After a 10 year hiatus, the Breckenridge Bump Buffet is back in action but with a slight twist. For over 30 years, the Bump Buffet has been an iconic rite of spring for telemark skiers. Telemark skiing was new to Breckenridge in 1979 when the resort hosted the inaugural ‘Bump Buffet,’ a venue for three-pinners...
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...
Midwest Telefest 2019 – 29 Years of Fun
The 29th annual Midwest Telefest went down the weekend of Feb. 8-10, 2019 at the Porcupine Mountain Ski Area (Porkies), located in the Porcupine Mountains State Park on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The event celebrates the camaraderie of the telemark community in the northern Midwest of the United States. “It is the best fest in...
World Telemark Day 2019 Announced
Today Freeheel Life Industries announced World Telemark Day™️ (WTD) on March 2, 2019. This is the fifth installment of this internationally recognized holiday by the global Telemark community. “It has been amazing to watch this event grow each year,” said Josh Madsen, owner of Freeheel Life Industries. “After seeing the success of starting the #SpreadTelemark...
First Stop of European NTN Demo Tour a Success
On January 19-20, the first stop of the second annual European NTN Demo Tour, Bergbahnen Rosshütte Seefeld, Austria had over 50 participants demoing New Telemark Norm (NTN) gear on the mountain. “Many of the testers came especially because of us,” said Swen Kunert, who is heading the tour. “We had really good feedback and people...
