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 ...

Reviewing ski gear–especially telemark equipment–is an interesting undertaking. Not only is the sensation granted by spring, cable, boot, and ski undeniably impacted by each user’s subjectivity, each ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. It’s easy to forget that this moment–the release of not one, but now ...

For decades before and after Barnett’s classic treatise, the 75mm-wide pin binding reigned as the leading–essentially the only– binding of the telemark movement. Even as the sport’s footwear evolved ...

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Telemark skiing isn’t always about the aesthetic pleasure of pretty turns. Sometimes you just want to go fast. Whether you’re a free-heeled speed freak, a telemarking park maestro or simply enjoy smug ...

SALIDA — It’s been a long time coming, but I finally got some sole. It was bound to happen at some point. After all, I took up telemark skiing nearly 20 years before any insecure alpiner got around to ...

In any sport, beginners need the best gear but they usually start out with the worst. For me, taking up telemark skiing has been no different. I’ve wanted to try telemark skiing for years, and at the ...

Ever watch a telemark skier carve crazy loops in the snow while heading down a slope? Much of the appeal in the Scandinavian obsession is perfecting a difficult yet graceful turn that’s beautiful to ...

Back in the late 90s when I was a high schooler and the snow was lousy at my local resort I used to pull out a pair of 210 cm Tua skis (maybe 75mm underfoot?) mounted with flimsy Voile telemark ...

But it was Total Telemarking’s words that were most operative. Heady, innovative, and thoughtful, English recruited topics as ...