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For a great beginner's weekend; a ton of easy to follow step-by-step illustrations. Part of the "Learn-in-a-Weekend" series. ... Read more

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A book that relieves fear for beginners
I bought this book about 8 years ago for myself.It does a great job of introducing one to the equipment, the physics and fundamentals of downhill skiing.It gives a good head start to anyone who is apprehensive about thier first outing on the slopes.When you take your first lesson, which is highly recomended, you will already be familiar with the terminology and principles thught by the instructor.I still loan this book out to new skiers and they always appreciate it very much.

Nice & Easy Introduction for Beginners
I picked this book up after my first ski lesson, but I wish that I had read it BEFORE heading out to the slopes.The book covers all of the basics for getting started with advice on clothing, equipment, and skiing techniques.For example, one of the most difficult hurdles for new skiers is getting used to the somewhat unnatural feel of ski boots.The book provides some invaluable advice for helping new skiers to acclimate to their boots and work on some basic balancing techniques before heading out to the slopes.

The ski techniques presented mirror the types of lessons and skill progression that beginning students will see on the slopes (i.e., patterned after the American Teaching System and Professional Ski Instructor Association methods).In addition, the techniques are nicely illustrated with color photographs that demonstrate proper skiing techniques as well as some common beginner mistakes.

While I wouldn't advise beginners to forego an introductory ski lesson, the book provides just the right amount of material to help you get the most out of your first lesson(s) and get you off to a great start in the exciting sport of alpine skiing!

Hi!
This is my uncle's book so it has to be good!

A good introduction to skiing but take a lesson!
I was very apprehensive before I skiied for the first time because I was going to be skiing with some excellent athletes (including a former Olympian!). The only book on skiing that was in stock at my local bookstorewas "Learn Downhill Skiing in a Weekend" so I purchased it.

The best way to learn how to ski is to take lessons and to actually goout and ski. However, this book was the next best thing. I learned allabout how to dress, how to use the equipment, some exercises, slopeettiquette and I read up on what I should be doing once I started down themountain. The book was a great introduction but should not be used in placeof lessons. Please, do yourself a favor and take lessons. The book reallyisn't a substitute but it is an excellent SUPPLEMENT. My day on the slopesturned out well although I didn't brave the black diamond trails with myfriends. I stuck to the bunny slope and an intermediate hill.

This bookis aimed at the rank beginner with little to no knowledge of the sport. ... Read more

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With the programme in Ski Games, children can learn basic skills faster, develop more confidence, and enjoy skiing more in a carefree, non-competitive environment. The book will enable teachers or parents to teach skiing playfully and positively, develop solid skiers at young ages, teach specific skills through activities that focus on those skills, teach different age groups, and much more. ... Read more

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Great ideas for teaching kids
Lots of ideas for teaching your own kids or for ski instructors. ... Read more

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Good Tips for All Levels of Tele Skiers
Love the book - laid out well. Each "tip" concise and easy to understand. Book travels well, keep it in your pack for a reference while skiing. Many of the tips are focused on the same basic principles (back foot weighting, upper body facing the fall line, etc...) but approaching these principles in multiple different ways increases the chance that a tip will stick in your brain.

My boyfriend wouldn't listen to me, so I bought him this book.
What a great Christmas present for my bf - everything I was trying to teach him and more (I learned a bunch too), without the dirty looks after saying, "Almost got it, try again".The illustrations are funny and ultra useful because they show you how to do the technique right, almost right, and wrong.You decide which category you fit in.

Fun and informative little book!
This book is really well done; there are lots of fun and humorous illustrations and accompanying text with helpful little tele tips. If you are new to telemark skiing (as I am) this is a great little book. If you are already a good telemark skier there are some good tips and advice for you too. This book's illustrations are really fun and explain the text well. This book's tips range from really basic to really hard, from good basic tele form to skiing tele backwards. It's a great quick read, and you don't have to read it in the order given. Another fun aspect of this book is a flow chart which helps you decide which tips you should be working on. A nice read for the drive up to your ski resort. I can't wait to read the authors' book about backcountry skiing.

Drop the knee - Not the bomb!
I'm the illustrator of this groovy book. If the following sounds like shameless self promotion...it is. 123 tips in this UPDATED book!I personally subjected my ski partners to my less than subtal research technique, I bugged 'em by asking every concievable question and making 'em try (almost) every tip in the book. The winter of 97/98 involved getting up in the morning and going backcountry skiing, then coming home and drawing bizzare cartoons of what subtal telemark insights I uncovered durring the day. The result was the first edition of this book. People actually stop me on the street and thank me for improving their tele-skiing! Then, I spent the next decade practicing and refining NEW tips for this book. Now available, reafdy for your ski season. For example there is a funny cartoon of a guy puting a penny in his [...]...really! Strange but true, this is a valuable tool to perfect this beautiful style of skiing. 'nuff said...Mike Clelland!

