When it comes to picking a telemark boot these days the choices are fairly limited. For those who want a boot that is NTN compatible with tech inserts AND you want a stiffer-than-Scarpa flex the Crispi Evo is your boot. There are two things that set the Evo apart from its peers (Scarpa’s TX-Pro and...
Review: Scott Synergy
The Synergy is Scott Sports retro offering for 75mm telemark boots. I use the term “retro” to refer to the fact that it harkens back to the shapes of Garmont’s legendary Ener-G and Syner-G days. It’s sort of a blending of the two; four-buckle like the Ener-G, but softer in the bellows without being as...
The Hope and Risk of TTN
To eliminate issues of boot/binding incompatibility, Pierre Mouyade is proposing a Telemark Tech Norm (TTN) to define the sole of a telemark boot that is compatible with bindings like Lynx or Meidjo. The TTN specifies dimensions related to the tech inserts that are absent with the current NTN specifications. It nails down the width of...
Scarpa TX Pro NTN Telemark Boot 2018-19 – Basic Overview Video
BUY SCARPA TX PRO HERE Josh Madsen shares the basics about Scarpa’s TX Pro NTN Telemark boot. SIZE OPTIONS : 24.5 – 30 (half sizes) WEIGHT REFERENCE : 1750g; 3lbs 13oz (1/2 pair size 27) LAST : 102mm FLEX : 110 FORWARD LEAN : 10°-15° SKI/WALK MODE : Power Block Tour BINDING SYSTEM : NTN,...
Telemark Gear Review: TX-Comp 2018
Telemark Gear Review: TX-Comp 2018 The common theme among aficionados of burly tele boots is their lack of sensitivity. Not the skiers, the boots. As a powder pig sensitivity is a boot quality I revel in, but I’m no tele charger. Not by burly boot standards. However, that lack of sensitivity is really only an...