Those Tele Guys

Just like Morgan, it was a matter of time before Rich dipped his toes into the NTN world. He pulled on his new Garmont Kenais and stepped into his first pair of NTN bindings and felt lightning pulse through his veins. Like Harry Potter finding his perfect wand, he felt the UNLIMITED POWER instantly and found himself under the guidance of Snape (Lucas), who initially seemed evil in this NTN Slyther...

This week we welcome Britain's modern-day telemark Eddie the Eagle. Jasmin Taylor holds the record for the British skier with the most World Cup and World Championships medals after winning her 30th World Cup medal in Pralognan-la-Vanoise, France in 2020. During the 2020–21 season, Taylor trained in Switzerland, as French ski lifts were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is now freeing t...

Wowzers, we have done it. 50 episodes of Those Tele Guys. Where has the time gone? This week we have decided it's time to celebrate our podcast milestone by doing what we do best....talking telemark. We may not know exactly what we are talking about sometimes, but we sure do have a passion for it and for whatever reason, loyal listeners are tuning in. We thank you immensely for sitting by the...

Our guest this week wears several different hats from many walks of life. Kelly Van Den Berg is a backcountry guide working for Traverse Hotham and runs courses to get beginners into backcountry snow sports.  Last year, Kelly ran an intro to backcountry skills day for women looking to get out beyond the ropes and it was a huge hit.  This year, Kelly will be running another women's backcountry...

Our guest this week is a writer, adventurer, speaker, and environmentalist that has a keen interest in type 2 fun. Huw Kingston has completed many interesting adventures on foot, in a boat, on wheels, and on skis. In 1997, Huw completed a 600 km ski traverse of the Australian Alps, and this year he aims to repeat this trip but go one better by skiing all the lift-assisted resorts along the way whi...

It was a matter of time before one of us caved to the powerful temptations of NTN. Just like Abu was drawn to the forbidden treasures inside the cave of wonders, Morgan was drawn to the shine of a pair of crispi evos sitting high on a shelf in a local ski store. The world around us hasn't imploded since he first laid his hands upon them and we can safely say that smiles were evident when he s...

Cam Walker joins the show once more, but this time it is not in regards to the Back Country Festival in September. This time we catch up with Cam to discuss the Mountain Journal, another one of his projects that is absolutely fantastic. The Mountain Journal is predominately a website that shares news, profiles, environmental information, and the culture of the Australian Alps and is written by Cam...

The school holidays have arrived and so have the hoards of snow lovers to the NSW ski fields, including Those Tele Guys! Join us this week as we discuss our freeheeling adventure to the Snowy Mountains over the last week. We also talk about the strong telemark scene around Perisher and share some insight into our new favorite spot on the mountain, Guthega.   We also present a new mystery sound of...

This year, Australian skiers have seen the best snow propaganda in years, and so they should! It has been an amazing start to the season and everyone is certainly excited. However, we have also received a fairly large amount of rain in the last two weeks that has gone relatively unnoticed by most of Australia's snow lovers as the resorts certainly do not put as much emphasis on that as they d...

In this week's episode, Those Tele Guys welcome Chris Ali, a long-time telemark skier and gear junkie, to help discuss the future of 75mm gear in Australia. In the last 12 months, many of the classic 75mm boots have been discontinued from the major boot-making brands, which makes us question what the future is going to be like for duck-billed equipment . Is there enough of a 75mm stronghold D...

Those Tele Guys are ready to have their biggest season yet and may hopefully live out many of their original plans from the last two covid ravaged years.  This season should be the best in years as the ski resorts have already starting turing the lifts accross south-eastern Australia. But before they dive deep into the season, they have decided to conduct an internal review of the show to reflect...

The wait is over. Winter is back and Those Tele Guys are keen to complete a winter season of free-heel skiing that is free of lockdowns and other ski restricting rules. Life is somewhat back to normal and it appears that skiers and boarders alike are permitted to enter the Aussie Alpine region as they please in the declared winter season to chase some campaign Downunder powder. Morgs and Rich have...

