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Welcome To The New Age -Telemark Evolves Into Its Modern Form
What that might mean and why it might matter.

Jack O'Brien
Oct 25, 20255 min read


Hello Again, Telemark
Here we go again.

Jack O'Brien
Oct 1, 20253 min read


Can the Wider Discussion on Telemark Ever Be Elevated?
Can the visible conversation on free-heel skiing reach a deeper level, or is the discourse on The Turn doomed to dissonance? “I care that...

Jack O'Brien
Jun 9, 20248 min read


The Toil That is the Backcountry
We didn’t really have a great plan – at least that’s how I felt. My backcountry partner wanted to ski a certain line that I was sure...

Jack O'Brien
Dec 18, 20237 min read


An Ode To The Telemark Instructor
Sitting on the floor of my parent’s old house in Steamboat Springs, I helped distribute gifts to my sister, mother, and father while...

Jack O'Brien
Oct 14, 20235 min read


Fatherhood, Unexpected Discoveries, and an Ode to the Biggest Winter
The ski season had weeks ago ended, but the five-hundred-foot hill in town still held ample snow . It had been the winter of the ages;...

Jack O'Brien
Aug 10, 20234 min read


What Does Telemark Need Next? Part II: The Great Free-Heel Knowledge Gap
A coming new gear paradigm gives reason to think that telemark could be well positioned for the future. But is it - and telemark as a...

Jack O'Brien
Jul 27, 202311 min read


Reflections on a Year of Writing
Amazingly, a year has gone by since I started writing with any seriousness. And though I haven’t made much of a mark, it has surely been...

Jack O'Brien
Apr 13, 20234 min read
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