The Freeheel Life Podcast

This week I've got Taylor Johnson and Miles Shaffer on the show to wrap up Freeheel Life's 7th season. What a year it has been and we couldn't have done it with out all of you out there — THANK YOU!  Sign-up for the mailing list: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter   Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twitter  and  Yo...

This week on the podcast I'm talking about Telemark skiing in the spring! I breakdown a couple ideas for spring at the resort, backcountry, terrain park, and even apres ski.  Sign-up for the mailing list: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter   Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twitter  and  YouTube Freeheel Life on  I...

This week I'm joined by Miles Shaffer & Taylor "T2" Hennum to debrief on their adventure to Midwest Tele Fest 2022. We talk about some epic U.P. Powder conditions, Telemark skiing behind a truck, and what all happened at this year's iconic Telemark gathering.  Sign-up for the mailing list: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitte...

Today I'm digging back into the mailbag to answer some Freeheel Lifer questions. I cover topics from Telemark remounts after purchasing used gear to why a free ski demo should be a good experience.  Sign-up for the mailing list: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList How You Can Support Us:   Shop Telemark at   FREEHEELLIFE.COM Subscribe & Become a Supporter of TelemarkSkier.com for articles, gear reviews,...

I have a couple guests today. My friend CJ Coccia from Telemark Colorado is back on. He's one of the brains behind Telemark Colorado along with his buds Brian Strickland & Erik Jensen. He is rolling solo today, reppin' The TC Crew but he has brought with him two other guys:   Taylor "T2" Hennum:   who was born in New Hampshire and grew up at a small hill called Granite Gorge. T2 moved to salt lake...

World Telemark Day is THIS Saturday March 5th. In this episode I do a roundup of some of the countless WTD events happening around the world this coming weekend!  #WorldTelemarkDay #SpeadTelemark #FreeheelLife  SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twitter...

Egor Egorov is from Russia and another awesome individual that has been promoting Telemark skiing in his country for several years now. He's been involved in event organization as well as instructing and has worked hard to share the turn he loves to so many other people in his area. SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on ...

Today I'm joined by Freeheel Life General Manager, Taylor Johnson, to discuss 75mm boots. Recent news shows all three boot manufacturers will be ceasing production of the majority of their 75mm models. We discuss what that means for the industry, how NTN will be affected, and whether or not the shape of your boot really matters?  Follow Taylor: @teletay  SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.l...

Today's podcast is a full catch-up on some of 2022's worldwide Telemark events, news, and a few mailbag questions. Tune in to get caught up on things in your area. Don't forget the 8TH ANNUAL WORLD TELEMARK DAY.   SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twit...

Marshell Thompson is originally from the east coast of the United States, but moved to the Durango, Colorado when he was 18 years old to attend Ft. Lewis College. He learned how to Telemark through the free telemark rental program at the college and has been doing it ever since. After years of traveling, he settled into Silverton, Colorado where he spends the majority of his winter days backcountr...

Kate is the all-around powerhouse behind The Unbreakable Body and Fit For Real Life. The only thing Kate has ever cared about is helping people build their body to be strong, capable, and Unbreakable so they can live life as fully, deeply, and energetically as possible. Kate earned a B.S. in Exercise Science from Valparaiso University and went on to study a variety of certifications and trainings,...

Todd Stuart is a true original in every sense of the word. He's a Telemarker, a mountain man, a free spirit, and a lover of having time. He spent over two decades living in a hut, he built, in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, working as a ski patroller at Deer Valley to pay his bills. His life and story were first exposed to me when we both appeared in Powderwhore's first Telemark movie PW05 in 2005...

Greg Paquin is from Connecticut on the east coast of the United States. He originally started on snow via cross-country gear, but it was through the original Backcountry and Couloir magazines that he began to see some heavier cross-country downhill gear in the late 1980s. This sparked his interest and he started down the path of dropping knees. He's been a PSIA level III instructor in Telemark sin...

