At least as far as I'm concerned. Rottefella has brought to market a new tele binding/boot combo . This has been the "Holy Grail" for 3-pinners for the last 5-10 years; to finally shed the last vestiges of our X-country roots and get a more functional, better skiing system. What I really like about it is that the stupid duck bill sticking outta of the front of the boot is gone and the boots will be compatible with AT bindings! Now I can rig some skis AT and ride 'em with the same pair of boots. I LIKE it!

Holy Crap!!! That IS huge. Thank God I put off buying new Tele Boots. Looks like I'll have to put it off for one more year. It will be sweet to be able to interchange boots between Tele and AT setups.