I think the telemark position is at fault. In a telemark, it's very difficult to pressure both skis the same. One ski is going to have more pressure on the tip, and the other is going to have more pressure on the tail. This makes it difficult to find the sweet spot on both skis. You really have to hit that spot to hold a carve in high-level skiing on hard snow.
Nailed it, but it IS truly a thing of beauty to see super tele skiers like Matt Macartney or Danny Walton in the fall line on a run like Breakover or Employee Housing at Crystal. I find on either Alpine or AT gear that over accentuating the inside ski unweight, similar to Tele, helps maintain control in gnarly snow or steep little chutes and it is not quite as demanding as a full hop turn.
Great thread!!
