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    SKIING WEB MANUAL "SKIING IS A SLIDING SPORT"
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)

"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 Lesson
A Little Skiing History
Motion in Skiing
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms
Skier Excuses
Fear in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing
Equipment and Technique (they go together)
Skiing Equipment
How Skis Work (and how balance makes skis work)
How to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing Turn Simplified (sort of)
Tactics for Terrains and Snow Textures
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri of gems, kernels, ideas
Children and Skiing
Men vs. Women and Women vs. Men and Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Slope Survival
Skiing Environment
Glossary
Acknowledgements

Copyright © 2007 William R Jones, a manuscript under preparation.
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SKIING WEB MANUAL--"Skiing is a Sliding Sport":   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   Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri  Children and Skiing  Men vs. Women/Women vs. Men and Skiing  Skiing Ethics and Slope Survival   Skiing Environment  Glossary  Acknowledgements SkiMyBest Website Contents  
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