{"id":3257,"date":"2025-05-22T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:59:36","slug":"early-ski-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/history\/early-ski-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Ski Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-1536x877.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_6b240cba84e144e8a7e50e310a761673mv2-2048x1169.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When ski-ing was first introduced to the Alps, the tradional single ski stick gave way to two, and the practice of ski-riding, like a witch on a broomstick, was eschewed. However the Nordic skis and bindings did not easily allow ski-runners, as they were called, to turn. As a result the most popular way to descend a steep slope was to run in a straight line &#8211; a style called &#8220;glissading&#8221; &#8211; until either gravity or a fall brought the ski-runner to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_0d005a4777fc42d4928a8bff0d88414fmv2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_0d005a4777fc42d4928a8bff0d88414fmv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_0d005a4777fc42d4928a8bff0d88414fmv2.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_0d005a4777fc42d4928a8bff0d88414fmv2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f2bd4c_0d005a4777fc42d4928a8bff0d88414fmv2-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The earliest turns were called the Christiana and the Telemark, both named after places in Norway. Christiana is now called Oslo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925-1024x665.png\" alt=\"Arnold Lunn directing Walter Amstutz round a slalom course in 1925. The modern slalom was invented by Lunn.\" class=\"wp-image-3260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925-1024x665.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925-1536x998.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lunn-directing-Amstutz-1925.png 1952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When ski-ing was first introduced to the Alps, the tradional single ski stick gave way to two, and the practice of ski-riding, like a witch on a broomstick, was eschewed. However the Nordic skis and bindings did not easily allow ski-runners, as they were called, to turn. As a result the most popular way to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/history\/early-ski-technique\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Early Ski Technique&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3261,"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}