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Myths, Lies & Skiing

This book will revolutionize how you perceive skiing and ski lessons Les Salmon draws on his experience gained over many years as a ski instructor. It is a priceless jewel not only for his ski instructor colleagues but for all who want to advance their capabilities as skiers. Skiing can be so easy. The author brings the reader to this simple realization in easily understandable language. Direct and spiced with a great deal of humour, Les explains skiing sequences, which at first appear complicated, simply and logically. This makes the subject matter comprehensible for pros and novices alike. The natural flow of movement is in the forefront of his book and Les founds his arguments logically. "Skiing is not more difficult than bicycling." This sounds provocative; but given proper and professional instruction the axiom proves to be true. What the Australian press said; In his book "Myths, Lies and Skiing" Les entertains and educates skiers with flair and fun. His simple directions will have new skiers feeling confident, intermediate skiers rapidly improving and experienced skiers wondering why it always seemed so hard in the past! "Myths, Lies etc" is easy to read and light hearted but technically punchy "how to" ski book. It will grab the reader's attention - whether it is their first time on snow or their thirtieth. Les Salmon is one of those people who make it easy for the new skier to get those turns going. Les is one of Vail- Beaver Creek Ski School's most highly regarded ski instructors. He dispenses his proven teaching techniques with a "down to earth" approach generously smattered with his biting Scottish humour.

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Product Details:
Author: Les Salmon
Paperback: 108 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: November 26, 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 1439261709
Product Width: 1.37 centimeters
Product Height: 1.87 centimeters
Product Weight: 0.01 pounds
Package Length: 7.3 inches
Package Width: 5.4 inches
Package Height: 0.4 inches
Package Weight: 0.3 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 1 reviews
 
 

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4Myths, Lies and Skiing  Apr 23, 2011
By Tony Brooks
I have read a number of instructional books on skiing and each time learnt something that has helped. Often however you are left with the impression that your day on the slopes is going to be taking up with exercises and hard concentration, instead of enjoyment and fun (which is why I ski). The technical aspects of skiing are important but often cloud the mind with too much information and too much to think about especially at speed down a slope avoiding other skiers and keeping an eye out for bumps, trees, snow conditions etc. This book is different!
Les is not interested in impressing the reader with how much he knows technically about skiing (which is no doubt a lot) but instead impresses with how much he knows about people and the differing ways they learn. And this is the important bit, how we humans learn, in this regard the book is revolutionary and quite different to any other books out there at the moment.
I have two other books that I have enjoyed and learnt from, Soft Skiing by Lito Tejada-Flores and The All-Mountain Skier by R.Mark Elling. Both quite different books one trying to simplify and the other more of a skiing manual. Myths, Lies & Skiing, is strangely enough a mixture of the two, covering the important basic aspects of both.
If you are anything other than an expert skier this book will be an extremely helpful and enjoyable read. I rate it 4 stars simply because 5 stars would be perfect and I don't see that as possible, no matter what you do there should always be room for improvement. A great book!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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