Product Description
Written by a doctor and expert skier, this book enables the reader to improve his down-hill, powder, or cross-country ski technique by providing a detailed explanation of exactly how the muscles of the body work. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

This book is fantastic
After three decades of downhill skiing in Colorado, the Sierra, and in Europe, I believe that this book helped me more than all the lessons I have taken combined, and there were plenty!!The instructors never seemed to say anything that helped much, and nothing else seemed to help much either. The book finally helped me to understand the physics of turning and control, after years of frustration.I especially recommend this book to anyone who likes physics (all three of you), as this will make it easier to understand.Years ago, I loaned my copy to someone who never gave it back, so I am buying another copy now to read again, and start loaning to others who I know can use it to understand turning better, which will immensely increase their enjoyment of this fantastic sport.

Must have if you're interested in improving your skiing skills
I bought this book many years ago while learning to ski, and I improved 100% before even hitting the slopes again.After being stuck in the intermediate rut for a couple years, I decided to do some research to improve my skills.After reading this book, for the first time, I finally understood what I was supposed to be doing, what muscles to use and when to use them. He covers basiccarving, moguls, and powder.Probably the most helpful piece of information for me was "unweighting"; before I understood this concept, I simply muscled my skis around in a turn and would be exhausted before the end of the first day. I re-read this book at the beginning of each season; in fact it's all yellowed and worn now.I'm writing this review now since I'm picking up snowboarding, and I was hoping that this author might have written a book on that subject as well.Definately buy this book if you're interested in being a better skier.

useful for technique but becoming outdated
Richard Sanders' book has been useful to me as an intermediate skiier, inlearning the whys and hows of downhill technique.He's very accessible,but on the down side, last revised in 1979 the book misses out on a lot ofdevelopments, especially in equiptment, since then.The section on carvingis pretty lamentable.In it's way, though, it's still the best book I'veseen so far on skiing. ... Read more