snow". I guess I just never got "it".
And you know what, I'm ok with that. The next day, it was back to tele and immediately the fluidity of the turn, the subtleness of the balance, and the love of riding in the snow made me realise what happened to me some 15+ years ago. Because in one day, it happened to me all over again. Now I'm glad I tried the dark side.
end blog.
Blog time:
I was very nervous when a buddy who uses the same size gear as me left his stuff with me for a couple days. Skis were Atomic Automatic, mounted with new generation Marker Baron's. I skied these with really nice fitting current model year Lange XT boots with the tour mode, with a similar flex rating of the plastics to my BD Customs.
I was worried, that after 15 years of exclusively skiing tele, and all of this forum babble of conversion from tele to AT, that I would find myself falling in love with the alpine turn all over again.
I actually expected it to happen.
But it didn't. Never even really got the love. It's not that I sucked at it, as I do p-turns on the tele-gear when tired, so remember how to do a p-turn. The edge hold was astounding on hardpack. Landing drops was really really solid. And taking air or spinning the skis was most pleasant. A short tour, proved that in touring mode, all was good in the world with the Marker touring mech and the Lange cuff release.
But... I wasn't having as much fun. It wasn't interesting to me. Even a soft bump zipper line was just meh. And in the side-country pow we toured over too, I wasn't "in the snow". I guess I just never got "it".
And you know what, I'm ok with that. The next day, it was back to tele and immediately the fluidity of the turn, the subtleness of the balance, and the love of riding in the snow made me realise what happened to me some 15+ years ago. Because in one day, it happened to me all over again. Now I'm glad I tried the dark side.
end blog.
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