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 ...

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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 ...

If Summit County Commissioner Dan Gibbs were to select a single ski for his one-ski quiver, it would be the Liberty Helix. Tested on hardpack and powder, the ski’s playfulness and energy was the ...

A commentary on historical myopia in free-heel skiing. Like any subculture’s new guard, the modern telemark movement seems to have a quirky relationship with its history. Instead of prioritizing ...

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 ...

Dave Bombard is so passionate about telemark skiing, he started a local company around the sport, although he’d rather call it what it is: freeheeling. “There is a special bond within the freeheel ...

There seems to be widespread interest in dipping a toe in the telemark pool. I say: Why not go all in? In ways small and large (well, maybe mostly small), telemark skiing is back. A modest but fully ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The snow is powdery, the sun warm and there are 10,000 hectares of Val d’Isère’s epic terrain begging to be carved by ...

• 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 ...