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...
Pin-Up: Georges Canard Baetz
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 on skis as soon as he could stand at...
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...
Telemark Colorado Opens Online Store & Announces Event This Weekend
Telemark Colorado, a small group of enthusiastic freeheelers, announced they will be selling their merchandise via a new online store. “The Tele Colorado shop was put up by a few dudes who love telemark enough to learn how to screen print, draw a few things, and share their stoke,” said CJ Coccia, one of the...
