FIS/USSA regulations limit the height of the boot sole to ski surface to 50mm, boot sole to top of food bed, 43 mm--so 93 mm from the bottom of my foot to the ski base.
Since I have to do extra work to get up to these heights with my telemark setup I wanted to ask what the impact the riser has on turns. Some thoughts:
Since I have to do extra work to get up to these heights with my telemark setup I wanted to ask what the impact the riser has on turns. Some thoughts:
- Risers help with avoiding "booting out", or having the boot hit the ski surface which pops the edge out of the snow/ice at the worst possible time. This has happened to me but never on a race course. I don't think I am getting those angles on my turns.
- The riser is functioning as a lever arm on the edge, so it ought to be easier to hold a particular angle since I have 93 mm of potential leverage.
- What is the perceived difference on course? I'd guess I am 80mm on my riser setup, 70mm on my non-riser setup.