The Freeheel Life Podcast

This week Josh digs into some of your questions and comments in Mailbag Episode #5. He covers topics from Vic Bein's Vertical Plane Turn, G3 Targa shaming, and much more. If you want to connect with your questions and comments you can email Josh directly at podcast@freeheellife.com . #SpreadTelemark #FreeheellLife    Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter...

Dave Bombard grew up in Massachusetts and grew up skiing at Wachusset and other New England ski areas. After graduate school he headed west to be closer to skiing and the mountains while pursuing a career as an engineer, dealing with medical devices and surgical tools. Several of those years were in California, but he eventually moved to Colorado. During a stint of consulting and working remote  ...

Torstein grew up in Notodden, Telemark. Like most Norwegians he started skiing at a young age and was part of a ski jumping club as a young man. He started Telemark skiing in his youth, left his town to go to university and the military before joining the workforce. He eventually took a job in 2009 with Rottefella after answering an ad in the newspaper. He was involved with the sales and marketing...

I catch up with Craig Dostie at his home in Colorado. It's a casual conversation about what's coming up this season in telemark, binding innovation, where things are headed, and more.  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 Telem...

Hamish Moore is originally from Christchurch, New Zealand where he grew up skiing at nearby Mt. Hutt. After traveling post-university, he met his future wife while working in the UK and eventually they moved back to Morgedal, Norway where she grew up. It was here that Hamish learned to Telemark ski. He also was involved with tourism in Morgedal and the surrounding area and helped promote Morgedal...

A former Royal Marine Commando, Andrew has deployed on operations all over the world including Afghanistan and Anti-Piracy operations. Every deployment required the highest levels of physical fitness teamed with Courage, Determination and Fortitude.   As a Physical Training Instructor, Andrew has huge experience in the fitness industry, both working with civilians and military personnel. As a Roya...

Chip Chase owns and operates White Grass Ski Touring Center in the Canaan Valley of West Virginia. He's been part of the Telemark community since the early days and has no doubt influenced many people along the way to learn the turn.    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...

Diego Allolio is at the forefront of Telemark skiing in S. America and is helping bring better instruction and awareness of dropping knees to his hometown of Bariloche, Argentina. He currently runs his two business in Bariloche: A training and consulting business as well as a guiding business. He helped translate the AAIRE avalanche training course material into Spanish and he's the guy to know wh...

Craig Gordon is the sole avalanche forecaster for the western Uinta Mountains--an area accessed primarily by snowmobile--and also handles much of the avalanche education for snowmobile groups. Craig has done avalanche control for Brighton Ski Area in Utah since the mid 1980's and then worked as a helicopter ski guide. He has worked for the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center since 2000. Craig dev...

Lena Attorresi, born from the love of two ski instructors in 1990 in Austria and raised in the Italian Appennini, now resides in Livigno, Italy. Her greatest passion had always been skiing and racing until she was 18 in FIS competition. After becoming a ski instructor in 2010, she decided to settle in the Alps where she focused on Freestyle, Freeride and Telemark skiing. After a few years she beca...

Andreas Sjöbeck has been part of the modern era of Telemark skiers pushing free ride and park telemark skiing for the past decade. He was the first person documented to do a double cork spin in 2012, has podium finishes in competitions both in Europe and the US and continues to push the envelope of what is possible on freeheel equipment. He also has some of the best Telemark tattoos out there …. W...

Freeheel Life shop manager Taylor Johnson sits down with me to go over his top picks for new Telemark gear in 2020-21. You won't want to miss it.    Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Taylor on Instagram   Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telemark Skier Magazine on  Instagram ,  Twitter  and  YouTube Freeheel Life on  Instagram  and  Twitter Shop  The Freeheel Life Telemark Shop     H...

This week I tackle a bunch of new Telemark questions! Tune in for the goods. #SpreadTelemark #FreeheelLife 

Ken Emrick is one of the founders of the Summit Telemark Series, one of the premiere telemark race series in the late 1970s and 80s. It was started in Summit County, Colorado and quickly spread to multiple resorts in the state and beyond. He currently teaches skiing at Winter Park, CO and lives in Golden, Co.    Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telem...

Today's episode I answer your questions! I cover topics from where is the best place to mount your telemark skis, boutique boot brands, binding comparisons, maintaenance, and more.    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 Telema...

Weston moved out west from New York in December 2007 after graduating from SUNY Cortland with a degree in Sports Management.  He grew up visiting the Wind River Range in Wyoming and skiing across the West.  He runs Inspired Summit Adventure company with his wife Shaun and is based in Park City, UT. JT's been around the telemark world for almost 2 decades. He's been in roles as an athlete, product...

Ty first discovered backcountry skiing at the age of 12 on the eastern flanks of Mt. Washington in North Central, NH.  Since then, he like many others before him, have dedicated themself to the pursuit of skiing in all forms, shapes, and sizes. Although his travels have brought him to many special and powerful places around the world, he now currently calls Bozeman Montana home.  In addition to hi...

In today's episode I want to follow up on the episode I did about creating our own Telemark industry. In my opinion what makes up the nuts and bolts of any industry are 1. gear and 2. The people. 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...

Telemark Australia was their name originally, but they've since changed names to Those Tele Guys as it reflects themselves and their message better. Simply put, they are literally some tele guys from down under (Australia) that love telemark skiing.  Check out These Tele Guys on: Instagram Podcast   Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on  Instagram  and  Twitter Telemark Skier Mag...

Kim Miller has been involved in the outdoor industry for nearly 40 years. He has been an integral part in developing outdoor and Telemark products over those four decades through his work as a retail shop owner, rep, product side of Chouinard Equipment and TUA skis, Ski Line Category Manager at Black Diamond Equipment, and he is currently the CEO of Scarpa North America. Many long time Telemark sk...

Keith Woods was the past President of Telemark Ski Canada. He was also a board member and Secretary of Telemark Ski Ontario for 15 years.   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 Shop     HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US Support o...

Hamdog 2069 is a group of weekend warriors from Golden, Colorado dedicated to denim, dive bars, and dropping knees.  They are the winners of the 1st annual King of The Heel Video Competition put on by Telemark Colorado. 

When I opened up the Freeheel Life shop in 2014 it was me and Ashley working there. Taylor showed up a little later that 1st year and Alex eventually joined the family the year after. I have always said that Freeheel Life is the great Telemark experiment and these guys were the first to really put it on the line with me and get this place up and running. There are others that are part of this tigh...

Pierre Mouyade is a mechanical engineer. He   was a project manager & department manager in different sectors of the sports equipment manufacturing industry such as fall protection — also involved in engineering in aeronautics, medical and nuclear. He is passionate about sliding sports like Skate, BMX, & MTB. After snowboarding for 30 years he discovered telemark in 2011 and after a few tests to l...

I first got wind of the Telemark Colorado guys a few years back when I started seeing some meetups and some edits go up online. Colorado has always been a strong hold of Telemark Skiers from the early days until now. I've worked with these guys on some T-shirt collaborations over the past few seasons for Freeheel Life and we helped support the king of the heel video competition this season… and I'...