Techniques of turning around (especially in steep areas)

Kick Turn:

1. turn your upper body to the side and stick each your poles to one end of your skis
2. lift one leg and turn your knee for 180° and do the same with your other leg as soon as you archived a stable position
3.  take your poles back in their normal position at each side of your body

We use this technique to go up a hill in a zickzack route and if we have to change the direction in deep snow.

Herringbone traces

The tails of the skis are together and a lot of space is in between the tips. From this position we are going up the hill in small steps.

–          Disadvantage you need a lot of energy for the herringbone traces

 

Downhill technique:

The snowplow (to reduce the speed and to control the skis)

–          bend your knees

–          turn the skis inwards with the tips together

–          put the pressure on the inner edge

 

Telemark technique

Brief history

It is a technique that combines alpine and Nordic skiing the special bindings that fix only the toe of the ski boot to the ski creates a “free heel.” Telemark is a ski technique which was invented in the mid 1800´s in the district Telemark by Sondre Norheim and was originally made popular as a form of backcountry transportation.

In the 1970s Telemark catch on the US as an alternative to the normal downhill skiing because the free heel allowed people to go to the backcountry (O’bannon 2008, p 5.) In the 1990es the sport becomes more and more mainstream especially for experienced alpine skier who are looking for new challenges. New gear like the invention of the plasic boot made it much easier to learn the telemarktechnique and the famous telemarkturn.

telemark-turn ( In our case very usefull because we had a lot of full in d a lot i deep and loose snow) is very functional.

 

For a Telemark turn you have to:

–           put the  weight on the outside ski,

–           the inside ski is pulled beneath the body of the skier with a flexed knee and raided heel

–          Both knees are bended and the center of gravity of your body is low

–          When the body faces down the hill, you use the inner edge of our outer ski and initiate a turn in the direction of the opposite direction

–          The body and leg position remains the same until the turn is completed and is afterwards changed to turn into the other direction

 

Allen O’bannon (2008): Allen & Mike’s Really Cool Telemark Tips, Revised and Even Better!: 123 Amazing Tips To Improve Your Tele-Skiing,