Moreover, any discussion on what telemark binding a beginner should pick unavoidably wades into the sport’s most tired debate—what telemark norm is best?

The more alpine-adjacent telemark scene has largely ignored this mellower, more overland version of free-heel skiing also ...

But what second-hand bindings are best? The shopper of used telemark setups will come across one binding more than any other: The Targa, G3’s iconic binding of the nineties and two-thousands.

Telemark skiing is named after the region of Norway where it was developed in the 1860s by Sondre Norheim, from Morgedal in Telemark. He designed the free-heel binding that revolutionized the ...

The NTN (New Telemark Norm) binding is designed to provide better lateral stability and control with improved edge pressure. The SCARPA and Crispi boots feature improved bellows and flex patterns.

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?

The design of a good ski binding is an exercise in engineering compromise and a lesson in the use of analysis tools.