Arno Klein was born in 1940, in Austria, and learned how to ski from his father at a young age. By the early 1960s he began to pursue alpine ski instructing in Europe and in 1963 he was invited to visit Japan for the first time, with some other instructors, to observe ski teaching techniques. In 1983 he saw the movie Freedom of The Heels which introduced him to the Telemark turn. He was immediatel...

Adam Howard is an old friend of mine and someone who mentored me through my writing endeavors in Telemark skiing. He grew up in Jeffersonville, Vermont where he learned to ski at a very young age. He did some Telemark racing on the east coast in the early 90s before heading out west to attend Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, CO. He worked on the college newspaper during that time and...

John Falkiner is originally from Australia where grew up on a large sheep farm. His father, who learned to ski in Europe before World War 2, introduced him to skiing at 5 years old at Mount Buller in Victoria, Australia. As a young man he bought a one-way ticket to Europe in 1973 and started working in Verbier , Switzerland. In 1975 he ended up getting a gig helping haul film gear around for famed...

Today I've got Freeheel Life General Manager Taylor Johnson onboard for the podcast. Today's just a general catchup on all things at the retail shop, ski manufacturing, kids Telemark rentals, and more.  Newsroom & Notes: Online Premiere of the Tele Colorado Film Tour on Friday, December 17th. Details can be found at www.telemarkcolorado.com/tour with an early registration for people to get email r...

Joe Smith is originally from Red Lodge, Montana. He learned to ski there at the local hill with his friends and was passionate about snow sliding from the start. His junior college days were spent in Northern California around Lake Tahoe skiing and adventuring more. By the early 1990s he headed to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to finish his engineering degree and get in some powder skii...

Diana Rivera is a professional winter sports trainer and examiner. She has dedicated half her life to the study and practice   of three different winter sports disciplines: ski, snowboard and Telemark. Her first season as a full-time professional was in 2001 in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain. She's also worked in France, Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, and currently lives in...

Erik Nordin is originally from Rättvik , Sweden . He is the youngest child and grew up in a family full of Telemark skiers. Once he could fit into some of the hand me down Telemark boots from his siblings, he never looked back and has been a Telemark skier ever since. As a young teenager he primarily focused on skiing in the terrain park at his home mountain of Kläppen. By age 14 he was already co...

On today's episode I'm doing a Telemark news roundup. There's plenty of interesting news tidbits, borderline gear gossip, & happenings going on these days. I read through some of the pieces I've come across, draw some attention to some of the important milestones in Telemark event land, and share my thoughts about it all.  Here is the press release link I used for the Full Stack Supply story: HERE...

Nikita Isaev is originally from Moscow, Russia. He grew up playing outside regularly in the winter on the slopes around town sledding as well as cross-country skiing. His father was an accomplished cross-country skier himself and also had access to downhill equipment during a time when many people did not. The boys and their father would often go to mountains near Sochi to ski on the slopes there....

Today Josh explores his 5 Essentials Before Opening Day. It's his simple guide to getting ready, looking over gear, and exploring what you want to improve on.  My 5 essentials Before Opening Day: Boots squared away. List what things I want to work on Set a parameter for how hard I want to go on day 1 Get inspired by something new Full Kit review top to bottom SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://...

Lorenzo Worster grew up in Boulder, Colorado where he grew up with Telemarking parents who took him on fun low angle hut trips in the area. He continued to Telemark ski through high school where he finished out his last few years at the well known Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colorado. After his secondary education he eventually landed in Lake Tahoe teaching snowboarding at Sugar...

Paddy O'Connell works in the outdoor industry as a self-described word nerd and professional chit chatter -- This essentially means he's a freelance writer, creator, storyteller, voice over talent, and multimedia producer. He has written for the top magazines and dot coms in the outdoors and has done work both in front of and behind the camera as talent and producer. Telemark skiers may know him f...