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 ...

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 ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Admittedly, that’s not what everyone is looking for. In fact, the ...

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 ...

Ignorance is bliss, or at least that’s what I thought just a couple of months ago. I was perfectly happy with my old Roxy G3 telemark bindings ” until I tried out the Bombshell by 22 Designs. Man, had ...

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 cm Tua skis (maybe 75mm underfoot?) mounted with flimsy Voile telemark ...

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 ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Asking about the make and model of his kicks, the congenial stranger ...

Ten years ago, the Olympic torch passed through Mordegal, Norway, the birthplace of a man named Sondre Norheim. While Sondre Norheim might not be well-known to most Western skiers, the fact that ...

Like any subculture's new guard, the modern telemark movement seems to have a quirky relationship with its history. Instead of prioritizing things past, the niche sport’s new school is naturally ...