There’s not many tele-specific skis out there these days, but here’s a few of the really good ones. Free-heelers have long debated what characteristics a ski used for the telemark technique should ...

Interested in trying to telemark? Nice! And doing so on a budget? How free-heel dirtbag of you! You’ll fit right in. Well, except some may accuse you of killing telemark. Much has been made of ...

Bishop’s skis mark the return–arguably the modern emergence–of the telemark-specific model. And the 2025 Chedi is the real deal. Modern, conventional wisdom has eschewed the telemark-specific ski. To ...

This post first appeared on SKI. 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 centimeter Tua skis (maybe 75 millimeter ...

Long ago, during a time much different than today, telemark wasn’t just en vogue. It held the distinction of being the technique of the backcountry skier in North America. That cachet stoked strong ...