Telemark boots have indeed arrived at an inflection point. While legacy options offered some mobility for earning turns, just as often their ski/walk mode was utilized for downhill skiing by those ...

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 ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Admittedly, that’s not what everyone is looking for. In fact, the ...

Just like they mellowly carried on producing telemark boots for the better part of thirteen years, Scott Sports is quietly leaving free-heel behind. As of mid-November, telemark consumers began ...

The design of a good ski binding is an exercise in engineering compromise and a lesson in the use of analysis tools. • Telemark skiing combines cross country with downhill. • FEA cut weight off G3 ...

Robert Tusso’s DIY boot and binding experiments have left an indelible mark on telemark skiing gear. This is the first installment profiling DIY innovators in telemark skiing. Spend much time ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When outfitting your ski setup, boots should be the ...

With precious few models coming to market, telemark’s gear discussion only has so much to talk about. Has our online debate become an itch scratched raw? Or something more? The moment at hand was ...

• Telemark skiing combines cross country with downhill. • FEA cut weight off G3 bindings without a strength loss. • Physical tests verified FEA results. Telemark skiing might not have as many devotees ...