Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Telemark gear–especially its bindings–has long evolved between the ...

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Perhaps not unlike humanity in general, the telemark subculture so often seems fixated on time. Indeed many of the free-heeling throngs remember the good old days of leathers and 3-pins, those halcyon ...

Lessons learned on three pins: A journey through free-heel gear progression, and musings on telemark philosophy. I’ve never been a new-gear type of guy. In fact, like a true apostate of free-heel ...

One of the driving factors behind modern telemark and its popularity is the gear. Back in the day, tele skiers wore leather boots with modified three-pin cross-country bindings mounted to whatever ...

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 ...

The TTS binding had come into full retail maturity, granting telemark skiers an off-the-shelf option for the most efficient form of ski touring available. And the timing coincided with Scarpa’s long ...

With features like a free-pivot touring mechanism, a reliable safety release, brakes, and the closest thing to step-in convenience in the freeheel world, the NTN (New Telemark Norm) binding represents ...

In ways small and large (well, maybe mostly small), telemark skiing is back. A modest but fully realized complement of modern gear has finally come to retail fruition in the form of new boots and ...

• 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 ...

Good for Telemark Now available in a size small, the NTN binding offers women accustomed to alpine-like control and power a no-sacrifices way to get into telemark skiing. Testers liked that they ...