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 ...

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They say a lot of things about time. Time loves a hero; tragedy plus time makes comedy. But no matter the trope, one thing remains true: time waits for no one. And with creaking knees and the ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’ve never been a new-gear type of guy. In fact, like a true apostate of free-heel progression, I long swore off the greatest if ...

Ten years ago, the Olympic torch passed through Mordegal, Norway, the birthplace of a man named Sondre Norheim. While Sondre Norheim might not be well-known to most Western skiers, the fact that ...

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 ...

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.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The snow is powdery, the sun warm and there are 10,000 hectares of Val d’Isère’s epic terrain begging to be carved by ...