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Breakthrough on the New Skis 3 Ed: Say Goodbye to the Intermediate Blues
In the tradition of his previous book (the best-selling ski-instruction manual of all time), Lito Tejada-Flores explains how average-to-intermediate alpine skiers can rise to the highest levels of proficiency. Unlike conventional instructors, the author takes a maverick approach, addressing the most commonly experienced desires and frustrations of the majority of skiers. He shows how taking advantage of today's revolutionary new ski designs can help skiers achieve a whole new level of performance. This edition is completely rewritten with 40 percent new material.
315 pages, Paperback
First published November 9, 2001
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March 2, 2021
It's been years since I read this book, but it was the first clue that just putting on a pair of skis and skidding down the slope wasn't the answer. What really helped me was the theory of what is going on when carving.
Like other sports, this is not one that you can just read and book and do, this is something that you have to feel and have a great instructor. The idea that you roll into the carve is still hard for me, but I remember that lessons to this day.
I still have not conquered bumps, but I do think at least it gave me a little theory about what to do. Although not the quick feet and balance necessary to do it :-)
Like other sports, this is not one that you can just read and book and do, this is something that you have to feel and have a great instructor. The idea that you roll into the carve is still hard for me, but I remember that lessons to this day.
I still have not conquered bumps, but I do think at least it gave me a little theory about what to do. Although not the quick feet and balance necessary to do it :-)
April 8, 2019
I will read this later before I go skiing again. This really helped and I highlighted a bunch of stuff to utilize later on before I go skiing.
March 28, 2013
Rereading this for the Nth time. If you want to figure out how to improve your technique on your own without a load of lessons, this is the book. Have learned an awful lot from it over the years.
Managed to make a break through in powder skiing this year. An online video gave me the missing piece of information that I hadn't got from the book - you have to retrain your legs to apply weight gradually when initiating a turn in deep powder. Using the same rapid weight transfer as on the piste will result in disaster.
At least, that's what I think I'm doing differently. In any case, it works now.
Putting it away again, skiing is all done for 2013!
Managed to make a break through in powder skiing this year. An online video gave me the missing piece of information that I hadn't got from the book - you have to retrain your legs to apply weight gradually when initiating a turn in deep powder. Using the same rapid weight transfer as on the piste will result in disaster.
At least, that's what I think I'm doing differently. In any case, it works now.
Putting it away again, skiing is all done for 2013!
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