Free-Heel Skiing: The Secrets of Telemark and Parallel Techniques - In All Conditions

by Paul Parker, Yvon Chouinard (Foreword)

Here is a clear and concise manual to take free-heeled downhill skiing off the page and onto the slope. Here is every conceivable technique and variation of technique to solve any condition you will ever encounter.

Genres: Sports, Reference

172 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1988

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

another oldie but goodie. I love that this book takes the framework of trying to convince you that you should know all the various skiing techniques so you can handle whatever is thrown your way and enjoy adventures in all kinds of terrain and conditions. I'm sure there are better books on each particular technique, but this is a great primer for someone looking for the fundamentals of each technique. In the current era of specialization, i found this really refreshing and aligned with my attitude towards skiing, and desire to be able to tackle backcountry adventures that include uphill, cross-country, and downhill in one go on one set of skis.

[Sitting Bull · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently re-read this excellent technique manual. The title is quite telling: it does not concern only the telemark turn. Rather, it includes telemark as one of many techniques available for skiing in a free heel rig. The idea is not "tele turn every turn" but to match the technique to the needs of the terrain and snow quality. Highly recommended.

[em · Rating 5 out of 5]

sooooo nerd

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly to review this, really. If you're interested in free-heel skiing, you'll have already read it, and if you're not, you should do your best *not* to become interested, since it's a sad and lonely life, full of leg-press machines and ice-baths.

[Peterthelibrarian Thelibrarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paul Parker's book is pretty much the Telemark Skiing Bible. If you want to learn to telemark, you need this book. I've consulted it every season for about fifteen years, and I still keep learning from it. And I'm fairly sure that it's not just because I'm a slow learner. ;)

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emphasis is on telemark and AT gear. Good photos. Goes well when accompanied with "Cross-country downhill and other Nordic mountain skiing techniques" by Steve Barnett.

[Alistair · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really enlightening book. Tips from this book improved my downhill skiing as well as clarifying what I'd learnt through a number of telemark lessons.

[Maria Ettlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now I have to exersise all that I have read...