We Learned to Ski : Beginner to Expert – This is the Best Ski-ing Book for You! [Hardcover] evans, harold

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This book is divided into seven sections: Before you begin, Lessons for beginners, The first turns, Lessons for intermediate skiers, The short ski method, Lessons for advanced skiers, Lessons for us all. The contents include where to go, what to wear, skis and bindings, straight running downhill, stopping and going slow, going up the mountain, the traverse, what the ski will do for you, the snowplough or wedge turn, the stem turn, the basic swing, side-slipping, side-slipping on the move, the uphill christie, the stem christie, the parallel christie, the graduated length method, carving the turn, the jet turn, tight turns, how to master the mogul, off-piste skiing, getting out of bad habits, ski craft, getting fit and the skier’s highway code.