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some thoughts... Tele gear can still be skied with parallel alpine technique. Especially sturdier, more supportive boots/bindings. At a moderate speed on blue/easy black. Waxless skis feel slow on the groomers. Wide skis, over 100mm waist might be hard on your knees, on firm snow. Many tele bindings...

Hey Mr. FourthCoast... removing the plastic tongues from the shell would make those T2's move along a bit easier.
Also... the rockered sole is probably putting a lot of strain on the binding screws, especially the front one... check them periodically.

Wider cuts worked better for grip. The glide on mine was only slow in cold, dry snow when grip wax worked better so that's why I filled the holes with polar grip for that condition. The mistake with the many small cuts I tried was that they were longer than wider, so climbing grip was poor and pivot...

I've done a similar pattern to a few pair. One with many small cuts, another with bigger ones. The bigger/wider works better. Your cuts look to be about mid size in comparison. Full width cuts for a few inches under the toes help. Some snow types they are slow... one pair was too slow and grabbed we...