The Story of Modern Skiing
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1584654899 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"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. 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. This is the definitive history of the sport that has
His contributions to skiing include direct roles in launching the NASTAR (National Standard Ski Race) program, The Nations Cup of alpine ski racing, and the Graduated Length Method of teaching. He has skied since childhood in North America and around the world. JOHN FRY is the former editor-in-chief of SKI, America's oldest ski magazine, and founding editor of the award-winning New York Times magazine Snow Country. Fry is a member of the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and has received
Amazon Customer said ALL skiers should read.. All skiers should read. ALL.. "John Fry's Best Publication" according to D. Brain. Most comprehensive review of winter sports, especially Skiing that has been published in years. His first hand observations and knowledge have given a rarely found "life" to the many aspects that have contributed to this mega sport. From the hills of Europe where skiing was second nature to the Western world whe. Thomas A. Corcoran said If you like to ski (and read), you'll love this book!. If you are a skier with at least a modicum of curiosity about how the sport you are passionate about evolved and mushroomed, and who the players were along the way, this is a book that tells the whole story, how all the parts fit together, and it reads so well and so easily that at times it seems like a novel, a
Modern Skiing is full of helpful timelines, appendices and glossaries, along with ski trivia." --Seven Days, Burlington, VT"John Fry has written a thorough and entertaining history of the sport's growth. "Fry notes that the direct work of his book consumed four years. Fry skillfully and vividly touches on what seems to be every aspect of skiing's growth." --Vermont Life . The greater truth is that it is the result of more personal research spanning a lifetime, a degree of comprehension that comes only from having been there."--Skiing Heritage"It's impressive how much Fry actually does pack into a volume that would fit in a skier's backpack along with