The Awesome learned from this BOOK!
When I ask a very awesome and strong tele skier to teach me; she recommended this book. After having reviewed the basics - I can't wait for SNOW to do all the lessons that apply to me!! ... Read more

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Using a unique method we developed, the simple Imagery Teaching System (SITS), each element of expert skiing is divided into simple, illustrated steps and procedures. This comprehensive, user-friendly guide delivers a proven system that transforms intermediate skiers into experts on the snow. We go beyond ski instruction, and offer strategies on motivation and goals, diet, off snow training, and making the right equipment choices. ... Read more

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fantastic
I've had an absolutely fantastic experience with this book.
The instruction couldn't be presented in a more simple fashion.
I read the book over a couple of days, practicing the exercises (many that you can do at home) and had a revolutionary day at the slopes the first day out.
The boot feels a little unpolished in its presentation and a couple of the supplemental chapters are a bit sparse, but the fundamentals are quite sound.
Its not a book for someone just starting out, but if you can make basic turns and you can learn from reading, go for it. Don't let the "expert" in the title discourage you.

Took me to the next level
This book is easy to read and the techniques are very simple. In one season while practicing each technique over and over until they were a reflex action I was able to take my skiing to the next level. I purchased a second book as a gift to a friend who is struggling to improve. I recommend to anyone who would like to improve there skiing ability. Two thumbs way up!!!

Workable, but nothing new.
As an intermediate skier looking to improve, this book was a disappointment since it comes off as merely a Poor Man's version of Harald Harb's "Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier" series. In fact, Phipps usage of terms like "SITS" and "Shift to Flat Foot" for his descriptions that comes awfully close to Harb's "PMTS" method and "Free Foot to Little Toe Edge" move.

Weekend Warriors starts off overpromising its instruction. In the first few sections it repeats the the agenda ahead to the point it's almost comical. It's organized semi-decently but not written extremely well, with several errors throughout.

I tried some of the techniques on-snow and, while workable, don't offer anything new if you've read some of the other, better ski books out there. Throughout most of the book, the instruction is well-intended, but I got the impression Phipps didn't really test his method out thoroughly on novice skiers and a lot of it was hot air.

What the author DOES accomplish though that I wish we saw in other ski instruction books is a simplified way of demonstrating technique. Phipps uses analogies like "hugging a beach ball" or "holding a teacup" that do help as opposed to some of the overly academic descriptions in other books.

Will this book make you a better skier? Possibly if you get around the poor writing. But Phipps becomes guilty of just what he accuses others of (and promises to avoid early on in the book)-- describing too many complicated moves that you won't remember on snow.

The author succeeded in making us believe there was a quick method to hit the slopes ASAP and look good skiing... what was delivered takes just as much practice and work as the other methods. Not something you'll accomplish in one weekend.

Good skiing takes practice. This book may help some beginners, but better to look into Harald Harb's "Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier I" book... which "Weekend Warriors" surprisingly echoes like an imitation perfume. ... Read more

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From the internationally renowned Whistler in B.C. to Mont Tremblant in Quebec, this newest addition to Fodor's Sports Series tells where to find the best early morning powder and special runs, as well as where to get a room with a view. Clive Hobson was editor of Ski Canada Magazine for 10 years and co-host of the TV program "Ski Base." ... Read more

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Here is the ultimate planning guide to skiing in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, and western Canada. Newly revised, this guide brings to life one of the world's most beautiful winter playgrounds with detailed information ski areas, accommodations, restaurants, and winter and summer activities. Photos. ... Read more

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Oldie but goodie
This book is a little out of date now, but it includes all the basics weneeded to plan our ski trip. We wanted to do a road trip through severalWestern states, and with the information in this book, we were able to planwhere to go and where to stay without breaking the bank. It helped usbalance our trip between big resorts that everybody knows about a littleresorts that we hadn't even heard about.

Rocky Mountain Skiing
No much more than a compilation of generally available information.Was hoping for reviews, tips, insight, etc. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review
This is an ideal introduction to skiing, especially for beginners who indeed "know absolutely nothing" or feel a little timid about taking those first slippery steps on the slopes. With illustrations and amusing anecdotes, this informative overview should put any novice at ease. Skiing, after all, is about having fun in the snow. Chapters include instruction on equipment (and how to get fitted correctly), general information on ski areas, how to read trail maps, mountain etiquette, and how to fall "politely" when gravity has its inevitable way. ... Read more

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"In this book, Maggie Loring gives each and every woman a well-designed ski lesson: her approach is personal, customized, encouraging, engaging, and highly informational."--Linda Crockett, Education Director, Professional Ski Instructors of America

"Reading this book is like having a big sister--attentive, informed, and supportive--take you on the ultimate skiing adventure."--Mermer Blakeslee, National Demonstration Team member of Professional Ski Instructors of America

