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Attention skiers: have you looked down from the chair lift with envy at the ever-growing legionof snowboarders sailing down the slopes and hooting gleefully to each other? Does surfing on snow lookpretty fun? You bet! The Complete Snowboarder can introduce you (as well as non-skiers) to theirworld. With tips from the pros, you can be surfing down the mountain, too. Or, if you're already anexperienced snowboarder, this guide can take you to the next level. Beginners and intermediates alike willlearn new tricks and techniques for getting the most out of a lift ticket.Book Description
“Read this book before you ride.”—Snowboarder“The best book to come along about snowboarding yet.”—New York OutdoorsIdeal for snowboarders of all levels, this second edition of the classic guide is updated to reflect the sport’s rapid evolution over the past five years. In down-to-earth, highly accessible language, The Complete Snowboarder answers every conceivable question readers may have about getting started and keeping going. Featuring invaluable tips from world-class pros, killer action photographs, and clear how-to illustrations, the new edition also addresses the sport’s new gear, from boots and body gear to state-of-the-art bindings and cutting-edge board designs. Here also is detailed advice on back-country snowboarding and tips on finding excellent used equipment, and the latest industry safety standards. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

The Complete SNOWBOARDER
I've returned that book, didn't like it. For beginners I recommend "GO SNOWBOARD" - better, simpler,cheaper,latest issue,instructional DVD included.

Buy the Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding instead.
This book is decent, but the Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding is a much more in-depth and well written book.It is also more entertaining with funny drawings and tips.This book really only skims the surface on all the areas you need to start snowboarding.

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This book is great for begginers and also explains advanced tricks and techniques like methods, spins, cliff drops, carving and explains a little about racing and competative snowboarding. It also gives you usefull info like what to eat before you go, warm-ups, getting on and off chairlifts, ect.

Snowboarding at it purest
I really got alot out of this book, if you want to save yourself a beating on the run's this is for you!

The book was great.
I really liked the book The Complete Snowboarder.It is full of a lot of useful information on how to get started snowboarding.It explains not only the basics but also how to do tricks.I would recommend this book toanyone who has even the slightest interest in snowboarding because oncethey read it they won't be able to wait for the snow to fall. ... Read more