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The Freeheel Life Podcast

Dec 27, 2021

Adam Howard is an old friend of mine and someone who mentored me through my writing endeavors in Telemark skiing. He grew up in Jeffersonville, Vermont where he learned to ski at a very young age. He did some Telemark racing on the east coast in the early 90s before heading out west to attend Western State Colorado...


Dec 20, 2021

John Falkiner is originally from Australia where grew up on a large sheep farm. His father, who learned to ski in Europe before World War 2, introduced him to skiing at 5 years old at Mount Buller in Victoria, Australia.

As a young man he bought a one-way ticket to Europe in 1973 and started working in Verbier,...


Dec 13, 2021

Today I’ve got Freeheel Life General Manager Taylor Johnson onboard for the podcast. Today’s just a general catchup on all things at the retail shop, ski manufacturing, kids Telemark rentals, and more. 

Newsroom & Notes:

  • Online Premiere of the Tele Colorado Film Tour on Friday, December 17th. Details can be found...


Dec 6, 2021

Joe Smith is originally from Red Lodge, Montana. He learned to ski there at the local hill with his friends and was passionate about snow sliding from the start. His junior college days were spent in Northern California around Lake Tahoe skiing and adventuring more. By the early 1990s he headed to the University of Utah...


Nov 29, 2021

Diana Rivera is a professional winter sports trainer and examiner. She has dedicated half her life to the study and practice  of three different winter sports disciplines: ski, snowboard and Telemark.

Her first season as a full-time professional was in 2001 in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain. She’s also worked in...