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

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 ...

While the eponymous New Telemark Norm is actually not so new, there is something fresh happening on the platform. A muted respect for the turn has replaced the ire the skiing masses long threw toward ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps not unlike humanity in general, the telemark subculture so often seems fixated on time. Indeed many of the free-heeling throngs remember the good old days of leathers and 3-pins, those halcyon ...

While manufacturers have undoubtedly been instrumental to free-heel innovation, the telemark DIY scene plays an outsized role in the progression of the sport’s gear, often influencing the direction of ...

Despite the ongoing NTN or 75mm debate in telemark skiing, Bishop Telemark doesn’t care. They just want to create burly bindings for hard-charging free heel riders. Dave Bombard can’t hear me–but I ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rottefella has created the first telemark binding developed in cooperation with boot manufacturers. SCARPA and Crispi collaborated in the project. The NTN ...

VAIL — What’s the next step after you graduate from Cornell with a mechanical engineering degree and then go to MIT for a master’s in engineering and product design? Move to Colorado to be a ski bum, ...

• 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 ...