All-Mountain Skier - R. Elling

All-Mountain Skier

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2002 | 2nd edition
McGraw-Hill Contemporary (Verlag)
978-0-07-140841-7 (ISBN)
22,68 inkl. MwSt
A step-by-step guide to becoming an expert all-mountain skier. It takes you to the difficult places on the mountain - bumps, steeps, and trees - and helps you conquer them. It contains the information you need on equipment - including shaped skis, boots, bindings, and footbeds.
"Covers more information than a week's worth of private lessons." - "Ski magazine". "The All-Mountain Skier" takes you to the most difficult places on the mountain - bumps, steeps, and trees - and helps you conquer them. If you yearn for speed, gravity-defying jumps, or fluid grace on challenging terrain, here is your step-by-step guide to becoming an expert all-mountain skier. This second edition contains all the information you need on the latest equipment - including shaped skis, boots, bindings, and footbeds - to perform like a pro on crud, hardpack, powder, and ice. "Wow! This book can help you conquer the steeps of Valdez, the peaks of the Alps, the powder of Alta, and everything in between. A blizzard of information that will truly change the way you ski." - Gordy Peifer, U.S. (2000) and Canadian (1998) Freeskiing Champion, ski film star.

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Preface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsI. IntroductionII. Creating a Toolbox1. Stance2. Steering3. Outside Ski Dominance4. The Footwork Blend5. Edging: Getting on Them, Getting off Them6. Pressure Control7. Body Mass Movement8. Turn Size and Shape9. Using Your PolesIII. You CAN Blame It on Your Gear! Sometimes10. Skis11. Boots12. Poles and Bindings13. AlignmentIV. Getting Tough: Advanced Situations14. Carving15. Powder16. Crud17. Bumps18. Steeps19. TreesV. Getting TechnoAppendix: Additional ResourcesIndex

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.10.2002
Zusatzinfo 45 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 185 x 239 mm
Gewicht 413 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Ski- / Wintersport
ISBN-10 0-07-140841-X / 007140841X
ISBN-13 978-0-07-140841-7 / 9780071408417
Zustand Neuware
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