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 ...

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 ...

In a matter-of-fact but almost philosophical manner, Jason Quintana, perhaps telemark skiing’s most talented home innovator, is making sweeping points; not just about the state of telemark equipment, ...

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 ...

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 Association will allow telemark equipment.

I’ve never been a new-gear type of guy. In fact, like a true apostate of free-heel progression, I long swore off the greatest ...

BEAVER CREEK ” Grab a friend and free your heels at the Beaver Creek Telemark Workshop this Saturday, Dec. 16. First-time and expert telemark skiers can learn the basics or practice their skills in a ...

While the tides seem to be ever so slightly moving in a new direction, telemark has nevertheless long been rejected for its supposed holier-than-thou, heady stance. Former World Telemark Freeskiing ...

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 ...

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 ...