Hi Folks - Been a while since I've been here - looking for some specific info and advice on the K2 Mindbenders - Me: I'm 58 years old, 5'9" and 245 lbs currently (working on that). Been tele skiing for about 20 years now seriously, longer if you count my backcountry turns in the old days on XC telem...

I screwed up and shredded one of the baskets on my poles - I have Karhu Mirage poles that have a small cup that points rearward on the tips. I think you need to replace the entire tip. Has anyone used the Swix replacements that Aker's sells? I am not sure if they are going to be big enough. I have t...

So I screwed up and demo'd a pair of E109s two years back (possibly 3) and stupidly did not pull the trigger. I really liked them - floated in loose deep snow better than E99s, turned very nicely on a steep little hillock I tested them in untracked in several tele turns. Just liked them. I am not su...

So for me, Lake Placid and the High Peaks area is a 4 hour drive each way - my regular program for the winter is several shots at Gore for day trips and then a trip to Gore, drive 1.33 hr to Placid, hang out and XC for a day and shop a bit - Cascade XC Ski Center has nice trails and fantastic shop t...

Replying for the original poster (and others on this too), from where he is I would look carefully at some options around the Adirondacks too - I live in Syracuse NY which is about 4 hours or so from Philly. My winter goes something like this: -- Lots of trips to Gore for resort tele skiing - if you...

Been forever since I was over on this board - here's a few things I did for this - 1) Find a context to push yourself to develop fluid, continued focus on stringing together several bumps at a time. For me, I taught myself to tele bumps and stiffer terrain seriously on some Merrell Comps and 194 cm ...

So I spent some time demo skiing the E109s to see what they felt like. I did not try out the kicker skins. I actually liked them quite a bit. They skied well in set tracks and when taken briefly off into two foot deep powder, they floated well. I can tele on them a little, it will never be be like m...

there are likely two levels of "tight enough" that you could use - I ski these bindings on both my downhill tele skis with Merrell Comps to drive them. Twist them a ways and you'll hit the "decent tension" snap which I use for most mellow cruising. If you want to make the bindings a little more acti...

I agree with the comment about the scuff guard - looks like that might be part of the problem - whether it will break in at some point or not I don't know as I don't have any experience for that. It's a nice boot for a great price if it breaks in - cheap to find out. I'd do some sno-sealing of them ...

So I have a fair bit of experience with waxable skis of several kinds and just did some research that may be applicable for this. Tip 1 - get some Swix Stripper solvent - you will need this to periodically remove the kick wax down to the base wax. If you poke around you can find info on some other s...