The Freeheel Life Podcast

Susie Sutphin grew up in Ohio. After high school she moved west to the Rocky Mountains to teach skiing at Keystone in Colorado. It was there that she was introduced to Telemark skiing. During her time in Summit County Colorado she witnessed classic events like the Breckenridge Bump Buffet, Telemark racing, and the emergence of a new surge of Telemark skiers pushing the limits of what was possible...

In this episode I'm joined by my good friends Craig Dostie and Taylor Johnson. We break down the 2020-21 Telemark season with ALL the bindings. What we all liked, disliked, surprised us and where we think Telemark bindings are headed in the future. Follow:  Taylor Johnson: @teletay Craig Dostie: @earnyourturns SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Fr...

This week Josh is joined by FHL staff members Nate Nordell (Used Gear Specialist) and Shop Manager Taylor Johnson. Nate filled this new position this past season to meet the growing need of our used Telemark gear category and has excelled at growing it into one of the most important areas of our business.  He talks about is deep quiver of Telemark skis, his love of fashion, and how he stalked Tele...

This week on the podcast Josh reads and comments on the new article published by SKI Magazine titled, " Telemark Skier, Why Are You The Way That You Are? We've been talking, and we're a little worried about you. And also your knees ."    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 Magazi...

Benoît Golay lives in the village of Gryon, Switzerland and is an avid Telemark skier. He is a founding member of the WORST Crew and has continued to help run a local Telemark festival in the area. He and the rest of the WORST Crew now focus on teaching kids Telemark skiing through their festival and do so through some kids gear they have acquired. He spent the 2015-16 season working at Freeheel L...

This week I'm joined by my good friend Craig Dostie to talk about the re-launching of TelemarkSkier.com with Dostie taking the lead role at the magazine in it's digital format.  Telemark Skier Magazine was originally created in 2003 as an additional title to Couloir Magazine. Both titles were later sold to Height of Land Publications (Backcountry, Alpinist) where I became the Editor-In-Chief for t...

Russell Johnson has been Telemark skiing for 4 decades. He is originally from Illinois but moved to Utah as a teenager. It was then that he learned how to ski and later started Telemark skiing when he was working at the Rustler Lodge at Alta, UT. He was involved in racing through the famed Groundhog Day Race at Alta Ski Area, Wasatch Telemark Series and others around Utah and Colorado. His father...

This week Josh speaks with Taylor Johnson and Wyatt Daigle about their recent trip to the 31st Annual Midwest Telefest. They talk about the Midwest Tele scene, powder on Lake Superior, and more.  Connect with them: Taylor Johnson: @teletay  Wyatt Daigle: @wyattdaigle    SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList   Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram...

This week Josh is coming in hot with a few of his tips about adding size and shape to your own Telemark turn. Don't get stuck in the same cycle over and over with these tips and tricks to use natural terrain to improve. Step 1 : Identify where you're at in your Telemark turn proficiency. Beginner, Intermediate, Expert, So Rad You Don't Have a Description For Yourself Step 2: Identify what type of...

Holly Blefgen is one of the pioneers of Telemark skiing in Canada. Her deep love of snow and the outdoors started at a young age when she started skiing on the hills of her local golf course. Throughout her childhood she continued her love of skiing locally, and when she was 17 visited Alta, UT, in the USA, where she fell in love with deep powder. She went onto receiving a degree from the Universi...

This week Josh responds to @Teletay's latest Lowdown about the question if 75mm Telemark is dead? He reads your YouTube comments and gives his insights on the topic and the perceived great divide between the duckbill tribe and the duckbutt revolutionaries. #SpreadTelemark #FreeheelLife   SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList   Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  J...

Jasmin Taylor is the first Briton to win a World Championship medal in telemark skiing and is 6 time British Champion. She has achieved 5 World Cup victories, across all 3 disciplines and has 32 World Cup podiums to her name. Jaz joined the British Ski Academy as an athlete aged 12, competing as an alpine skier. After becoming the youngest British Ski Cross Champion ever, aged just 15, she made th...

