Ultimate Skiing
by Ron LeMaster · Human Kinetics
The standard book on ski mechanics: a 224-page reference on how skiing works, built on frame-by-frame photo sequences of World Cup racers. It covers balance, edging, pressure and rotation, then applies them to carving, ice, moguls, powder and steeps.
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