Skiing The Americas
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Skiing The Americas
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Author : John Clarkson Jay
language : en
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Release Date : 1947
Skiing The Americas written by John Clarkson Jay and has been published by New York : Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with Skis and ski-running categories.
The Story Of Modern Skiing
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Author : John Fry
language : en
Publisher: University Press of New England
Release Date : 2017-03-14
The Story Of Modern Skiing written by John Fry and has been published by University Press of New England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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 sport's development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author's personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women's World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine champion Billy Kidd, Sarajevo gold and silver medalists Phil and Steve Mahre, and industry pioneers such as Vail founder Pete Seibert, metal ski designer Howard Head, and plastic boot inventor Bob Lange. Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing, and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and extreme skiing. He looks closely at skiing's relationship to the environment, its portrayal in the media, and its response to social and economic change. Maps locating major resorts, records of ski champions, and a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index of names and places make this the definitive work on modern skiing. Skiers of all ages and abilities will revel in this lively tale of their sport's heritage.
Wild Snow
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Author : Louis W. Dawson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Wild Snow written by Louis W. Dawson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Presents historical background on ski mountaineering, which is climbing a mountain on skis and then skiing down the slopes, and offers tips on climbing and skiing specific mountains.
Skiing The Great Resorts Of North America
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Author : Wendy Williams
language : en
Publisher: Chicago : Contemporary Books
Release Date : 1978
Skiing The Great Resorts Of North America written by Wendy Williams and has been published by Chicago : Contemporary Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Skiing The American Way
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Author : Peter G. Estin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Skiing The American Way written by Peter G. Estin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Skis and skiing categories.
Skiing America
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Author : Charles Leocha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Skiing America written by Charles Leocha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Ski resorts categories.
Skiing In New Mexico
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Author : Daniel Gibson and Jay Blackwood
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021
Skiing In New Mexico written by Daniel Gibson and Jay Blackwood and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
New Mexico's long and distinguished skiing history began with the miners of the late 19th century and its pioneer settlers. Ski area development was launched in the 1930s in the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque and quickly spread to the southernmost range of the Rocky Mountains--the Sangre de Cristos, north of Santa Fe. Students of a boarding school, the Los Alamos Ranch School, took up the sport in the Jemez Mountains, and when the school was occupied in the 1940s by American and international scientists like Neils Bohr working to create the world's first atomic bomb, they enthusiastically pursued skiing in their rare spare time. Taos Ski Valley's founding in 1955 elevated the scene to world-class status, and today, there are eight major downhill ski areas and one cross-country center stretching from the deserts of south-central New Mexico to the Colorado border.
In Search Of Powder
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Author : Jeremy Evans
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
In Search Of Powder written by Jeremy Evans and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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 when he left for a job in the Portland area; and when, at twenty-six, he suffered a stroke, he reexamined his priorities, quit his job, moved back to Tahoe, and threw himself into snowboarding. But while he had been away, the culture had changed. This book is Evans?s paean to the disappearing culture of the ski bum. A fascinating look at a world far removed from the larger culture, it is also a curious account of a passion for powder and what its disappearance means. ø Evans looks at several prominent ski towns in the West (including Crested Butte, Jackson Hole, Telluride, Lake Tahoe, Park City, and Mammoth) and the ski bums who either flourished or fled. He chronicles the American West transformed by rising real estate costs, an immigrant workforce, misguided values, and corporate-owned resorts. The story he tells is that of quintessentially American characters?rejecting materialism, taking risks, following their own path?and of the glories and pitfalls their lifestyle presents.
The Fall Line America S Rise To Ski Racing S Summit
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Author : Nathaniel Vinton
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2015-02-02
The Fall Line America S Rise To Ski Racing S Summit written by Nathaniel Vinton and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
“Great sports writing. . . . [Vinton] is taking us inside a world few ever visit.”—James Hill, Washington Post Harnessing nature’s most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sport’s legends are born. Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety, this band of iconoclasts made a place for their country on some of the world’s most prestigious race courses. Even as new technology amplified the sport’s inherent danger, the US Ski Team learned how to win, and they changed downhill racing forever. The Fall Line is the story of how it all came together, a deeply reported reconstruction of ski racing’s most dramatic season. Drawing on more than a decade of research and candid interviews with some of the sport’s most elusive figures, award-winning journalist Nathaniel Vinton reveals the untold story of how skiers like Vonn and Miller, and their peers and rivals, fought for supremacy at the Olympic Winter Games. Here is an authoritative portrait of a group of men and women taking mortal risks in a bid for sporting glory. A white-knuckled tour through skiing’s deep traditions and least-accessible locales, The Fall Line opens up the sexy, high-stakes world of downhill skiing—its career-ending crashes, million-dollar sponsorship deals, international intrigue, and showdowns with nature itself. With views from the starting gate, the finish line, and treacherous turns in between, The Fall Line delivers the adrenaline of one of the world’s most beautiful and perilous sports alongside a panoramic view of skiing’s past, present, and future.
The Skier S Guide To The Biggest Skiing In America
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Author : Strickler Enterprises
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-12-30
The Skier S Guide To The Biggest Skiing In America written by Strickler Enterprises and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-30 with categories.
An introduction to the resorts on Lone Mountain, MT with a bit of history, a description of each run, the derivation of the names, and suggestions for ski days for various levels