Skiing

This one book distills all the information you'll ever need to make your skiing ability soar! Internationally-renowned ski instructor Tim Petrick starts with the oft-overlooked keys of edging, rotary motion and pressure control and then presents a natural skill progression that can help even the least-athletic person ski to his or her ulimate potential. Sports Illustrated Skiiing will show you: Helpful tips on selecting the right equipment and clothing Three fundamentals that can positively transform your skiing How foot-consciousness can make you a more balanced skier Ten easy steps for progressing from christy to parallel skier The secret to skiing steeper sloped Skiing the bumps Nine special exercises that can help you master any mountain Special chapters on year-round training, nutrition, imaging, ski-specific stretching and much, much more

A member of the Professional Ski Instructors of American Demonstration Team as well as an editor at Powder magazine, internationally-know skier Tim Petrick is former director of the Aspen Ski School, Aspen, Colorado.