|
Sports and Fitness
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips by Allen Obannon Publisher Comments Following up on the phenomenal success of their debut backcountry ski book, Allen and Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips is the perfect book for anybody who's ever yearned to master the subtleties of the telemark turn. Over 100 clear, concise telemark tips... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper 
add to wish list |
|
Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Conditions by Paul Parker Publisher Comments -- Paul Parker is the master of free-heel skiing -- Features a color insert, new illustrations, information on the latest gear, and new anecdotes Incorporating the best and most recent techniques from both alpine and Nordic skiing, Free-Heel Skiing... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Story of Modern Skiing by John Fry Publisher Comments This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Modern Global Ski Culture by Leslie Anthony Synopsis Writer and adventurer Leslie Anthony has spent his life on two planks, racing down hills, searching for the next perfect ride. His real baptism, however, began in the early nineties when Alaska emerged as the ski worlds Next Big Thing. Steep faces and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Allen and Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book by Allen O'bannon Publisher Comments This book is a wealth of tips, knowledge and experience that every wintertime backcountry traveler will find, clear, concise, essential, and most certainly entertaining.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
White Heat: The Extreme Skiing Life by Wayne Johnson Publisher Comments White Heat is pure adrenaline -- a thrilling exploration of extreme skiing that pushes the reader over the edge with heart-pounding accounts of people who risk their lives on the fastest, steepest slopes. Often obsessed and possibly crazy, extreme skiers... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Picabo Nothing To Hide by Picabo Street Publisher Comments The moment she burst onto the world stage at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, twenty-three year old ski racer Picabo Street ignited a fire of excitement in the media and in the hearts of fans that continues to burn today. Following that... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Skiing and Snowboarding Fitness: Reach Your Potential on the Slopes by Mark Hines Publisher Comments A valuable guide to pre -season training. Proper training and conditioning are the best safeguards for an enjoyable and injury-free holiday of skiing or snowboarding. Unlike most sports, skiing and snowboarding put huge demands on both body and mind. A... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
In Search of Powder Signed Edition by Jeremy Evans Publisher Comments As a recent college graduate and fledging newspaper reporter in the Lake Tahoe area, Jeremy Evans became immersed in ski bum culture—a carefree lifestyle whose mantra was simply: “Ski as much as possible.” His snowboarding suffered... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Just Don't Fall: How I Grew up, Conquered Illness, and Made It down the Mountain by Josh Sundquist Publisher Comments One moment Josh Sundquist was your typical energetic and inquisitive nine year- old boy. The next, his entire life changed when he was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a particularly virulent cancer strain that would eventually claim Josh's left leg. Told... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
add to wish list |
|
Downhill Slide by Hal Clifford Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, Downhill Slide is the first investigative analysis of how corporate interests gained control of America's most popular winter sport, and how they are gutting ski towns, the natural mountain environment, and skiing itself in... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Skiing & Snowboarding: Everything You Need to Know about the Coolest Sports by Rosanne Cobb Publisher Comments As the popularity of the Winter X Games demonstrates, skiing and snowboarding are experiencing explosive new growth, yet these exhilarating downhill sports can present a steep learning curve for the first-timer. Written by a professional ski instructor... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.98 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Powder Road by Stephan Drake Publisher Comments "The Powder Road" documents the dream of ski travel. It's the story of a road trip from Colorado to Alaska in search of the best skiing on earth. In February of 2005, with rumors of a big winter in Alaska, four friends left Boulder, Colorado, driving... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Picabo Nothing To Hide by Picabo Street Publisher Comments "Since winning an Olympic silver medal in 1994, Street has been the most interesting personality in a sport desperately lacking for charisma. The story she tells is an entertaining portrait of her eccentricities, insecurities, mind-boggling crashes, and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book: Traveling & Camping Skills for a Winter Environment (Falcon Guides Backcountry Skiing) by Allen O'bannon Publisher Comments Allen & Mike are back with totally updated information and first-hand advice for all aspects of backcountry skiing and winter camping. Learn how to choose the right equipment, avoid hazards such as avalanches and extreme cold, build snow shelters... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Ski North America: The Ultimate Travel Guide by David Holyoak Synopsis An invaluable resource for planning successful ski trips. Ski North America is an informative, illustrated guide to choosing the ideal ski resort. Details include relative costs, accessibility, accommodations, recent improvements, amenities, trail... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Cross-Country Skiing: A Complete Guide by Brian Cazeneuve Publisher Comments Add to that a superb aerobic workout and you have the perfect cold-season sport. It's as easy-going as a spin around the nearest meadow, as thrilling as telemarking down a mountain, as rewarding as hut-to-hut touring in the backcountry. Includes full... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Flexible
add to wish list |
|
Long Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously by Bill Mckibben Publisher Comments In his late thirties, celebrated essayist, journalist, and author Bill McKibben -- never much of an athlete -- decided the time had come for him to really test his body. Cross-country skiing his challenge of choice, he lived the fantasy of many amateur... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Essential Cross-Country Skier by Paul Petersen Publisher Comments Cross-country expertise . . . easily Glide into an invigorating sport with this guide from true experts who show you how to have fun from your first day out and coach you all the way through the advanced skills you'd like to learn. No ordinary manual... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Cross Country Skiing 3RD Edition by Ned Gillette Synopsis Tells how to ski everything from track to backcountry.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
Don't Miss
