|
Did you come here from a link on another website? See page bottom for latest version of this page.
This site is not associated with any ski area. Use of any page
means you accept the Site Use
Agreement or
EXIT NOW.
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"
--a skiing web manual
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)
private ski lessons at Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek, Arapahoe
Basin
"With their kinesthetic beauty and
fluidity, well-executed turns can be as pleasing to watch as they are to
perform.
In fact, when power and grace are combined, skiing is an art form."
--Jean Louis Poirot in The Professional Skier, Spring 2004, p. 30
Skiing Web Manual Contents
The
first-time skier appeared nervous and asked that the instructor ski beside her and
hold her arm as she moved at snails-pace down the gently inclined snow surface.
At the end of the short descent, however, she turned to her instructor and said, "You know,
it's the sliding part I don't like."

Why read this skiing web manual
That First Ski Lesson
A Little Skiing History
Motion in Skiing
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms (CSWs)
Skier Excuses
Fear in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing.
Equipment and Technique (they go
together)
Skiing Equipment--skis, boots, poles, more
How Skis Work (and how balance makes
skis work)
How to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing Turn Simplified (sort of)--including photo
montages of ski turns
Tactics for Terrains and Snow Textures and Racing
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri of gems, kernels, ideas,
training drills
Children and Skiing
Age and Skiing
Gender and Skiing
Culture and Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Slope Survival
Slope Safety
Skiing Environment
Videos for Advancing and Advanced Skiers
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Copyright © 2013 William R Jones.
a manuscript under preparation.
No right is granted to reproduce any portion of this site without written
permission from William R. Jones
e-mail
phone & fax: 970/468-7673
postal mail: 0637 Blue Ridge Road, Silverthorne, CO 80498
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"--a skiing web manual: SKIING
WEB MANUAL CONTENTS Why Read This Skiing Web Manual
That First Lesson
A Little Skiing History
Motion in Skiing
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms
Skier Excuses
Fear in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing
Equipment and Technique
Skiing
Equipment
How Skis
Work How
to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing Turn
Simplified
Tactics for Terrains and Snow Textures and Racing Skiing Tips and
Tales--a potpourri
Exercises for Developing Skiing Skills
Children
and Skiing
Age and Skiing
Gender and Skiing Culture
& Skiing Skiing Ethics
and Slope Survival Slope Safety
Skiing Environment
Glossary Acknowledgements
SkiMyBest Website Contents
This "Skiing Web Manual... Contents" page
last modified
01/07/2013 05:20:07 PM. Did you come here from a link on another website?
For latest version of this page, copy to your browser:
http://www.SkiMyBest.com/skimanul.htm.
Copyright © 2013 William R Jones.
|