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Title: Learn Downhill Skiing in a Weekend by Konrad Bartelski ISBN: 0-679-40952-1 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 08 January, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Nice & Easy Introduction for Beginners
Comment: I picked this book up after my first ski lesson, but I wish that I had read it BEFORE heading out to the slopes. The book covers all of the basics for getting started with advice on clothing, equipment, and skiing techniques. For example, one of the most difficult hurdles for new skiers is getting used to the somewhat unnatural feel of ski boots. The book provides some invaluable advice for helping new skiers to acclimate to their boots and work on some basic balancing techniques before heading out to the slopes.
The ski techniques presented mirror the types of lessons and skill progression that beginning students will see on the slopes (i.e., patterned after the American Teaching System and Professional Ski Instructor Association methods). In addition, the techniques are nicely illustrated with color photographs that demonstrate proper skiing techniques as well as some common beginner mistakes.
While I wouldn't advise beginners to forego an introductory ski lesson, the book provides just the right amount of material to help you get the most out of your first lesson(s) and get you off to a great start in the exciting sport of alpine skiing!
Rating: 5
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Comment: This is my uncle's book so it has to be good!
Rating: 4
Summary: A good introduction to skiing but take a lesson!
Comment: I was very apprehensive before I skiied for the first time because I was going to be skiing with some excellent athletes (including a former Olympian!). The only book on skiing that was in stock at my local bookstore was "Learn Downhill Skiing in a Weekend" so I purchased it.
The best way to learn how to ski is to take lessons and to actually go out and ski. However, this book was the next best thing. I learned all about how to dress, how to use the equipment, some exercises, slope ettiquette and I read up on what I should be doing once I started down the mountain. The book was a great introduction but should not be used in place of lessons. Please, do yourself a favor and take lessons. The book really isn't a substitute but it is an excellent SUPPLEMENT. My day on the slopes turned out well although I didn't brave the black diamond trails with my friends. I stuck to the bunny slope and an intermediate hill.
This book is aimed at the rank beginner with little to no knowledge of the sport.
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Skiing (Complete Idiot's Guide To...) by Claire Walter, Billy Kidd ISBN: 002861965X Publisher: MacMillan Distribution Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Skiing for Dummies by Allen St. John, Allen St John, Jonny Moseley ISBN: 0764551612 Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The New Guide to Skiing: A Step-by-Step Guide in Color, Revised Edition by Martin Heckelman ISBN: 0393319660 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 04 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: All-Mountain Skier : The Way to Expert Skiing by R. Mark Elling ISBN: 007140841X Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Breakthrough on the New Skis 3 Ed: Say Goodbye to the Intermediate Blues by Lito Tejada-Flores ISBN: 0967674727 Publisher: Velo Press Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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