Telemark skiing
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It sits within the topics Cross-country skiing, Nordic skiing and Sports originating in Norway.
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Encyclopedic overview
Telemark skiing is a skiing technique that combines elements of Alpine and Nordic skiing, using the rear foot to keep balance while pushing on the front foot to create a carving turn on downhill skis with toe-only bindings. Telemark skiing is named after the Telemark region of Norway, where the discipline originated. Sondre Norheim is often credited for first demonstrating the turn in ski races, which included cross country, slalom, and jumping, in Norway around 1868. Sondre Norheim also experimented with ski and binding design, introducing side cuts to skis and heel bindings (like a cable).
Skier demonstrating Telemark skiing technique during freeride descent.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Telemark skiing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.