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The feel of fluffy snow beneath your feet, the adrenaline rush of speeding downhill, the exhilaration of a completed run-winter sports enthusiasts know just how exciting Skiing and Snowboarding can be. A Basic Guide to Skiing and Snowboarding will improve your skiing savvy, whether you're just starting out on the slopes or you're already testing your strength and agility in slalom, aerials, and moguls.

This unique volume offers helpful advice on choosing the skis, boots, bindings, ski poles, and clothing that are right for you. You'll also find specific guidance on choosing suitable gear for Nordic and Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Just a basic data and info book
It talks about who the great athletes are in skiing and snowboarding, as well as some really basic information of the sport. For example, it tells you that a ski binding is for holding the skis to the ski boots and for releasing the skis when during a fall. Yeah, unless if you find this information almighty valuable, don't buy this book. This book is not a how-to guide, although the book's back cover seems to claim that it will tell you how to improve your skills on slalom, aerials, and moguls. Buy any other book but this one.

Great book to learn about the sport!
A good book for people who are just getting started.

A worthless book
This book was obviously rushed into print to be on the shelves during the Olympics. I just scanned the cross-country section, and it's full of errors, outdated information, bad pictures and confusing instructions. I didn't look at the rest of the book, but I doubt it's much better. ... Read more

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A must handbook for any decathlete or track fan.
Dr. Zarnowski provides a throroughguide for any level of decathlete from beginner to Mastersathletes. The author develops the textfrom a historical perspectiveand walks the reader/athlete through the rules,equipment, training, and insightful competition tips that will benefitathletes of all ages. This bookis not a one time read. This is a handbookthat you will read over and over and it will be in training bag - not onyour shelf. I am sure with the authors expertise in the event this couldhave been decathlons version of "War And Peace", but the writingis concise, entertaining and not over layden with training jargon. A mustfor your library. ... Read more

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Share the Olympic Dream Volume 2 is designed to inform students about the Olympic Games and its traditions, history, sites, and events. It discusses the importance of not winning but taking part, which is the motto behind the Games. This volume also takes a closer look at the sports, and the Olympians. ... Read more

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Women in Olympic Sports presents photographs and biographies of 23 awe-inspiring women athletes who successfully competed in the Olympic Games. This publication also includes a variety of motivational activities, many of which require students to use critical-thinking skills. At the back of the book, there are biographical sketches, which provide a quick look at the lives of 16 additional female Olympians. Women have been a part of the Olympic Games for more than 100 years and many of these women were pioneers in their sport. The foreword is by Anita DeFrantz an Olympic Bronze Medalist and a member of the International Olympic Committee. ... Read more

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Officially endorsed by the International Olympic Committee, this is a comprehensive companion to the 1998 Nagano, Japan Winter Olympic Games. It provides a history of the Olympic movement and the modern Games, including the records and the medalists, from 1924 to the present. There is coverage of contemporary stars: their achievements, aims and hopes for the Winter Olympic Games. In the "Sports File" there is a complete guide to each of the current Winter Olympic sports. ... Read more

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Buy it at the dollar tree
The book is inherently dated as it was written before the 1996 olympics. The CD is really great ... Read more