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    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...
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    Telemark also retain more elements of Old Norse than those spoken elsewhere in the country. Upper Telemark is also known as the birthplace of skiing....
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    backcountry areas. Ski jumping is practiced in certain areas that are reserved exclusively for ski jumping. Telemark skiing is a ski turning technique...
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    Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise...
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  • Telemark Battalion, a Norwegian Army Mechanized Infantry unit Telemark skiing, a skiing technique Telemark landing, a ski jumping technique Telemark Lodge...
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    Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country...
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  • Skiing, or traveling over snow on skis, has a history of at least eight millennia. The earliest archaeological examples of skis were found in Karelia...
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    skiing is similar to the original form of skiing, from which all skiing disciplines evolved, including alpine skiing, ski jumping and Telemark skiing...
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  • type of skiing is done with alpine touring skis, or telemark gear, where skiers take advantage of climbing skins and a detachable heel, to ski uphill....
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    full Telemark setup. Telemark skiing is at the heavier end of the Nordic skiing equipment spectrum, designed for steep backcountry terrain or ski-area...
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    between alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country, Telemark, and ski jumping) styles of skiing. Until the point of divergence in the mid-20th century...
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  • University Championships January 12–16: FISU World University Championships Ski Orienteering in Lenzerheide February 17–18: FISU World University Championships...
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  • of extreme telemark skiing." Kasha Rigby was born in Stowe, Vermont. She started skiing when she was very young. and began telemark skiing as a teenager...
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  • FIS Telemark Skiing World Cup Carezza FIS Telemark Skiing World Cup Melchsee Frutt FIS Telemark Skiing World Cup Saint Gervais les Bains FIS Telemark Skiing...
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    Sondre Norheim (category Sportspeople from Telemark)
    municipality of Kviteseid in Telemark, Norway. Skiing was a popular activity in Morgedal. Sondre took to downhill skiing as a recreational activity, rising...
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    skiing equipment and techniques. More generally, ski mountaineering is an activity that variously combines ski touring, Telemark, backcountry skiing,...
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    Hedda Berntsen (category Norwegian telemark skiers)
    competed internationally in telemark skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and skicross. She is world champion in Telemark classic from 1997. She later...
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    The telemark landing or just "Telemark" as it is referred to by experts, is a landing technique in ski jumping. It was first tested by Torju Torjussen...
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  • instructional programs in alpine skiing, snowboarding, telemark skiing, cross-country skiing, and para-alpine skiing. PSIA-AASI’s national office is in...
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  • This glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms is a list of definitions of terms and jargon used in skiing, snowboarding, and related winter sports. Contents: ...
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    century. Along with cross-country skiing, it constitutes the traditional group of Nordic skiing disciplines. The ski jumping venue, commonly referred to...
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    the skiing is being done, while terms like ski touring, ski mountaineering, telemark, freeriding, and extreme skiing describe what type of skiing is being...
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  • responsible for the Olympic skiing disciplines, namely Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding. The...
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  • Fender Telecaster, a guitar Lake Tele, Republic of the Congo Telemark skiing, a style of skiing Tiele people, an ancient Turkic tribal confederation Tele...
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    Niklas summited Mount Elbrus, executing a remarkable descent using the Telemark skiing technique. Whether they were the first foreign skiers to achieve this...
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    skiing Snowkiting Speed skiing Cross-country skiing Backcountry skiing Biathlon Disabled Nordic skiing Nordic combined Telemark skiing Skijoring Ski jumping...
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    like urban skiing and swerve skiing. They have rapidly gained popularity on other parts of the mountain as well. Powder skis, all-mountain skis, and even...
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  • cross Ski ballet Speed skiing Nordic skiing Cross-country skiing Ski jumping Nordic combined Telemark skiing Ski mountaineering Ski touring Skijoring Bobsleigh...
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    "track after skis". The inventors of modern skiing classified their trails according to their difficulty. Slalåm was a trail used in Telemark by boys and...
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    Norwegian. Vest-Telemark is also the home of slalom (slalåm) skiing, Telemark skiing, and ski jumping (with its characteristic Telemark landing). "The...
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