By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor
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In 1868, Sondre Norheim introduced the telemark turn in front of a crowd at a ski-jump competition. Today, telemark skiing is a sport with rising standards and popularity.
Reach and plant the left ski pole downhill and to the left of your body when turning left. Plant the right pole when turning right.
Steer both feet by rotating your hips, ankles and knees in the direction you want to go. Use your planted pole as a marker by which to turn around.
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TerryNNevada said
on 12/25/2007 I have to disagree with the comment regarding rotation of hips in the direction you want to go (step 6).
The most consequential lessons I ever received directed me to keep my hips facing down the fall line. Otherwise I tended to over turn and end up facing nearly uphill.
Another trick was to pinch the top of the hip on the outside of the turn into the ribcage above it. This really helps to keep the body facing downhill while at the same time getting a really good edge carved on the outside ski. Those two things can turn a beginner into a very good intermediate telemarker.