Books, exercises and vids

Hi all.

At the end of my second ski holiday already, I made quick progress last year, but didn't get to the snozones for practice;
http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/9682.page

Unfortunately with kids I had no time for lessons myself, a brief ten minutes at the end of the kids lesson showed I'm basically in the same state as before.

I did get one guided ski morning and made it down a Green, blue and a red, and in my free time finally mastered (eg not stacked it) a green/blue run on my own.

Assuming I similarly fail like last year to get real practice before my next holiday can any of you recommend;


"How To" books
Gym routines to strengthen the appropriate muscles
Vids on technique
Anything else inspirational


Much appreciated.

You need to book your lessons the same time as the kids, there are plenty of learn to ski vids on You Tube, lessons don't come cheap but at this stage for you to continue with your ski development you need to bite the bullet and work out some My time.

Inline Skating. Time spent on inline skates will make a huge difference to your skiing. I would say there is no other dry land exercise than can come close to building the same skills, muscles and balance needed for skiing.

There's a book 'Get Fit to Ski & Snowboard' which is now out of print but available on Amazon, Abe Books, etc second hand. Loads of exercises to get you shipshape.

This one?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/ol/0071468994/ref=aw_d_ol

£977.21 for a new paperback is special.

;)

Cheers all.

I'll sell you mine for £899.

Or you could try here http://m.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=6283938983&searchurl=kn%3DFit%2Bto%2Bski ;-)

The best skiing book I have, (and I have dozens),is "The All Mountain Skier" by Mark Elling.
I think it is fair to say that to get the best out of the book, it may assume a reasonable knowledge of ski technique. My oldest son who is a fairly mean skier, handed it back with glazed eyes....

Two books come to mind.

1. Harald Harb's, "Essentials of skiing" see You Tube and also his DVD videos

2. A more technical, more "in depth" book which many ski instructor associationjs use as basis to their "work books" is "Ultimate Skiing" by Ron LeMaster !

Yes the latter appears to be race oriented but for many skiers it provides the very best.

Not for beginners!

Pavel