Volunteers Needed for US Telemark National Championships

SEEKING TELEMARK SUPPORTERS, COMPETITION JUNKIES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF RACERS AND GENERALLY WILLING VOLUNTEERS to help with the US Telemark National Championships in Steamboat Springs on Thursday February 26 through Sunday, March 1.  Volunteer for 1 day or for all 4 days, or somewhere in between.  Watch the best ... More

Sunlight Mountain Sprint Classic

Sunlight Mountain Resort held the first "Joslin Sprint Classic" race on January 17th as part of their Backcountry Festival weekend which included an all mountain race the following day.  There were 47 entries in the Sprint Classic Telemark Race consisting mostly of the young telemark skiers that are training at various ... More

2009 World Championships

Back Row:  Ken Recker, Ben Paley, Shane Anderson, Drew Hauser, Jeffrey Gay, Peter McMahon Front Row:  Lorin Paley, Kelsey Schmid-Sommer, Erika Walters Two local Whitefish Telemark team members raced in the Telemark World Championships in Austria last week.  Kelsey Schmid-Sommer and Peter McMahon raced against 130 ... More

Telemark Triumph – Kelsey Schmid Sommer

Published: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:33 AM CST DILLON TABISH The Daily Inter Lake Telemark skiing is a sport that Kelsey Schmid-Sommer has mastered the only way you can -- the hard way. "It's the sport of 10,000 falls," the three-time national telemark champion and Whitefish resident said. "You need to fall ... More

Latest FIS News – December 2008

Telemark World Cup season launches in France and Switzerland  The first two FIS Telemark World Cup events have taken place in the fortnight. The 2008/2009 Telemark season started in Les Houches (FRA) with a sprint and classic races on 13th-14th December and continued in the 2007 Telemark World Championships venue of ... More

Team News (Blog) From Europe – Updated with Team Emails

This article will be like a blog of all the email updates sent from the team in Europe.  Check often to keep up to date with their progress.  The team is in Europe for races in Slovenia followed by World Championships in Austria and then a few racers will go on to Spain to race before returning home.   ... More

US Team Heads to Europe and World Championships

This week ten members of the US Telemark National Team depart for Europe to attend the World Championships in Kreischberg Austria beginning January 22.  Shane Anderson, Drew Hauser, Ken Recker, Erika Walters, Lorin Paley, Ben Paley and Jeffrey Gay, all of Colorado will leave Tuesday January 13.  They will meet Suzanne ... More

CW-X Announces Sponsorship of US National Telemark Team

Monday, 05 January 2009 16:04 Becomes Official Baselayer Supplier To World Cup Team NEW YORK, N.Y. (Dec.  2008) - The Wacoal Sports Science Corporation, makers of CW-X® Conditioning Wear (www.cw-x.com), has  signed an exclusive agreement to become the "Official Baselayer Supplier" of the U.S. National Telemark Ski ... More

“More Cowbell” Tele Shirts Now Available from Big Sky Brewing

The Big Sky Brewing Banner created for display at the 2008 National Championships and World Cup Finals received all kinds of attention from racers, families and the general public at these two events.  Skiers riding the chairlift or skiing by would read the banner and yell, "MORE COWBELL".  USTSA organizers had to keep ... More

Results from Thyon Switzerland

Peter McMahon races to a 16th place finish in the Classic at Thyon Switzerland!  This is a great result in a very competitive field.  Peter finished 31st in the GS.  Kelsey is skiing consistently with 8th place finishes in both the GS and the Classic.  Suzanne Pattinson finished with a 13th in the Classic and 14th in ... More