telemark

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A skiing turn with the outside ski placed ahead and both skis turned inward

noun
/ˈtɛlɪmɑrk/

Specialized

: telemark

During our ski lesson, the instructor taught us how to perform a telemark turn with precision.
telemark skis
telemark turn
telemark skiing

Examples

Mariel graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2009 and then spent four months in Norway at Hogskolen i Telemark in Rauland studying the hardanger fiddle.

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B.M.E. Moldestad has her Master's in Process Technology from Telemark University College.

Academic text (2018)
Keep working on your Telemark landing.

Eddie the Eagle (2016)
MAN 4: Just off the Telemark Expressway and east toward Harper Valley.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
M.S. Eikeland has her Master's in Industrial Environmental Technology from Telemark University College.

Academic text (2018)
Books and free backcountry news and information here, and tons of Randonnee rando telemark info.

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Julie executed a flawless telemark turn as she descended the snowy slope.
He mastered the art of the telemark turn, gracefully shifting his weight from one ski to another.

Surface Forms

telemark singular

telemarks plural

Etymology

Telemark comes from a region in Norway called Telemark, where skiers first developed this style of turning in the mountains. So a telemark is the special 'turn' in skiing where one ski is placed ahead of the other.