A Bold Assertion

It's time I went on record with this. I claim that I currently have one of the most unique telemark styles on the planet and that in the future everyone will ski like me. There, I said it and now here's why I think it to be true.
In the earliest days of skiing it was all tele because the only binding you had to hold you onto the ski was a leather thong. If that's the most complex binding you have and you are just a beginner you are going to start off with snowplowing. Once you improve and bindings get better the natural trend would be to do a sort of tele stem-christie turn to move along a little faster.
That is the predominate tele turn now. It hasn't changed much since then. Now with the new NTN boots, bindings and modern skis the new telemark turn is a parallel one. Not alpine parallel but telemark parallel. Skis together, carving on both edges new school style.
The result is that your feet are rarely furhter apart than they are on a bicycle crank. No deep knee bending necessary. The skier remains upright and in the fall line with his skis together carving two perfect turns with the inside heel lifted and the inside toe by the heel of the leading ski.