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RIP: TELEMARK

Source: Telemark taxidermy.

THE PANEL

MEGAN MICHELSON, 34, is a former champion of the World Telemark Freeskiing Championships and a Tahoe-based writer.

SAM COX, 36, is a Montana smokejumper who telemarked for about 15 years until 2011.

NOAH HOWELL, 40, is a former tele skier who founded Powderwhore Productions and recently completed a 100-mile race through the San Juans on AT gear.

BROOKE EDWARDS, 44, is a longtime Girdwood, Alaska, local, competitor/competition organizer, advocate, and social pillar of the telemark community.

RYAN BOYER, 45, is one of the most athletic and accomplished telemark skiers on the planet. A

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