Madsen’s take was all the more provocative given his former shop’s resort-oriented, NTN facing. Though the store sold a wide ...

The new telemark tech system solved many of the problems Quintana found with the first round of NTN bindings, which he felt were more optimized for free-heel parallel turns than actual telemark ones.

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 ...

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 ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Telemark gear–especially its bindings–has long evolved between the ...

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 ...

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 ...

One Roaring Fork Valley telemark skier is proving that all good things come in threes. Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club athlete Canyon Cherney received a coveted invitation to participate in the ...

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 ...