Powder and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Look around, and you will see it. Free-heel rippers are again sending airs and rails in the park; the tele-hate of the previous ...

Ironic and openly jaded by the telemark scene, the contrarian podcaster Adam X has struck a chord with many modern free-heelers, becoming a leading voice in the community. But he still feels something ...

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 ...

In ways small and large (well, maybe mostly small), telemark skiing is back. A modest but fully realized complement of modern gear has finally come to retail fruition in the form of new boots and ...

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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 ...

A look back to when the free-heel turn quietly changed skiing.

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. From the first linked turns onward, telemark skiing is a journey of ...