Or are they naturally prone to flame-out?

And other musings on free-heel philosophy.

They say a lot of things about time. Time loves a hero; tragedy plus time makes comedy. But no matter the trope, one thing remains true: time waits for no one. And with creaking knees and the ever ...

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 moment in this short life, the ether seems to ask, What do you want out of ...

In December of 2023, 99 articles ago for this series, I penned the first Tele Dribble, a column about free-heel skiing I named for a scene in the sentimental opus to seventies rock and roll, Almost ...

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 ...

Thoughts on over or under-committing to a single turn. Could a telemark skier possibly return to locking their heel to a ski? I have something to come clean on. And it’s a funny little thing to admit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This one goes out to the newcomers–a group whose promise may render them the most important force in all of telemark, no matter ...

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 ...

View post: 4 Unbelievable (and Imaginary) New Ski Products Coming Next Winter Skiing, as a whole, tends to do a poor job of being historically conscious. Instead, much of the subculture forgoes ...