Write your question here...Any tele turners mounted up the jj's free heel? With all the float and soft core I am thinking of mounting B/D 01's a few mm's towards the tail from center. With today's ski float the tele turn technique has changed a bunch for me. Pushing the ski tip to deep and having it pop up behind the other ski's tail is "almost" hard to do with fat ski tip float. I find myself surfing the front ski with less weight (much less) on the back foot and in return I get rocket like alpine speed. It's a bit like ice skating where you throw your weight into the front skate and your back skate is for turn and speed check. This is not sit on yo ass ski telemarking it's more like giant slalom tele. any way.... If anyone has gone outside the box on mounting the tele binding I would like to read about it please.

Forward mount, yo. Gotta watch out for that wheelie effect you get when mounting farther back. I've got 'em mounted with Hamheads, and they're mounted 'park tele- style.' I have the widest part of my boot at the skinniest part of the ski. If your rear ski tip is coming behind your forward ski or boot, you probably just need to get a longer ski, or work on your technique some more. Close your stance and try to keep your free heel lower down. Don't squat so low in your turns- try to stay upright more. I've seen a lot of tele skiers who put too much weight on one foot or the other, and it all comes down to equal weighting on each ski. Different skis require different technique, so try leaning forward and making sure both knees are bent.

Hey man, I know the technique that you're talking about, allows me to keep up with all my alpine buddies on big pow days. I've never seen anyone tele on the JJs, but I've tele'd on a few rocker skis (Kuro, megawatt) and had them right on boot center and they really worked for me. With the tail rocker in the JJs, I'd be concerned about wheelie-effect if you mount further back, especially if you're weighting and initiating the turn with your front foot. Your weight on that front ski is going to be more rear-wards than an alpine skier's would be, and I'd worry about the lack of stability in the short, rocker tail. If you do try this, post a review on how it turns out, I'm interested...