Soon, telemark skiers began pining for more control not unlike that enjoyed by the alpiners many of them had repudiated. Duckbill boots like the classic Asolo Extreme–a burlier leather option with ...

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 ...

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 ...

A thought piece on The Turn’s chief implement. Indeed, it’s not the ether. It’s almost assuredly myself asking such questions. The wider movements of the universe surely care little of snowsports, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Doing lunges down a mountain may not seem like a fun or efficient way to ski, but those of us addicted to telemark skiing wouldn’t have it any other way.

Every sport has its subcultures, and for skiing, it’s undoubtedly the wide world of telemarking. In fact, telemark skiing outdates alpine skiing by centuries. The sport has evolved tremendously over ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

This post first appeared on SKI. 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 centimeter Tua skis (maybe 75 millimeter ...