The New Guide to Skiing

Packed with specially commissioned freeze-frame photographic sequences of a highly successful instructor demonstrating his skills, this is the definitive guide to one of today's most popular participation sports. Over 350 full-color photos and diagrams.

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Fat boys, carving skis, cross skis, extreme shaped skis: that is the new language of alpine skiing. This best-selling classic has been completely rewritten to explain what makes the shaped skis so revolutionary--and so exciting, especially for beginners. The New Guide to Skiing shows how to ski with greater ease, precision, and control while obtaining optimum performance from shaped skis. Based on the newest and least stressful methods, it demonstrates how to deal with skiing off trail or in deep powder and illustrates the eleven specific turns needed to master difficult conditions, including ice and moguls.