New to Skiing - Northern Canada

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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by GrimSurfer » Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:17 pm

My Swedish isn’t very good (actually, non existent), so I’m unable to glean much from the link.

Looks like it might have a metal edge, so much stand up to hard icy conditions.

It’s a longer ski with a bit of width, so might offer some float and be efficient on the glide.

Appears to be a low camber, so could work well in firmer conditions (though that would depend on camber resistance).

Skin-capable? Helpful when pulling a pulk. The tip looks like it is designed to take a hitch or a loop (alternative to an eyelet).
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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by beeeweee » Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:50 pm

Google translate does a pretty good job at translating the website. Here’s the buying guide: https://www-tegsnasskidan-se.translate. ... r_pto=wapp



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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by GrimSurfer » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:02 pm

Thanks… just read about them. Beautiful looking. I don’t have much of a frame of reference to compare them against though.

I’d normally be leery about a wooden ski… maintenance obviously required. The far north will have dry conditions though, so the maintenance “load” won’t be unreasonable like it would be at southern latitudes.

Just need to order ample supplies in advance, as UPS overnight service gets sketchy as one approaches the tree line.
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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by wabene » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:21 am

farnorth wrote:
Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:05 pm
Thanks again for everyone's input, I've read and researched all of your ideas thoroughly. Has anyone ever tried Swedish Tegsnässkidan? I do not even know if they ship to Canada but they seem similar to the Finnish Peltonen Metsä but with more width and traditional materials. I've attached images of both types. What are your thoughts? Link as follows: https://www.tegsnasskidan.se/produkt/ra ... kant-95mm/
Ah geez, here we go, another line of skis to obsess over :lol:



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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by GrimSurfer » Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:38 am

Ha ha.

It seems like a pretty specialized ski, as so many are. I suspect it would work really well in some settings and quite poorly in others.

My skiing is in more varied terrain, biased more towards the rolling terrain in a 500 km circle around home plate. So I don’t get too excited about these skis. Different area? Yeah, maybe.

(There’s an OCD-gear aspect of many sports that can take one down blind rabbit holes. These holes come at the expense of time, money, space, and skills development, which helps the ski industry more than the skier.)

I find gear really, really interesting but keep going back to the question of whether it would actually make me ski better in my conditions. The answer is usually “no”, unless I feel my development has peaked (which has been known to happen at astonishingly modest levels).
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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by lilcliffy » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:37 pm

farnorth wrote:
Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:05 pm
Thanks again for everyone's input, I've read and researched all of your ideas thoroughly. Has anyone ever tried Swedish Tegsnässkidan? I do not even know if they ship to Canada but they seem similar to the Finnish Peltonen Metsä but with more width and traditional materials. I've attached images of both types. What are your thoughts? Link as follows: https://www.tegsnasskidan.se/produkt/ra ... kant-95mm/
WOWOWOWOW! Those are beautiful skis!
Wondering if you need to procure a ship to go and get them?
(Wondering how much it would cost to get em to Montreal let alone Northern Canada...)
(Last time I asked Varuste about shipping 270 Metsas, all they could give me was a quote for shipping to the port in Montreal...)

Regardless- those are beautiful and AMAZING!!!
90mm and 270cm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonder how much that ski would weigh- wonder if it would matter for just gliding along in bottomless boreal forest snow?
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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by TheSweed » Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:43 pm

Hi, I have recondition a OLD pair of Tegnäs 240cm. It look more like 245cm x 80mm(8cm). I been using it in soft snow sometimes deep snow. They working really well. Pretty exciting when you going downhill.
You warm up tar and heated in the coating(under the ski). Usually the grip and glid works OK as long as it under 0 c. Been sking it down to -30 C.

The ski is Image[/img]made of Björk and has no steel edge but instead Hickorykant(a harder woods on the edge).

Going to see if I can load some photos.
Fischers S-bounds 88 189 standing beside the Tegnäs ski.

Need to find some leaher straps instead of the yellow and black ones.. ;)
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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by TheSweed » Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:50 pm

forgot to say they smell sooo good :D



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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by farnorth » Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:35 pm

@TheSweed Those look exactly like what I'm searching for. Now I just need to find a way to order a pair to northern Canada.



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Re: New to Skiing - Northern Canada

Post by Nick BC » Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:13 pm

I suddenly thought how neat it would be to stand in the Whistler Gondola line up on a powder day with a pair of those skis. All those young dudes with their slarvy, dual rocker 115mm underfoot skis would give me props - or not😀



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