Where does telemark fits into the mix when time marches on, the knees creak, and the plate gets full?

A thought piece on The Turn’s chief implement.

With innovative new equipment and a revitalized subculture, telemark has entered its modern era. But a divisiveness–especially online–has marked the moment for the fitfully evolving niche sport.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some two summers past, delighting in the prospect of a post-mountain bike ride beverage, I took a seat at a high top, and thought ...

Every sport has its subcultures, and for skiing, it’s undoubtedly the wide world of telemarking. In fact, telemark skiing outdates alpine skiing by centuries. The sport has evolved tremendously over ...

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 ...

Telemark skiing struggles to be relatable today. Many just can't see why a band of skiers would choose a harder, seemingly archaic technique when something easier is available in alpine skiing. But ...

SALT LAKE CITY — With sparkles on her cheekbones and a light-hearted essence that carried her wherever she went, Kasha Rigby was known to many as "The Fairy." "She created a nature that you wanted to ...

Telemark skiers are a funny breed. How else to explain the passion of people who are pursuing a turn invented in Norway in the 1860s that amounts to genuflecting your way down the hill?

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Catherine Rigby, a renowned telemark , big mountain, and expedition skier covering first descents of some of the world’s most revered peaks, died in an avalanche in a Kosovo ...

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