quersprung
English edit
Noun edit
quersprung
- (skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.
- 1965, Curtis W. Casewit, Ski Fever: How to Master the Fastest-growing Winter Sport:
- His witty book ends with ski specialties such as propeller hops, gazelle christies, the gelaendesprung, the umsprung and the quersprung.
- 2001 March, Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 13, number 1, page 7:
- A quersprung is a turn done with two poles, one on each side, like a gelundesprung but at a much slower speed.