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 ...

The 75mm binding platform–with its iconic metal cage bindings and duckbilled boots–has been part of telemark lore for so long that it has become part of the very essence of the subculture But while ...

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

• Telemark skiing combines cross country with downhill. • FEA cut weight off G3 bindings without a strength loss. • Physical tests verified FEA results. Telemark skiing might not have as many devotees ...

As I found my seat in the gondola car, I immediately noticed the square toe on his ski boot. This was years ago, and I had only recently made the switch completely to telemark skiing, now fully ...

Robert Tusso’s DIY boot and binding experiments have left an indelible mark on telemark skiing gear. This is the first installment profiling DIY innovators in telemark skiing. Spend much time ...

Telemark skiing is named after the region of Norway where it was developed in the 1860s by Sondre Norheim, from Morgedal in Telemark. He designed the free-heel binding that revolutionized the pastime.

I’ve never been a new-gear type of guy. In fact, like a true apostate of free-heel progression, I long swore off the greatest ...

Telemark skiers are a funny breed. How else to explain the passion of people who are pursuing a turn invented in Norway in the 1860s that amounts to genuflecting your way down the hill?

From meadow skipping to extreme descents, telemark long had one binding platform–the 75mm Nordic Norm. Now several norms and sub-norms proliferate, muddying the free-heel gear paradigm. But has this ...

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 ...