Techniques of turning around (especially in steep areas)<\/p>\n
Kick Turn:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We use this technique to go up a hill in a zickzack route and if we have to change the direction in deep snow.<\/p>\n Herringbone traces<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Disadvantage you need a lot of energy for the herringbone traces<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Downhill technique:<\/p>\n The snowplow<\/em><\/strong> (to reduce the speed and to control the skis)<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bend your knees<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 turn the skis inwards with the tips together<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 put the pressure on the inner edge<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Telemark <\/em><\/strong>technique<\/p>\n Brief history<\/p>\n 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 \u201cfree heel.\u201d Telemark is a ski technique which was invented in the mid 1800\u00b4s in the district Telemark by Sondre Norheim and was originally made popular as a form of backcountry transportation.<\/p>\n 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 <\/em>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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For a Telemark turn you have to:<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0put the \u00a0weight on the outside ski,<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0the inside ski is pulled beneath the body of the skier with a flexed knee and raided heel<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both knees are bended and the center of gravity of your body is low<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The body and leg position remains the same until the turn is completed and is afterwards changed to turn into the other direction<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Techniques of turning around (especially in steep areas) Kick Turn: turn your upper body to the side and stick each your poles to one end of your skis lift one leg and turn your knee for 180\u00b0 and do the … Continue reading \n
Allen O’bannon (2008): Allen & Mike’s Really Cool Telemark Tips, Revised and Even Better!: 123 Amazing Tips To Improve Your Tele-Skiing,<\/h1>\n