Jack O'Brien
TV Blog: What Does the Lay Tele Skier Want?
The bleeding edge in backcountry free-heel skiing innovation has finally permeated the telemark ether. And at last manufacturers have...
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Jack O'Brien
Nov 132 min read
TV Blog: Telemark's Mini Reemergence in Outdoor Media
For a time, telemark seemed to disappear altogether from the outdoor media landscape. While Craig Dostie’s EarnYourTurns always kept...
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Jack O'Brien
Nov 117 min read
Does Every Turn Have to Be a Telemark Turn?
And other musings on free-heel philosophy The firm, cold surface made the snow climb exhilarating. Even as the last in an ad hoc group...
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Jack O'Brien
Nov 74 min read
Amidst a Vacuum of Content, Adam X Sauerwein and CJ Coccia Team Up For a New Telemark Podcast
Telemark skiing has a new podcast . Alone, this fact seems of little consequence, what with the absolute plethora of programs available...
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Jack O'Brien
Nov 64 min read
Happy Hour Heroes
“The usual place?” my friend asks, already knowing the answer will be a resounding affirmative. After an amazing if exhausting powder day...
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Jack O'Brien
Nov 52 min read
TV Blog: A Tip of the Cap to the Telemark Weirdos
As ever, telemark skiing seems to be changing. The new gear, new guard, and a new energy together appear to be not only breaking from...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 314 min read
Rest In Peace, Paul Parker - Telemark Innovator Dies at 71
Paul Parker - 1953-2024. Photo courtesy Scott Cramer. “We are a bunch of passionate people, passionate about our sport,” Paul Parker, the...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 303 min read
TV Blog: Did Newschool Telemark Cancel the Cable Binding?
A fellow telemark-obsessed individual I correspond with stumbled upon an interesting reddit post lately . A lifelong alpine skier...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 287 min read
Is Telemark Skiing Growing? Does It Need To?
Spend much time in the tiny, esoteric world of telemark and you will soon find a certain discussion rear its head; a nagging question,...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 243 min read
TV Blog: The New Tx Pro is Here
After months of review, conjecture, hype and criticism, the new Tx Pro from Scarpa is finally here. Ski shops are filling preorders. ...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 236 min read
Telemark Needs Its Own Media
When I first came into this little telemark writing journey nearly two years ago , I had the notion that many telemark skiers share; ...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 222 min read
TV Blog: Is Telemark's Future Tech Bindings?
Ask most free-heel industry insiders where the future (or present) of telemark lies , and they’ll tell you the same thing: the resort. ...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 192 min read
Welcome Back to Telemark Voices
Hello again, Telemark Voices has been a little quiet the last little bit - a big thanks to Alex Limkin and Rajkeshwar Tulsie for helping...
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Jack O'Brien
Oct 189 min read
Lou Dawson Elevates Skiing (Again)
Dawson skiing the Crestone Needle in 1991 - an image that would later grace the cover of Couloir. Courtesy Glenn Randall. “Any man who...
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Jack O'Brien
Sep 910 min read
Telemark's Modern Moves: A Glance at Scarpa's New Tx Pro - and Everything After
The new Tx Pro from Scarpa Bounding down the slope, pressed into lunge, I feel the rigid, active feedback of telemark’s belated entrance...
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Alex Limkin
Jul 165 min read
Flow State Convergence: Telemark and Neurodivergence
Source: Katy Higgins Lee, MA, MFT, Tending Paths Editors Note: Telemark Voices is happy to be joined by another new contributor this...
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Jack O'Brien
Jun 98 min read
Can the Wider Discussion on Telemark Ever Be Elevated?
Can the visible conversation on free-heel skiing reach a deeper level, or is the discourse on The Turn doomed to dissonance? “I care that...
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Rajkeshwar Tulsie
May 205 min read
Why I Tele
A Brown Guy Perspective Editor's note: The plural in Telemark Voices at long last becomes apt - I am honored to have my first outside...
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Jack O'Brien
Feb 148 min read
The Convergence - Telemark’s Fitful if Symbiotic Journey Toward Alpine
In the midst of the 2016/2017 ski season – one which saw massive snows in the Sierra and New England and gave much of the West a...
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Jack O'Brien
Jan 104 min read
The Codger
It was another quiet night in a once lively restaurant during a less than exceptionall time in my life. I was bussing tables at an...
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