This week Josh is joined again by Freeheel Life Shop Manager Taylor Johnson. They discuss what's going on at the FHL shop, their love for leather boots, when gear matters and when it doesn't, and more.  SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList   Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Taylor on Instagram Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instag...

Today's episode Josh goes back to one of the most basic questions there is — What is Telemark skiing? If you're new to Telemark skiing or not-so-new to it the hope of this podcast is to help clear up some of the history of the turn, where it came from, how it came to be, and maybe a little bit on where it's going.   Winston Churchill once said, "The farther backward you can look, the farther forwa...

This week Josh dives into the deep end of emails to answers your questions about Telemark skiing, boot history, more dead telemarkers, and course gear.    SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter and Facebook Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twitter  and  YouTube Freeheel Life on  Instagram...

Travis was born in Spearfish, SD and later moved to Salt Lake City, UT. He grew up skateboarding and picked up skiing through an elementary school program where they took the students to the hill for lessons. As he got into high school he stopped skiing and got into lowrider cars. This meant winters were spent more inside of a garage then out on a hill. It wasn't until he picked up a job doing cus...

Luca Gasparini is a long time friend of mine and a fixture of the Italian Telemark scene. He was an early gear rep for Scarpa, an instructor, part of the La Skieda Telemark event that once took place in Livignio, Italy, writer, adventurer and now the creator of the Telemark Journal. #SpreadTelemark #FreeheelLife  SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/FHLMailingList   Connect with Josh and t...

Nat grew up in Winter Park, Colorado where he learned to nordic ski at a very young age. His mom collected water samples for the US Geological Survey and they would cover many miles by skiing. As he grew older his school schedule allowed him some more gravity fed activities. He started alpine racing, skiing bumps and nordic combined. He eventually picked up Telemark and backcountry skiing in Crest...

Kayo Ogilby grew up in Vail, Colorado. He was the son of two backcountry ski guides for the 10th Mountain Division hut system and first put on a pair of Telemark skis when he was in 6th grade. As a young person he was involved with ski racing in Vail, CO along with various backcountry excursions with his parents where his love for the outdoors grew. Following his time in college, in the Pacific No...

This week Josh is joined by FHL Shop Manager Taylor Johnson and Gear Guru Craig Dostie. They dive into what Telemark gear is hot right now, what issues they are seeing, and what's likely to go out of stock quickly. #SpreadTelemark #FreeheelLife  SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=KaBh5P&g=P354FQ Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Tay...

In today's podcast Josh reflects back on the beginning of FreeheelLife.com back in 2003. He explains it's simple beginnings, it's purpose, and what the Unity Tracks™ logo means.  Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twitter  and  YouTube Freeheel Life on  Instagram  and  Twitter Shop  The Freeheel Life Telemark Sh...

Brian Male is one of Telemark skiing's early Freeski athletes. He competed in some of the first Telemark Freeski competitions in the mid to late 90s as well as the famed USTSA Telemark Freeski series in the early 2000s. He also appeared in Josh "Bones" Murphy's Unparalleled Telemark movies, which were an integral part in pushing Telemark free riding into the limelight. He is currently the only ded...

Kjell Ellefson was the 2008 US Telemark Extreme Junior Champion, 2012 Grand Targhee Extremes Sick Bird award winner, 2x Teva Mountain Games Big Air podium winner, and he's been featured in multiple full-length Telemark ski films. He's also been the Photo Editor at Telemark Skier Magazine, Associate Photo Editor at SKI & Skiing magazine, Photo Editor at FREESKIER magazine, K2 Skis- Team Manager, &...

Tim Shepard is a Vermont Telemark skier that cut his teeth on the slopes of Mad River Glen. He is also a previous winner of the famed Mad River Glen Triple Crown. After moving out west to pursue collegiate running he also started competing in western-style big mountain Telemark competitions. He was known in Telemark competition for his bold style, smoothness, and ability to mix technical lines wit...

Today's guest is one of the great minds of Telemark technique and instruction. Scotty McGee grew up in Nashville, TN where his father would take him skiing in nearby N. Carolina.   He moved to Utah in high school where he continued to explore in the outdoors including cross-country skiing, hiking and eventually trying Telemark skiing. After high school he went back east to Dartmouth in New Hampshi...