1. a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kick turn
n 1: a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the
vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the
other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the
other ski is aligned with the first