And the current state of the gear. Telemark skiing’s essence is epitomized by the free-heel binding. It is the advent that sets the turn apart from other modes of downhill snow travel. And this style ...

From working on the earliest plastic telemark boots to his more recent homebrewed releasable bindings, telemark’s leading DIYer is more than a gear innovator. In a matter-of-fact but almost ...

Have you noticed people aren’t saying “no one cares you tele” much anymore? That refrain–a phrase that for years easily left the lips of The Turn’s many disparagers–had long been a trusty ...

For years, telemark skiing had a problem. As the also-ran of the snowsports world emerged from decades of retrograde, a small but impactful flourish of new, modern norms and innovative if niche ...

Ever looking across the aisle at the alpine world, telemark equipment has long evolved toward stiffer, more resistive models. Not least of all the sport’s boots, whose modern plastic iterations are ...

As I make my way down a steep, corn snow-laden slope drenched in evening sun, using two skis to dance with gravity for just a moment in this short life, the ether seems to ask, What do you want out of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the skiing season opens Dec. 14 on Copper Mountain, there will be one technical difference. For the first time, the Colorado High School Activities ...

While many telemark skiers undoubtedly make small modifications to their gear, most get by with the equipment as it is presented. The boots, bindings, and skis offered for the free-heeler–while ...

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