SkIIng Manual: The Essential Guide to All Kinds of Skiing - Hardcover

Mattos, Bill

 
9780857334817: SkIIng Manual: The Essential Guide to All Kinds of Skiing
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0857334816 ISBN 13: 9780857334817
Verlag: Haynes Publishing Group, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

The Skiing Manual offers instructions on technique and skills from an author with over 30 years of skiing experience. It will cover every type of skiing from cross-country to mountaineering, highlighting the important differences between genres. It explains the clothing and equipment required for every type of skiing and of course the skis, boots, bindings and poles, as well as skills, snow science, and safety and rescue. It's presented in color with easy-to-follow step-by-step sequences and a wealth of inspirational action photographs. History of skiing - from prehistoric travel to Olympic competition ; Clothing and equipment for all types of skiing; Learning to ski - carrying and putting on skis, choosing a ski school; Life on the hill - what it's like on the mountain, how to buy a lift pass, and how to get around in the snow; Skiing technique - from snow plough turns to extreme skiing; Ski lifts - the different types, and how to use them; Types of skiing - cross country, telemark, freeskiing and adventure skiing; Mountain safety - avalanches, precautions, equipment and rescue; Ski culture - Café culture and après ski; Ski travel - skiing around the world, and how to get there; Competition disciplines - downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super G, jumping, freestyle, cross country (and biathlon)

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bill Mattos lives in the French Alps and has been skiing for more than 30 years. An experienced author, he has written many books and magazine articles on adventure sports and survival. He is the author of the Haynes Kayaking Manual.

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Verlag
Haynes Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0857334816
ISBN 13 
9780857334817
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
Haynes
gpsr.haynesuk@infopro-digital.com

Sparkford
Yeovil
Somerset
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Vereinigtes Königreich