Skiing category: 153 books
Physical Skiing
The Skier's Guide to Understanding Peak Conditioning and Performance for Alpine Skiing
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Physical Skiing is the first book to thoroughly address the physical training and performance needs of alpine skiers. All skiers want to ski better, avoid injury and ski for a lifetime. As the population gets older, conditioning will be a crucial element in enabling skiers more days per year. While...
25 Top Ski Destinations
This Amazing Handbook Will Let You Discover The Best Ski Destinations For Your Ski Vacations Including Skiing In Austria, Skiing In Aviemore, Skiing In France And So Much More!
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
When it comes to skiing and winter sports, Europe has more than its fair share of amazing resorts. From the greatly priced, to the more than reasonable, Europe has it all, and has so much to offer any skier. If you’ve never been to Europe on a skiing holiday, or if you’re looking to expand your...
by John Fry
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport’s development, including the emergence...
by E. John B. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Skiing is one of the oldest modes of transportation known, predating the wheel with dated artifacts to prove its pedigree. Skiing for sport, however, did not become common until about 150 years ago. The first Winter Olympic Games, held in Chamonix, France in 1924, were the first to introduce skiing...
Inner Skiing
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
A New, Completely Revised Edition of the Classic Guide to Better Skiing
Have you been searching for a way to overcome your fear, trust your instincts, and ski to your greatest potential? Inner Skiing will help you do all this and more. In this newly updated edition of the skiing classic, W....
by E. John B. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1997
Skiing in New England has not always been such a breathtaking sport connected with winter vacations at distant and local resorts. From the early 1870s, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish immigrants utilized skis to carry the mail and to travel through the woods to school and work. Later, a group of college...
Ski Style
Sport and Culture in the Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2004
Visitors to Colorado's famous ski resorts embrace alpine adventures, luxurious amenities, and a glamorous nightlife, all against a backdrop of towering mountains and high-drifted snow. Wherever they go in search of fresh powder, one thing is certain: skiing has become a major part of recreational...
by John W. Lundin
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Relive the exciting early days of skiing when Snoqualmie Pass was the epicenter of the sport. Ski jumping tournaments attracted world-class competitors to Cle Elum, Beaver Lake on the Summit and the Milwaukee Ski Bowl. The Mountaineers' twenty-mile race from Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass, dubbed "the world's...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Being A Better Skier!
Is the fact that you would like to be a better skier but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable?
First, you are NOT alone! It may seem like it sometimes, but not knowing...
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014
Are you into winter sports and skiing? It's a great way to reduce stress, let go of yourself and enjoy your vacation!
The feeling of going downhill, with the cold air brushing against your skin, nothing beats that. You can totally let go of yourself in this wild sports.
If you'll like...
by Katrin Barth, Berndt Barth
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
You have learned to ski and would now like to start cross country skiing? Then Training Cross-country Skiing is the ideal training companion for you. The question "Training correctly, but how?" is answered in an age-appropriate and sophisticated manner. Descriptions of the most important techniques are...
by Dan DiPiro
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2005
The real mogul skiing instruction youre looking for.
Whether you want to ski gentle moguls with comfort and confidence, turn heads on your local mogul run, or compete in mogul contests, this book will give you the specialized techniques you need to reach your goal.
In this how-to classic,...
by George V. Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Arriving by train to Phoenicia, New York, in the mid-1930s, downhill skiers first discovered the snowy trails of Simpson Ski Slope. Soon after, many Borscht Belt hotels were offering skiing and skating as ways to fill rooms during cold winter months when crowds thinned. In the high central Catskills,...
Free Heel Skiing
Telemark & Parallel Techniques for All Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
* Paul Parker is the master of free-heel skiing
* Features a color insert, new illustrations, information on the latest gear, and new anecdotes for each chapter
* Over 22,000 copies of previous editions sold
Incorporating the best and most recent techniques from both alpine and Nordic skiing,...