"This is a wonderful, comprehensive introduction to skiing. Maggie Loring calms anxious readers with her sensitive descriptions of getting started, and she tempts all readers with the extraordinary experiences this lifetime sport offers."--Carol Levine, Training Manager, Vail and Beaver Creek Ski and Snowboard Schools, Colorado

Find the joy, lose the jitters

Turn fear into thrill, unite mind and body, rediscover play and adventure, and give everyday cares a rest. In this book, veteran instructor Maggie Loring lovingly shares her lifelong enthrallment with alpine skiing and shows women of all ages how to find the same joy and confidence in this timeless sport. Full of inspiration, encouragement, personal stories, and supportive, wise-woman counsel from many female skiers, Skiing: A Woman's Guide helps you conquer the slopes with clear, illustrated instructions . . . advice on where to go . . . what to wear and what gear to choose . . . and resources for locating the right instructor and connecting with other women skiers. ... Read more

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Informative and Inspirational Advice for Women Skiers
This book provides practical information about skiing for women of all ages and abilities. This advice ranges from helpful hints for beginners to technical pointers for advanced skiers in powder. What makes the book morevaluable than a standard how-to book, is its female perspective and theshared stories of real women skiers. I recommend this book for it practicalinformation as well as for its descriptions of the motivations of a varietyof women skiers. Read this book and you'll be itching to get on the slopes.

Captures the whole experience of skiing, very enjoyable read
Skiing: A Womens Guide offers practical and up to date advice for women who want to learn more about this great sport. After reading this book I felt it truly captured the experience of skiing. I enjoyed reading aboutall of the aspects of skiing, what to wear, safety on the mountain, as wellas expected experiences for beginners to experts.This book covers all ofthis and much more in articulate and common sense language. ThanksMaggie,for publishing a guide for a group of skiers that have a greaterneed to understand the basics before moving on to bigger challenges. I'vebeen involved in teaching women to ski for over ten years and this bookalso illustrates the fun, friendships and learning that occurs with womenskiers. Outstanding job. ... Read more

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Part of a series of redesigned and revised books, this book explains all aspects of the sport of skiing and is produced in collaboration with the English Ski Council. ... Read more

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Great for beginners
In disagreement with the reviewers below I think the book is great, maybe not quite *****, but **** wouldn't do it justice. As a beginner it gave me the great comfort of only looking like a fool when I really acted like one (most of the time) and not because I thought that abseiling was a skiing term. If you know what they actually mean when the instructor asks you to edge harder or to unweigh on a bump, then you are just puzzled by the reaction of your body, not so much by the reaction of your mind ... It helped me a lot!

Jolly Useful
There is not much to say. I find the book very useful and I learnt more from it than from many so called "learn how to ski" books. I quite agree with the previous reviewer but I am definitely not asnowboarder.

Good as far as a dictionary goes
I happen to have one of these rare books and it shows it was written some time ago and in Europe, but this makes it so exciting for me - to see all the words and what they used to mean. Take a look and see what PIPE used tobe. ... Read more

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Reach your full potential and become a relaxed, confident skier Attitude is everything. Skiers fly down slopes of fresh powder to relish the adrenaline rushes and natural highs that overwhelm the senses. But discouraging setbacks, unforeseen accidents, and plaguing anxiety often block the path to rhythmic effortless runs. And, as anyone who has skied can tell you, this is a sport that requires mental concentration, physical reaction, and emotional well-being. Just as the body needs training to Andure hours on the mountain, the mind must be strong to reach full potential - whether in fun or competition.Smart Skiing introduces skiers to the latest methods of achieving maximum performance, avoiding burnout, and gaining self-confidence through mental training. Dennis Selder offers specific methods for self-evaluating physical skills and personal characteristics. Readers will find ways to establish realistic goals as they master techniques for controlling tension, achieving maximum relaxation, and developing confidence. Finally, Selder's program explains how to handle competition, recover after minor and major calamities, and maximize fun on the mountain. ... Read more

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An excellent way to improve your skiing quickly.
I like the way the author uses anecdotes and examples to help me understand principles of mental training that other books make too complex. I've applied the techniques in this book and they really work!

incisive mental preparation for improving skiing skills.
This book has been a long time coming. Dr. Selder provided me with the mental skills and techniques to enhance my physical performance on the slopes. He has the ability to break down the complex workings of mentalmoguls and translate them into easy steps that I can follow to improve bothmy skill level and my overall enjoyment of this great sport. I got a copyfor my brother so he can keep up with me in Mammoth this New Year. ... Read more

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Here is a clear and concise manual to take free-heeled downhill skiing off the page and onto the slope. Here is every conceivable technique and variation of technique to solve any condition you will ever encounter. ... Read more

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