Better telemark binding O1 or O2?

Question

which BD tele binding is better for resort riding with a trip backcountry, the O1 or O2. why would your choice be a better choice?

What skis should i tele in if i will mainly resort ride but have a back country trip. i was thinking the dynastar trouble makers, the volkl wall or t roll.

Answer 1

i dont know about the telemark bindings but trouble makers are quite skinny, so i would go with the volkl wall or even a fatter volkl, they are a good ski and i see lots of telemarkers on volkls

Answer 2

Well, you should be looking at the O2 or the O3. The O1 is really geared more towards touring. If you plan to only occasionally hit the Backcountry the O2 and the O3 will still be good and they will give you better performance on the resort slopes. Personally, I like the O3 better but the O2 is also really good. You can use an O1, but I think you'll be able to push the O2 a bit more.

I'm not familiar with the Dynastar skis (meaning I haven't skied them) and I'm not a big fan of the Volkls. I've skied the Wall's, but they were mounted on an AT binding. I can't exactly say why I disliked them, but they just felt sloppy on the AT binding, so I think they would be pretty sloppy on the teles. I've actually never seen them mounted on a tele binding. While you can mount a tele binding on anything you want, slapping them on a twin-tip ski seems kinda pointless unless you are only ever going to keep them on-piste. It's really hard to put climbing skins on twin-tips. If you never plan to use climbing skins, then you don't need the O1s either.

If you are set on a twin-tip ski I'd go with the O2. Personally, I'd go with a Rotafellla Cobra R8 instead as the hardwires will give you some more stability going backwards. I can ride my non-twin tip K2s with the R8 backwards fairly well and have taken a few good spills going backwards on twins and semi-twins with O3s. I have to admit, I don't jump much anymore.