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The fast track to great skiing
Read it, watch it, do it with this innovative book and 30-minute DVD for anyone itching to get up off the sofa and go!
Clear step-by-step coaching and inspirational photography in the book will get you started or improve your skills. Then, master techniques with your own virtual coach – from the snowplough to parallel turns, the 30-minute DVD uses 360 degree live-action freeze-frame graphics and slow-motion sequences guaranteed to get you ready for the slopes in no time.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am currently living in Switzerland and decided I would like to try to learn to ski. So this past season I had some lessons with instructors from the official Swiss Ski School. I bought this book in the hope that I could use it as a reminder, during the off season, of what I had learned.
Honestly I was amazed. Everything described in the book and shown on the DVD, was exactly the same as I had been taught in my lessons. It's a complex activity and not easy to describe or illustrate. I'm not sure any book or DVD can really substitute for a real coach, but as an introduction for a beginner, or as a refresher to a novice, I think this book is excellent.
Honestly I was amazed. Everything described in the book and shown on the DVD, was exactly the same as I had been taught in my lessons. It's a complex activity and not easy to describe or illustrate. I'm not sure any book or DVD can really substitute for a real coach, but as an introduction for a beginner, or as a refresher to a novice, I think this book is excellent.
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it has many step by step full colour illustrations and a DVD showing how to ski which brings the subject to life.
On the other hand, the book is too ambitious and attempts too much, starting from absolute beginners (eg what clothes skiers need) to freestyle jumps and skiing on large bumps. Trying to cover so much in a relatively small book means not enough detail to each aspect of the skiing. To illustrate this, the book is about 150 pages long, (not including the index). Yet it is not until page 50 that the book explains how to actually put on the skis. Clearly much space is given to beginner's matters which many intermediate skiers will not need. To properly cover all this material needs a longer book.
On the other hand, the book is too ambitious and attempts too much, starting from absolute beginners (eg what clothes skiers need) to freestyle jumps and skiing on large bumps. Trying to cover so much in a relatively small book means not enough detail to each aspect of the skiing. To illustrate this, the book is about 150 pages long, (not including the index). Yet it is not until page 50 that the book explains how to actually put on the skis. Clearly much space is given to beginner's matters which many intermediate skiers will not need. To properly cover all this material needs a longer book.
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Excellent book and DVD
This is an excellent book to read prior to a ski trip to gain some knowledge of the techniques required. The accompanying DVD also demonstrates the techniques. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Malcolm Gordon
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This book and DVD are very good for all those who wish to learn to ski and also for those intermediate skiers who need to brush up on the essential drills for improving technique. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by P. J. Maitland
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This is a great book! I've had beginner lessons and have been skiing for a few months now and this book was ideal for reviewing what I had been taught, making sure I'm still doing... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Mimi
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I brought this on recommendation from my ski instructor, the book and DVD are extremely useful to all, advanced or beginner. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2009 by Jen
Go Ski helps you to ski
I had been skiing three times before, but the whole experience was overwhelming...
Having a dvd to watch before going, was very useful and the book was very readable once... Read more
Having a dvd to watch before going, was very useful and the book was very readable once... Read more
Published on 5 April 2009 by R. Hateley
Average
Not bad,not good either. It has some good tips, some useful beginners info but it has neither enough meat to satisfy people who really want to understand the basics or enough... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2009 by GS
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Although abit Americanized, a really useful DVD and both myself (a beginning at skiing) and my husband (an intermediate) picked up some useful tips.
Although abit Americanized, a really useful DVD and both myself (a beginning at skiing) and my husband (an intermediate) picked up some useful tips.
Published on 16 Feb 2009 by Mj Howell
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