From: julian@saxon.syd.dwt.CSIRO.AU (Mister Damage)
Newsgroups: aus.snow
Subject: UPDATE: TeleFest
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:54:40 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: CSIRO Division Of Wool Technology,Sydney

Well I said I would confirm the Tele Fest details so here is the definitive
word:


The Tele Fest will be Held on September 19 and 20 at Thredbo.

The theme this year is "Tele in the Twenties".

This year's Fest is dedicated to Marcus Daday, the powerhouse organiser
who started all this 3 years ago. Marcus was an brilliant skier and a
wonderful person.Marcus passed away at the beginning of Winter but the sucess ofTeleFest will surely be a living reminder of his drive and enthusiasm.

Last year Marcus ran the Fest from the base of the mountain having
broken his foot just days before the big day!!!!!.


Clinics in the following areas will be held:
(Nominate 2 that interest you)

Beginner.
Intermediate.
Bumps/Free.
Racing.
Adventure/Extreme.

Costs:

		Advance			On the Day
1 day		$25.00			$35.00
Both Days	$35.00			$45.00
Family 1 day	$50.00			$70.00
Family both	$70.00			$95.00
Sunday Jumps
Party		$10.00			$10.00

Advanced bookings can be made by contacting:

Wilderness Sports
Shop 7 Nuggets Crossing 
Jindabyne NSW 2627
ph: (064) 562 966
Fax: (064) 562 462

There is a registration form and a legalese thingy to sort out.

Or contact Ian Foster on (064) 576 215 for more info.



Programme:

SATURDAY:

Meet before 09:00 at Backcountry in Thredbo. Backcountry is the
shop near the Valley Terminal Ticket Office.... look for all the tele skiers.

Split up into chosen groups, stay around the registration area and
DONT BE LATE.

12:30  Lunch. Wolf down some nourishment, or buy some junk from the kiosk.

13:30  Meet at Backcountry to re-arrange groups if necessary.

14:00 Clinics resume. Video sessions to help debug technique.

16:30 Blast those last jump-teles and head down off the mountain.
      Then spend some time with your instructor to watch the videos and 
      down some anti-freeze at the Cocktail hour.
19:00 Meet at Thredbo Diggings Camp Ground for the "Tele Bop BBQ Knees up".
      Food, drink,lucky tent flap prizes and a live band..... all this for $10.
      Crash and camp at the diggings after the party.


SUNDAY:

09:00-11:30 Meet at Crackenback Quad base for more clinics.
	    Clinics run regardless of the state of the weather and your
	    hangover.

12:00       The Tele Feast on Karels T-bar. Bring a light lunch and drinks
	    snacks will be provided for an awesome afternoon of partying
	    beneath a field of graded jumps..... prizes awarded for:
	    best jump, best costume,best attitude,best crash landing, best
	    tele-heli and so on.
	    Jumping will continue until 15:30.

13:30	    The Tele-Fest Telemark Classic Race. Race starts at 14:00, you 
	    must enter for the race at 08:30 on Sunday.

Some notes on grading:

Advanced clinics are for advanced skiers who can handle fast, linked
telemark turns. An advanced skier would most likely have single camber
skis with buckle boots on release bindings and a pretty weird attitude to 
doing it steep, deep and fast.

If you cant ski a blue run on tele skis without having anxiety cramps 
then you would be better suited to an intermediate clinic.

The intermediate clinic will be split into 2 groups.

One group will be for people who can link tele turns on easier runs but
are still a bit shakey on the linking bit.
The other will be for people who can pull a tele turn on an easier slope
but cant link them smoothly yet.

If you have never pulled a tele turn then head for the beginner group 
the instructors in this group will have you up to speed very quickly.

There is no other intensive start to telemarking like the TeleFest 
beginner clinic.



Do it simple, do it skiing.

Julian Dryden
CSIRO DWT
Sydney
02 809 9345
julian@dwt.csiro.au
Newsgroups: aus.snow