East coast skier here with a downhill alpine racing background; I’ve been skiing for almost as long as I could walk. I initially picked up telemark skiing in college to try something new and haven’t looked back!

I made the switch to NTN with a used pair of Rottafella Freerides which had much more spring and energy in the transitions compared to the traditional 75mm beater set I had been using. Unfortunately while skiing out west, I snapped the baseplate off of the ski after a tumble. I turned on my ADHD superpowers and did extensive research on a new pair of telemark skis and bindings.

Enter Bishop! I ended up going with the Chedi as I will mostly be doing east coast skiing, but want the flexibility to take it steep and deep. I have friends with uphill setups that venture in the backcountry, so I went with the BMF-R for the flexibility, though currently I mostly do resort skiing. From the moment I opened the box, I knew these bindings were special. These bindings are hefty, rigid, and badass! I left the spring-stiffness as-is and took them out the next day.

The bindings pair perfectly with the Chedi and the stiffness is in between the Freerides and a traditional 75mm. Super easy to step-in and out of (I use the handle of my pole to not scratch the aluminum). I felt like I could charge and carve with parallel race turns (“Paramark”, I’ve been told) and drop the knee at speed to carve with 100% torsional stability. I felt locked in. The weight and stiffness reminded me of a pair of race skis with a titanium race plate. The Chedis were stable at high speeds and will respond, carve, and stay on-edge if you put your weight into the turn. Hands-down these are the most fun I’ve had on the mountain on telemark skis!

Haven’t tried in anything deep yet, but I’m looking for any excuse to get out and ski these again, so I’m sure it won’t be long.

The Bishop Telemark bindings are bomber! They are indeed true step in bindings. The adjustable spring tension of these bindings are awesome! I started with them on setting 1 (out of 4), I then set them up to 2 and love the feel there. They have great feel when dropping a knee. When the terrain or snow is questionable, these bindings can be skied as if they are alpine with total control. I have not fallen with these skis yet so I can not speak to the releasability of the bindings.

I finally skied my new Chedis with the BMF/R 75s and was nearly able to keep up with my kids in the steep stuff on their alpine junk. I’m jazzed to try them out in the deep, steep pow! Thanks for the awesome setup along with outstanding service.

Best company out there! Love the service and the hospitality they provide! They’re so great to deal with and their product is amazing

I am an advanced tele skier and ski 35-45 days a year, I have never alpine skied. I've had 4 early season days on my new Chedi skis and ski them with 22Designs Outlaw bindings, definitely not enough time for a full report on how the skis perform in all conditions and terrain, but so far they have performed really well and I would recommend them for others based on my experience with them.
In the trees and bumps the skis are very agile, and want to turn as though they expect it (Trees and Bumps = 9/10).
They are pretty stable at speed and help make groomers enjoyable. (Groomers = 8/10)
That said, they are going to take some time to get used to on really steep and cruddy conditions (that many tele skiers would avoid anyway). (very steep technical crud = Tentative 6.5/10 because maybe I need to dial in how to ski them, again only 4 days on them so far).
Unfortunately I haven't had the pow days to say much about them (Pow = can't wait to find out)
I will see if I can update this review at the end of the season for a more comprehensive assessment.