VAIL – In the same vein as snowboarding, telemark skiing carries its own image, or perceived image.”There’s definitely a stereotype,” said Molly Etters, 16. “The stereotype is that tele skiers are old ...

At first glance the video was a light-hearted affair, seemingly just a group of women telemark skiers taking part in the “of course” Instagram trend of late 2023. Self-effacingly embracing their ...

Have you noticed people aren’t saying “no one cares you tele” much anymore? That refrain–a phrase that for years easily left the lips of The Turn’s many disparagers–had long been a trusty ...

In the early spring of 2021, at a time when telemark skiing was still experiencing a long-lived if soon to be concluded dormancy, a rare thing happened for the genuflecting turn. For the first time in ...

VAIL – It’s hard. It makes your thighs burn. You’re really tired when you’re done.Apparently, those are good things – reasons to cross over to telemark skiing and never look back.”This is more ...

“You’re not retarded. That’s normal.”Of course, my instructor hadn’t seen my rented tele-skis jump off my shoulder and clatter to the bricks on the mall when she offered that reassuring assessment.The ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – When Loveland opened its ridgetop Chair 9 lift last week, telemark skiers outnumbered alpine skiers by a two-to-one margin. And in Steamboat Springs, the youth ski racing program ...

I don’t know why anyone would want to do 10,000 squat thrusts in a day — guess some people are just gluttons for punishment. But that’s exactly what I decided to do a few years ago when I decided to ...

Skiing and metacognition is a fraught pairing. This sport–known for its indulgence in the good times–is an escape, after all. It even has its own escape; the off-season, the time we move into now, ...

STEVENS PASS -- Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, beware this curious "tele" cult carving so gracefully down the slopes like snowbound sirens. Free the heel, they say, and the rest will follow.

“Welcome back to all my rambling,” CJ Coccia laughs after one of his routine, impassioned gabs. We’re talking about his new project This Ol’ Mill, set for release this fall. It’s the latest film from ...