Those Tele Guys

In this episode, we travel over to Everest Sports in Bright to interview Simon Head. Simon is the proud owner of the store, which sells an array of quality equipment for adventure junkies and for those looking to get into the backcountry scene. He also has a plethora of knowledge that he is willing to share for those seeking advice for adventures in Australia's alpine region. We had a great time talking to him discussing his passion for the mountains, new gear and BC awareness whilst trying to justify why we still love our 75mm gear! We are looking forward to getting back and having another yarn in the future! 

Morgan has returned to his home planet of Mt. Beauty in an attempt to rescue his friend Rich from the clutches of the vile high-pressure system parked over south-eastern Australia. Little does Morgan know that the galactic empire has secretly begun construction on a new armoured house even more powerful than the first dreaded cedar plank shack. 
When completed, this ultimate weapon will shelter rebel skiers from the rain that will spell certain doom for the small amount of snow in the Australian Alps. 

We talk to Jonathon Pollock, a climatologist from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology about the outlook for the season. Are we expecting big dumps or monsoonal rain? We try to find out...

In this episode, we call in a few telemark friends, Andy Crow and Ya Reeves, to discuss some essential items that we take in the backcountry. Everyone seems to stuff their bags with various things, some causing some serious eyebrow-raising, and we talk about a few of them.

We also hear a song for the freeheelers from Ya about the Lady Shredders. You are a Lady Shredder? This song is for you! 

Many people in the world look at telemark skiing with a certain curiosity as to how it works. Like the Jedi, much of our knowledge is a secret to the universe, but we are looking to change this. In this episode, we pull in Jonathon Frakes, former host of Beyond Belief, to help us determine whether the telemark myths you may around the resort are indeed fact or fiction. 

We also release another edition of Songs for the Freeheelers. This time it is a Johnny Cash parody. Enjoy. 

In this episode, we chat with Cam Walker, the organiser of the Victoria Back Country Festival. Cam, is a very passionate skier who has been skiing and climbing mountains all over the globe. He has channelled his love for the snow to make a community event that brings out the best in all things BC, regardless of what craft you are on! We also discuss the future of the festival in these trying times. Will the show go on? Tune in to find out...

We also have a new bonus segment, 'Songs for the Freeheelers' for listeners that make it to the end...

In this weeks episode, we pull Fergs (one of the original 75mm ain't dead crew ambassadors) into the show to talk about our gear in the shed, why we like it and how we got it. We also discuss some news items in the Bogong Bulletin in relation to the most recent announcements around COVID. 

DISCLAIMER: Pardon the audio quality on this one. One of the hosts sounded like they were shuffling a pack of cards during the recording. We did our best to eliminate it.  

The future is clouded. One can not simply gaze into a crystal ball to make predictions about the season ahead of us. There is a strong chance that ski resorts will not open, which could cause an untimely death to alpine skiing as we know it today. Could this cause a surge in popularity for backcountry skiing? Join us and Brian, one of the owners from Rocky Valley Snow Sports, to get our prediction of the future. 

Introducing, 'Those Tele Guys.' We have been talking about it for ages and now we have finally pulled the pin on this podcast grenade! In our first episode, we introduce ourselves, provide some light on why we are obsessed with 75mm bindings, talk about the scene Downunder and attempt to answer the question 'why tell?' to the best of our ability.