In a ski world where much of the discourse now occurs online, a simple film stands as a reminder of the ascendency of ski ...

“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 ...

At first glance the video was a light-hearted affair, seemingly just a group of women telemark skiers taking part in the “of course” Instagram trend of late 2023. Self-effacingly embracing their ...

VAIL – In the same vein as snowboarding, telemark skiing carries its own image, or perceived image.”There’s definitely a stereotype,” said Molly Etters, 16. “The stereotype is that tele skiers are old ...

VAIL – It’s hard. It makes your thighs burn. You’re really tired when you’re done.Apparently, those are good things – reasons to cross over to telemark skiing and never look back.”This is more ...

Long panned but subversively independent, the typecast tele ski bum of yore reminds the modern outdoor culture what truly matters. In the early spring of 2021, at a time when telemark skiing was still ...

In early December of 2022, a video of a skier using the lowest of telemark styles started oozing its way onto Instagram feeds and forum message boards. Flying down the mountain, face in full smile ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – When Loveland opened its ridgetop Chair 9 lift last week, telemark skiers outnumbered alpine skiers by a two-to-one margin. And in Steamboat Springs, the youth ski racing program ...

You know you watch the telemark skiers when you see them. How can you not? They stand out, because they’re doing something graceful, strong and a tad nutty. There aren’t very many good reasons to ...

Have you noticed people aren’t saying “no one cares you tele” much anymore? That refrain–a phrase that for years easily left the lips of The Turn’s many disparagers–had long been a trusty ...