In 1978, a book on telemark skiing was released that would forever change the sport. Exploring technique as much as the coalescing free-heel philosophy, Cross-Country Downhill and Other Nordic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every sport has its subcultures, and for skiing, it’s undoubtedly the wide world of telemarking. In fact, telemark skiing outdates ...

Dave Bombard can’t hear me–but I can see him. The founder and chief designer of the tiny Bishop Telemark is glued to his other monitor, our video meeting silent on his end. As I beckon into the ether, ...

There’s not many tele-specific skis out there these days, but here’s a few of the really good ones. Free-heelers have long debated what characteristics a ski used for the telemark technique should ...

Though not a telemark-specific model, Voile’s newest line of skis marks something of a culmination for the modern telemark tourer. Surveying the current free-heel gear landscape, one in quiet if ...

They say a lot of things about time. Time loves a hero; tragedy plus time makes comedy. But no matter the trope, one thing remains true: time waits for no one. And with creaking knees and the ever ...

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 ...

From meadow skipping to extreme descents, telemark long had one binding platform–the 75mm Nordic Norm. Now several norms and sub-norms proliferate, muddying the free-heel gear paradigm. But has this ...