From the modest confines of this little retailer, a river rafting free-heel skier named Pete Van De Carr quietly influenced ...

This opinion piece was first published in the February 2017 (45.6) issue of POWDER.Subscribe here to get a year of The Skier’s Magazine for $15. Realized by a Norwegian farmer named Sondre Norheim in ...

Norsk Hostfest brought a touch of Norway’s mountain heritage to the State Fair Center when Tarjei Gjelstad, a traditional ski ...

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 ...

“Welcome back to all my rambling,” CJ Coccia laughs after one of his routine, impassioned gabs. We’re talking about his new project This Ol’ Mill, set for release this fall. It’s the latest film from ...

Telemark skiing struggles to be relatable today. Many just can't see why a band of skiers would choose a harder, seemingly archaic technique when something easier is available in alpine skiing. But ...

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 ...

STEVENS PASS -- Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, beware this curious "tele" cult carving so gracefully down the slopes like snowbound sirens. Free the heel, they say, and the rest will follow.

Ten years ago, the Olympic torch passed through Mordegal, Norway, the birthplace of a man named Sondre Norheim. While Sondre Norheim might not be well-known to most Western skiers, the fact that ...

You know you watch the telemark skiers when you see them. How can you not? They stand out, because they’re doing something graceful, strong and a tad nutty. There aren’t very many good reasons to ...

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 ...