Competition Events
As a competition event, the sport is governed by the International Ski Federation Telemark Committee. The Telemark disciplines are:
- Telemark giant slalom
- Similar to giant slalom, but including a jump marked for style and distance.
- Telemark Classic
- Classic involves a super-g section, a giant slalom section, a jump (with time penalties of up to 7 seconds for short jumps as well as error in the landing), a 360° turn (Reipeløkke), and an uphill sprint.
- Telemark Sprint Classic
- The same as Giant Slalom but with a 360° turn and a short cross-country part where the racers sprint for about 200 m using the free style or skate cross-country skiing technique.
- Mountain Telemark
- Telemark competitions in unprepared snow. Gates and reipelykkje (360°). Telemark equipment. Backpack (5 kg senior, 3 kg junior), helmet. Free style. Most famous is the Norwegian Tinderittet, host of the first Norwegian championship ever in 2005, Galdhøpiggrennet, both in Jotunheimen, and Alperittet in Stranda (Norwegian championship in the year 2006), Norway.
- U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Championships
- Similar to the like-named alpine skiing event. This event is held in Crested Butte, Colorado.
- Sun Valley Tele Series
- The Sun Valley Tele Series is the longest running telemark series in the USA. It host numerous events throughout each ski season.
- Slopestyle/Half Pipe/Big Air
- With the popularity of Telemark skiing in younger crowds, contests and events are popping up around the world for "Newschool" telemarkers. Including the Breckenridge "Spring Massive" festival, which includes a telemark division in Half Pipe, Slopestyle, and a Rail Jam. And new in February 2012, Vail Mountain will be hosting the first ever "Winter Teva Games", which will include a "Big Air" event for telemark skiing.
- Wasatch Powderkeg
- A ski mountaineering event in Salt Lake City, UT with a mix of telemark and alpine touring(AT) participants. In the past, there were separate divisions for AT and telemark participants, but in 2012 they created mens and womens divisions for racers, heavy metal (participants not using ultra-light race gear), and recreational participants.
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