A Basic Guide to Skiing and Snowboarding

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Summary: Great book to learn about the sport!
Review: A good book for people who are just getting started.

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Summary: Just a basic data and info book
Review: It talks about who the great athletes are in skiing and snowboarding, as well as some really basic information of the sport. For example, it tells you that a ski binding is for holding the skis to the ski boots and for releasing the skis when during a fall. Yeah, unless if you find this information almighty valuable, don't buy this book. This book is not a how-to guide, although the book's back cover seems to claim that it will tell you how to improve your skills on slalom, aerials, and moguls. Buy any other book but this one.

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Summary: A worthless book
Review: This book was obviously rushed into print to be on the shelves during the Olympics. I just scanned the cross-country section, and it's full of errors, outdated information, bad pictures and confusing instructions. I didn't look at the rest of the book, but I doubt it's much better.