From: rpimente@es.com (Richard Pimentel)
Subject: Re: Yo, Telemarkers !!
Keywords: SLC, Evolution, telemark skis, hot
Reply-To: rpimente@es.com (Richard Pimentel)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 21:33:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.095438.8364@etn.uucp>, bjs@etn.ericsson.se (Bj|rn S{ter|y 1342) writes:
|> isn't there any telemarkers out there in netland ....

	There are quite a few out here in Utah. Some of us even have jobs. :-)
	I must have missed your earlier post because I don't read this group
	much in summer (too busy bicycling). Now that the trees are starting
	to turn and the very top of the mountains have had their first dusting
	of snow I heart is returning to skiing.

|> 
|> i tried posting an article a while back inquiring
|> feedback on some telemark skis being hand made in salt lake city,
|> utah. the skis are sold in norway with a very expensive price tag.
|> (the skis are expensive too, snicker, snicker).
|> 
|> anyway, i figured there would be some telemark buff "over there"
|> who would have tried them, or at least heard of them to be able
|> to give me some feedback. of course, i can appreciate the fact
|> that the same telemark buffs would be out there tearing up the
|> white stuff most of the time, but hoped that they would stop by 
|> the office at least once a week to read rec.skiing.

	I have a pair of Evolution Black Pearls (downhill boards) that
	I use for telemarking. I bought them used for $35 and love them (who
	wouldn't at that price). They are stable, forgiving, and seem
	to work better the faster you ski them. They built VERY strong
	but are foam core so I do not know how long they will keep
	their flex. Their weak points are that they are heavy and their tip
	is cut down to low which cuases them to dive in deep (30 cm or more)
	powder.

	While I have not skiied Evolution's telemark ski I know people who
	own them and we have exchanged comments about our ski's. For the
	most part, everything I have said about the Black Pearls is also
	true for the telemark ski except that the tip is not cut down.

|> 
|> but i`ll try again, here goes :
|> 
|> what type of snow are they good in (hard packed/ice, deep powder, etc)?
|> retail price in the usa?

	They ski best in powder or packed powder. They are too soft to do
	really well on hard pack and ice.

	Last year's price for the telemark ski was ~$450. Not bad for a ski
	that is built by hand at the rate of 12 pairs per week. Are they worth
	the money? I wouldn't pay it, but then I don't even like paying
	$300 for a pair of ski's.

|> quality (can they take being driven hard in the moguls?

	Evolution claims that their ski's are twice as strong as the industry
	standard when measured by a machine that bends them until failure.
	My experience with them and their weight suggest that this might be
	true.

|> 
|> any input is appreciated ..
|> 
|> regards,
|> bjorn
|> 
|> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> -  Ski, crash and burn. If you never fall, you're not trying hard enough   -
|> -  Telemark skiing. The way it was meant to be done.                       -
|> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> 
From: glenb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Glen Baker)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:37:46 GMT
Subject: Re: RE: Angel Fire (was RE: Wolf Creek & Crested Butte (Was Re: Beginner's silly questions (!)))
Organization: What, me? Organized?