How To Ski and How Not To
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1921. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 336 How to ski and how no...
Chapters (26)(click to expand)
- PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION
- CONTENTS
- HOW TO SKI INTRODUCTORY
- THE ENGLISHMAN AS A SKI-RUNNER
- EQUIPMENT
- THE SKI
- CLOTHING
- THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SKIS
- ON THE LEVEL AND UPHILL
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF STEERING, Etc.
- STRAIGHT-RUNNING
- BRAKING
- THE STEMMING TURN
- Short Directions for a Downhill Stemming Turn to the Left
- THE TELEMARK SWING
- Short Directions for an Uphill Telemark Swing to the Left
- THE CHRISTIANIA SWING
- JUMPING ROUND
- SKATING
- JUMPING
- General Hints
- HOW TO RUN ACROSS COUNTRY
- APPENDIX
- HOW TO PRACTISE
- FOOTNOTES
- PLATES
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