| This book is about learning to ski--in the moststraight-forward, efficient way possible. It's ano-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts ski lesson. As it begins,The Way To Ski/assumes you know nothing aboutthe sport. It takes non-skiers by the hand, and leadsthem, step by step, along a learning path towardexpertise. It's a picture book. You will see hundreds ofphotos, arranged in sequences to let you trace,understand, and feel what's happening at each level. We have kept the text as "short and sweet" aspossible, eliminating, wherever we could, all ~~high-tech jargon and complex theory. Most of whatyou read relates directly to the photos. The photos are accompanied by short remarks,which appear in capital letters. These are the friendlydirections a ski instructor might offer as you performthe lessons. Please don't be misled by our book's apparentsimplicity. The progression of skiing concepts weoffer is based on millions of instructor-hours ofpractical experience8 Foreword It's also derived from exhaustive research,of the world's leading scholars in the fields 0fl~biomechanics (the study of how the muscles, band joints of the human body work), kinesi0101(how our bodies perform when they're in m0tkeducational psychology (how people learn best]ski mechanics. Basically we, the co-authors, are both just sllinstructors. We have been involved in ski teadfor longer than we'd like to admit. Stu Campbell, formerly Educational Co-Chaiof Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSt~Director of Skier Services at Heavenly Valley,California/Nevada. He is also the technique edlSKI Magazine, published in New York. Max Lundberg, Education and Internati0nal;!President for PSIA, is an ex-member and ,coachthe U.S. Alpine Demonstration Team, and afrequent contributor to both SKI and SKIINGmagazines. For many years Max has headed theEngen Ski School in Alta, Utah, and is listedthe finest powder-snow skiers in the world. |
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