“You’re not retarded. That’s normal.”Of course, my instructor hadn’t seen my rented tele-skis jump off my shoulder and clatter to the bricks on the mall when she offered that reassuring assessment.The ...

This one goes out to the newcomers–a group whose promise may render them the most important force in all of telemark, no matter how hypothetical their free-heel participation may be. We need you, and ...

BEAVER CREEK ” For two winters, I’d been fascinated. I always looked when I saw them coming. And how couldn’t I? The are so aesthetically alluring. They flowed down the hill, moving like a familiar ...

A trio of “how-to” pointers that will increase your fun when telemark skiing by improving technique. From the first linked turns onward, telemark skiing is a journey of continuous progression. And the ...

The first time I really regretted learning to telemark ski was on the Wall at Kirkwood. I shouldn’t have been on a double black at all, let alone on a pair of purple and yellow Kazama Couloirs, an old ...