When it comes to telemark bindings, there are a lot of good choices to consider whether you’re in the 75mm camp (Nordic Norm), or NTN (New Telemark Norm). Which norm you choose depends on how you plan to use it: in- or out-of-bounds, standing tall, low, learning, or groovin’. Here’s a quick overview to guide...
The Telemark Journal #0
The zeroth issue of the Telemark Journal is a collection of musings by free heeled friends put together by Luca Gasparini. Not just any ol’ group of friends. You’ve seen their names in print if you knew anything about La Skieda, an international telemark festival held annually for over twenty years in Livigno, Italy. As...
Pin-Up: Thousand Turn Ty Guarino
Mountain guide, ski guide, avalanche educator, ski patroller; there isn’t anything Ty Guarino can’t do. Born and raised in the small town of Lee on the coast of New Hampshire, skiing wasn’t always close by. Guarino’s first turns were at the age of three despite Gunstock Mountain Resort being an hour away. Guarino’s parents were...
Pin-Up: Chris Valiante and Collins Pringle
Vice, Axl, HammerHead, Bombshell, Outlaw, Outlaw X, Lynx. They’re bindings you’ve seen on the boots of telemark skiers in mountains from Japan to Squaw Valley to Austria. 22 Designs has been a leader in the telemark binding industry for an impressive 15 years with the same two strong leaders the entire time. Chris Valiante started...
Pin-Up: Georges Canard Baetz
Originally published in Feb 2019 *REST IN PEACE CANARD* The Black Shoes Telemark Festival is the biggest telemark event of the year. For a weekend each season, over 700 telemark skiers get together for skiing, presentations, and celebration of the sport. The man behind it all? Georges Canard Baetz. Born in Courchevel, France, Baetz was...
