Boitano's Edge : Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating

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Summary: Olymp Champ Boitano shares competitive training experiences
Review: Brian Boitano does a book about the REAL skating world, a book that digs deeper than the glamour part of the sport. It's not an "expose" book but rather invites a competitive skater to the casual fan to read about his challenges he experienced throughout his career with a wonderful sense of humor his audience rarely sees. Beyond the phsyical practices, Brian explains how much work goes into being a competitive skater at the beginner level up to an Olympic Champion. What made the book special to me is the personal committment he maintains with the sport itself...beyond the glamour, after all the falls, the bruises, these years.

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Summary: Boitano Tells it Like it Is!
Review: Brian Boitano has always been my favorite figure skater. When I heard that he had written a book, I quickly rushed to get it. I am so glad that I took the time to read this book because it is a masterpiece.
He begins his book with a forward written by Peggy Fleming and then goes on to tell what it was like being at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, in 1988. That was the year Brian Boitano would come home with an Olympic Gold Medalist around his neck. Brian has dedicated pages to skating terms, slang, and how to judge a skating performance. He also talks about costumes, choreography, and on most pages of his book he has a first in skating history (first person to skate to music, for example). Katarina Witt also takes the time to add to Boitano's book. "A Tour Scrapbook" is towards the back with pictures from some of the shows Brian has been in. The back of his book contains the past Olympic and World Champions since the competitions began. In short, "Boitano's Edge" is THE book for the skating fan in your family.

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Summary: Boitano Tells it Like it Is!
Review: Brian Boitano has always been my favorite figure skater. When I heard that he had written a book, I quickly rushed to get it. I am so glad that I took the time to read this book because it is a masterpiece.
He begins his book with a forward written by Peggy Fleming and then goes on to tell what it was like being at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, in 1988. That was the year Brian Boitano would come home with an Olympic Gold Medalist around his neck. Brian has dedicated pages to skating terms, slang, and how to judge a skating performance. He also talks about costumes, choreography, and on most pages of his book he has a first in skating history (first person to skate to music, for example). Katarina Witt also takes the time to add to Boitano's book. "A Tour Scrapbook" is towards the back with pictures from some of the shows Brian has been in. The back of his book contains the past Olympic and World Champions since the competitions began. In short, "Boitano's Edge" is THE book for the skating fan in your family.

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Summary: I don't really know
Review: I am a big Brian Boitano fan. I took this book out of the library hoping for a little more on his personal life. I wasn't too disappointed, but I would prefer if he had mentioned more about his family. There was a lot about his skating in it, though, which is what I love about him. He talks a lot about Calgary, which can get annoying because it happened almost 13 years ago! Don't get me wrong--I loved reading about it, but I've already read a lot about it. My favorite part was the tour scrapbook. That was neat to see. I also liked very much that people wrote their own commentary on Brian and about different things. You can read this book for an enjoyable read, but don't expect too much on skating.

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Summary: Wonderful Book--A MUST HAVE for any skater or skating fan!
Review: I've been a skating fan for many years, and would recommend this book to everyone! I thoroughly enjoyed the inside look at Brian Boitano's career, from start to present. It's easy to read, so one can browse through it like a newspaper or magazine.....but it's also stuffed full of valuable information about the technical aspects of skating and the "behind the scenes" preparation activities for competitive skaters. The beautiful pictures lend itself to being picked up and enjoyed again and again! Hats off to Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, and all the people who helped create this treasure for my coffee table!

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Summary: Wonderful skater, wonderful book!
Review: The very best reason to purchase this book is, of course, that it was written by Brian Boitano. However, even a non-Boitano fan will find the book an enjoyable and informative index on figure skating techniques, competitions and behind-the-scenes anecdotes. And, amazingly enough, Brian includes an essay written by a figure skating judge that defends the integrity of judges' abilities to score skating competitions! How generous can a guy get! Wonderful skater, wonderful book!