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 ...
Perhaps it’s just us telemark skiers telling ourselves sweet little lies, but something seems to be afoot in the heady, esoteric world of free-heel skiing. Jokes at our expense have given way to a ...
A few years later, as telemark’s modern platform, the new telemark norm (NTN), came to the fold, and boots like Scarpa’s TX incorporated AT tech hardware, telemark bindings utilizing Dynafit bindings ...
And the notion of NTN’s supposed inferiority has been fodder for many a dissonant Facebook forum discussion, often spiraling into a cacophony of subjectivity. The penchant for some to view telemark’s ...
A commentary on historical myopia in free-heel skiing. Like any subculture’s new guard, the modern telemark movement seems to have a quirky relationship with its history. Instead of prioritizing ...
Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. While the eponymous New Telemark Norm is actually not so new, there is ...
There’s one word most skiers use to describe their favorite winter sport, and slopestyle freeskier Bella Bacon is no different. “To me skiing feels like freedom,” she says. If you want to experience ...