It is time to put the summer wax on and for those for 'Those Tele Guys' to wrap up the podcast for the season. In this episode, we look back at the 2021 ski season and discuss various influencing factors that determined how winter unfolded for us in Australia.  We talked about the weather, equipment, covid, and the general 'tele-vibe' that occurred throughout the season to pain...

We may have eluded that Tele Guys were wrapping up for the season in this episode, but we managed to sneak in one more before we finish the podcast for another year. We found some time to sit down with Mark Oates to talk about some of the adventures he has completed throughout all of Australia's snow-laden states. Mark often posts fantastic photos and detailed trip reports on social media abo...

The 2021 season is wrapping up down here in Australia, so it is time to look ahead and use the power of hindsight to plan for the 2022 season. We hope for a season that is not hindered by Covid-19 for all Australians, and if all goes to plan with the government's vaccination roll-out, then we should have a season that is somewhat more 'normal' than what we have experienced over the...

People often ponder the mysteries of this big ol' world and Google has become an avenue to find the answers to such conundrums. At the touch of a button, we have a library at our fingertips to make us more informed and educated about certain topics we find interesting and valuable. Telemark skiing is apparently one of such topics that have confused the brains of many, and this is evident when...

Over the past two years, back-country skiing in Australia has been thrust into the limelight due to the global pandemic. Many feared the resorts would not open and began collecting essential items to start learning how to earn your turns in the Australian Alps. People are also curious to learn where it all began in Australia, and exactly how long have skiers been seeking the solace of the mountain...

This week’s guest was first spotted in the distance free-heel skiing at Falls Creek. His distinguishing bright yellow pants and futuristic Bishop bindings make him easy to identify amongst the telemark crowd. He works for Tourism North East, a group actively working to strategically grow, enhance and promote the High Country tourism offering, and is also one of the main drivers behind the Bright M...

These are dark days for resort skiing in Australia. New South Wales and Victoria are both in lockdown and all ski resorts are closed. Events have been cancelled, lifties are getting the boot and Vail are extremely busy processing refunds for season passes that were little used. Will restrictions ease enough to allow resort skiing to return for harvesting September corn? Unfortunately, nobody knows...

In this week's episode, we welcome Tim Macartney-Snape to the show. Tim is famously known for his mountaineering pursuits, particularly in relation to his two summit trips on Mt. Everest. His first summit of the mountain was made in 1984 with Greg Mortimer. The pair were the first Australians to reach the summit of Everest without supplementary oxygen via a new route on the North Face . In 19...

In this week's episode, we chat we Rouchelle Gilmore from the Mountain Cosmos Podcast. Rouchelle is a rare Western Australian skier that has made the annual pilgrimage across the country for as long as she can remember. She is a ski instructor currently working at Mt. Hotham but has also spent a significant amount of time working Northern Hemisphere winters in Japan and America.  The Mountain...

In the words of the great band Abba, 'Mumma Mia, here we go again.' Things were going so well here in Victoria. We had powder days, bluebird days, and even ordinary days but Victorian snow lovers skied them all just to feel the white stuff beneath their feet. Our premier was gloating about having no cases one day and then shutting us down the next when eight cases popped up in Melbourne....

This weeks guest will help provide you with some jaw-dropping images if you have ever stumbled across his Instagram account. Steve Leeder, also known as Steve Crazy amongst the skiing fraternity, has been hucking everything thrown at him on telemark skis since horses were cars, plays were movies and boots were leather. He can be found at Perisher chasing powder and promoting the fact that you can...

Ahhh, lockdown 5.0 is being enforced in the state of Victoria and our resorts have shut down. Needless to say, many snow-loving people are growing tired of this scenario that continues to plague our powder dreams. To top it off, the Australian Alps are getting absolutely hammered with pristine snow and could easily be the best lamb chowder for the season.  Nevertheless, we are all playing our part...

Those Tele Guys reside in Australia and love skiing on their own home soil, however, they have also spent a little bit of time on the land of the long white cloud and realise it is about time to catch up with somebody from their Southern Hemisphere neighbours.  In this weeks episode, Rich and Morgs head 'Across the Ditch' to catch up with Ash-Weyman Jones (a.k.a Soyboooy) to hear how the...