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Books: Subjects: Skiing
Colorado: Hut to Hut : A Guide to Skiing and Biking Colorado's Backcountryby Brian Litz Available from Amazon $0.21 On 7-19-2006 
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Windsurfing: The Skills of the Game (Skills of the Game S.)by Ben Oakley List Price: $24.00 Available from Amazon $24.00 On 7-19-2006 
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Essentials of Skiing: The Fastest Way to Mastering the Slopesby Harald Harb List Price: $15.95 Available from Amazon $10.37 On 7-19-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description The world's greatest ski instructor shows you the eight key steps to skiing perfection. Twenty years ago, Harald Harb revolutionized learning to ski with his Primary Movement Teaching System. Harald has personally trained thousands of recreational skiers and many thousands more have mastered skiing through his books and videos. Now Harald reveals to readers everywhere the eight basic lessons that grant immediate improvement to any skier at any level. Essentials of Skiing is an easy-to-use yet powerful eight-step program proven to create success on the slopes. With in-depth descriptions and clear, detailed photos, the techniques and exercises will benefit skiers at every level from the novice to the most advanced. Essentials of Skiing will show you how to: • Perfectly coordinate your upper and lower body movements • Increase your pure balancing ability • Improve your range of motion without muscle strain • Expertly handle bumps, carving, turns, poles and much, much more Whatever your level, Essentials of Skiing is your guarantee of skiing success. 200 photos. About The Author Born in Austria, Harald Harb raced the World Cup circuit with the Canadian National Ski Team. As a coach, Harb directed ski racing programs that produced some of the United States' most successful National Team members and Olympic medalists. Author of Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1 and 2, he developed the revolutionary Primary Movement Teaching System to educate the millions of recreational skiers who seek a path to ski mastery. He lives near Denver, Colorado. |
Everything the Instructors Never Told You About Mogul Skiingby Dan Dipiro List Price: $13.45 Available from Amazon $13.45 On 7-19-2006
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Top Ski Resorts of the Worldby Arnie Wilson List Price: $35.00 Available from Amazon $23.80 On 7-19-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description From Chamonix and St. Moritz in the European Alps to Aspen, Colorado, and Lake Louise, Canada, this beautifully illustrated volume features 40 of the most celebrated, fashionable, and diverse skiing destinations in the world. Each resort is treated individually, with the author's vivid and lively description, handsome color photos, and an information panel that tells readers how to get there, the site's altitude, number of lifts, types of pistes or ski runs, the resort's special advantages, and its drawbacks. Each description also features a small map showing nearby cities and approaches by highway. The resorts and sites described encompass the globe, and are categorized by home country. Described in France are Val d'Isère et Tignes, Courchevel et les Trois Vallées, la Grave et les Deux Alpes, and others. Included among Austrian resorts are St. Anton-am-Arlberg, KitzbŸhel, and Ischgl. For Switzerland, the book covers Zermatt, Berbier, St. Moritz, and others, and for Germany, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Still other resorts include Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo and Selva e Val Gardena, Scandinavia's Åre and Riksgränsen and Narvik, Canada's Whistler and Blackcomb, Lake Louise and Banff, and Fernie—and for the U.S., Aspen, Jackson Hole, Lake Tahoe, Vail, Telluride, and others. Literally the whole world is covered, including resorts in Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. Described for the extra-adventurous advanced skier are several remote "helidrop" areas that are not resorts, but which feature wonderful slopes. Among them are Manali in the Himalayas and Valdez in Alaska. Hundreds of beautiful full-color photos help make this handsome book a reliable ski vacationer's guide and an armchair traveler's dream book. Back Cover Copy WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED SKI AND TRAVEL WRITERS of our time, Top Ski Resorts of the World spans 15 countries to present a collection of 40 of the most popular and diverse skiing destinations around the globe. The description of each resort is accompanied by striking and inspiring photography, a map of the location and surroundings, and a fact panel containing practical resort information. |
The Essential Guide to Skiing: 201 Things Every Skier Must Knowby Ron LeMaster List Price: $21.95 Available from Amazon $14.27 On 7-19-2006
See Item's Page Book Description The Essential Guide to skiing is no rehash of the standard "how to ski" books, simply updated with newer pictures of newer equipment and clothing. Nor is it "Skiing for Dummies." Instead, it is a comprehensive book packed with authoritative advice on every aspect of the sport. For novices, there is information on how to walk in ski boots, when and where to rent equipment, and where to attach a lift ticket. Experienced skiers can learn how to find the shortest lift lines to the best slopes, discover the best goggle lens colors for flat light, and uncover the best powder stashes even when the mountain looks skied out. Other subjects range from the financial (finding the cheapest lift tickets) to the mundane (evaluating the fiber content of a pair of ski socks) to the creative (how to take great action pictures and videos). Extensive black-and-white photographs add to the fun. |
Skiing Zen: Searching for the Spirituality of Sportby Rick Phipps List Price: $22.95 Available from Amazon $14.92 On 7-19-2006
See Item's Page Book Description Guided by a strange epiphany, Richard Phipps traveled to Japan with $600 and a pair of skis. The result, skiing Zen, is much more than a ski adventure. It is a tapestry of thought about sports and awareness, about differences between Eastern and Western thinking, and about individualism amidst group pressure. Woven into the travel anecdotes, cultural insights, and skiing action are intriguing concepts such as the spectrum of attention and distraction, the evolving spiral of learning, the power of guided imagery, and the correlation between Zen and love. Stunning in scope and yet penetrating in its earnest insight, Phipps is indeed Searching for the Spirituality of Sport.
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Camille Duvall's Instructional Guide to Water Skiingby Camille Duvall List Price: $16.95 Available from Amazon $16.95 On 7-19-2006
See Item's Page From Library Journal Aspiring and proficient water skiers will find a wealth of practical how-to information in this work by Duvall, a five-time World Professional Slalom Champion. With concise, readable instructions she handily takes the absolute novice through the nuts-and-bolts of water skiing basics, as well as giving the more experienced practitioner tips for improvement and fine-tuning. Nothing is left to chance, with chapters on "Essential Equipment," "Boats and Drivers," and even "Installing Your Own Slalom Course." Naturally, water skiing cannot be learned from a book, no matter how well written. However, Duvall provides an accessible work on what is in store and, for those who've already started, how to make it easier and more enjoyable. A handy glossary defines and references common water skiing terms and acronyms. A good purchase for resort area public libraries. Illustrations not seen. - David M. Turkalo, Social Law Lib., Boston Copyright 1992 Reed business Information, Inc. |
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