Mark your calendars for February 26th and 27th because the USTSA Telemark Big Mountain Championships are back! This year a new “college” division has been added, which means 18 and older. U15 co-ed and 15-18 boys/girls divisions remain the same. Three judges include two current IFSA judges. This is your chance to meet new telemark...
6th Annual World Telemark Day: March 7th, 2020
The new decade is here and with it comes World Telemark Day 2020 – mark your calendars for March 7, 2020. Inspired by the need for telemarkers to have their own day of celebration and founded by Josh Madsen, World Telemark Day gives telemarkers the opportunity to come together to celebrate freeing their heels and...
King of the Heel: Telemark Annual Video Competition
Most of us are familiar with Shane McConkey’s game of G.N.A.R., but never before has there been an adaptation for telemark skiers. Telemark Colorado is looking to change that. Telemark Colorado presents King of the Heel, an annual telemark video competition. Everyone is welcome to play and the official rules will be released on New...
Pin-Up: Meghan Kelly
Mountain Grown Media’s newest film, “Our Family,” features household names like Waite, Dayberry, Johnson, and Shepard. But there is a new one in the mix: Meghan Kelly. The only female telemarker in the movie, she holds her own as she shreds alongside the guys. This is her story. Born and raised in Detroit’s suburbia, Kelly...
The Hope and Risk of TTN
To eliminate issues of boot/binding incompatibility, Pierre Mouyade is proposing a Telemark Tech Norm (TTN) to define the sole of a telemark boot that is compatible with bindings like Lynx or Meidjo. The TTN specifies dimensions related to the tech inserts that are absent with the current NTN specifications. It nails down the width of...
