This season, I will try to go back in time. I will ski set ups equivalent to the ones I had 20+ years ago moving forward in time to what I’m skiing today. If you are a member of my newsletter, you know that I’ve started to mountain bike over the summer and this really inspired my to search for learning patterns. If you want to join the newsletter, just enter your info below — This is just a just chalenge I gave myself when I found those beautiful leather boots. And my goal is to become good enough to patrol in those before the end of the season. Here is the Equipment I will use: Set up Vintag ..read more

Hello Telemark tribe, I have the chance to test the Bishop line of skis and binding for this season. Here is my quick first impression. If you want to receive an exclusive offer and see some free tutorials, subscribe to my newsletter just below ..read more

Yep, Oh, by the way, this gear selection is often what you guys ask advice about. This year, I will talk more about my backcountry telemark set-up since it’s this one that I will change this season. Because of the pandemic, this is probably going to be the biggest season ever for earning your turns, so it might apply to you as well. I can tell you right away that after a very satisfying set up last year, I will go back to what has worked for me in the last few years. In this post, I share my touring set up. Disclaimer: I don’t pay for much of the stuff I receive but I can choose pretty mu ..read more

This is my Telemark challenge for the season, going back in time with set ups from four different eras. We will go from the 80s super long skis to today’s wide boards. Telemark skiing has evolved so much and I’ve kept updating my gear all along. I want to go back in time and see the advantages we might have lost along the way, or the benefits I get from the modern set ups we enjoy today. For the 80s set up, we have the Atomic 210 cm ski, with a lot of camber, mounted with the Chili binding from Rottofella. Then, I found my original telemark skis and binding. It is the Karhu Hardbody 203 c ..read more

Hello Telemark Tribe,   I was contacted by CANSI, the Canadian Association of Nordic Skiing Instructor to write a paper to my fellow instructors. Unfortunately, it never got published so I taught I could share it here. Here is what I wrote for my fellow teachers. —   When I teach telemark skiing, my number one objective is for every student to retain a clear learning objective and to know precisely how to achieve it.  Too many times, I have taken the wrong approach by trying to have my students find instant results with advice such as: “Do this, move like that…” Sometimes i ..read more

A few years ago, I was in my mid thirties and was ripping the mountain. I remember that I could ski quick turns in tight trees, jump off (small) cliffs, rip throught moguls… THIS IS WHAT TELELAMRK IS ALL ABOUT. But in the last 4-5 years, I’ve considerably slowed down. I don’t get the same feeling, the same ripping feeling. I’ve done a series about the telemark ski evolution and it made me realized that telemark is a feeling and what ever the era of equipement, it remains FUN But this latest generation of ALL MOUNTAIN SKIS just doesn’t seem to work for me. Or did I just get older? Are alpine sk ..read more

One of the most difficult techniques to master is Carving on Telemark Skis. Compared to moguls or steep skiing, I feel that carving is a more complex technique to master. And in the last 4-5 seasons, I really focus on improving my carving. — I’ve been carving for 20 years but the ability to carve on any surface and slope is definitely still a challenge. I would say that my first passion as always been powder tree skiing. Then, I spent a lot of time in moguls,it is only in later years that carving has become a real passion. I’m lucky enough to have probably the best technician in Canada, Denis ..read more

I have tried and tested dozens of skis with the years. I’ve been sponsored by Black Diamond the past 13 years, but I’ve still tried a lot of other brands. In this article I want to talk about what you should look for/ avoid in your quest for the right telemark ski, whatever the brand. In the last 5 years, more and more skis have early rise tips like shown. These tips can be great on big powder skis but don’t translate well to piste, all around skis. I think the design is popular on alpine setup because it reduces ski vibration that they call chatter. For us telemark skiers, the back ski gets ..read more

This is a review of the Telemark binding Lynx from 22 Designs. A Telemark tech binding made to go touring. In this video, we are going to be evaluating how it skis, the step in step out, the durability, the tour efficiency and a little comparison with the Meidjo Binding. The Lynx binding is the latest binding in the 22Designs line up. 22Desings is reputed to build durable bindings, from the HammerHead, Axl, Outlaw X and now the Lynx. This Lynx binding is made for touring but its telemark descending abilities are quite good as well. I have mounted my Lynx Telemark binding on the Helio 105 fro ..read more

Last season I spent a very good amount of time on the Bishop BMF bindings. I tried the NTN and the 75mm versions.   The Bishop Moto: THE GOLD STANDARD IN BADASSERY Well, that’s true. Their products are badass. Coming from the very Burly Bishop Bomber was truly a very reliable, biffy binding. It had a very good reputation and thus a following. Came the NTN revolution and now, the Telemark Tribe need to have NTN boots and binding, right? Flexibility Well, the Badassary Mojo is more than that, the BMF comes in an NTN or 75mm option. They have created the most flexible binding on the pl ..read more