Well attestedNamed from the place
telemark skiing
noun · first attested 19th century
Modern skiing was largely worked out by farmers in one Norwegian county.
Skiing with the heel left free, turning with one ski advanced and that knee dropped.
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
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- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Telemark
- In English
telemark skiing
Sondre Norheim and other skiers from Morgedal in Telemark shaped the waisted skis and heel bindings that made controlled turning possible in the nineteenth century. Alpine technique later locked the heel down and the telemark turn nearly vanished, until a deliberate revival in the 1970s.
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