Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Condition / Edition 3

by Paul Parker

Overview

Incorporating the best and most recent techniques from both alpine and Nordic skiing, Free-heel Skiing presents skiers with the latest methods for tackling the full range of terrain and snow. Everything from beginning turns to advanced telemark techniques is covered, along with tips for choosing and caring for equipment and suggestions for conditioning and strength training.

This is the seminal text on this sport and Paul Parker is the sport's recognized guru, which is the reason why many who began their love affair with free heeling refer this book simply as "The Parker Book". That says it all

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898867756
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	10/28/2001
Series:	Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Series
Edition description:	3RD
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

Editorial Reviews

Quite literally, Paul Parker wrote the book on free-heel skiing. First published in 1988, Parker's Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques, remains telemark's best substitute and supplement to being introduced to the sport by a friend.

Couloir

Groundbreaking ... Offers a quiver of highly effective and time-tested instructional tips and lessons brought together to demystify the high art of free-heel fall-line skiing. Any skier-from rank beginner to seasoned vet-will find this book ... a useful and inspirational resource, delivered in a clear, succinct, easy-to-digest style.

Hooked on the Outdoors

The indomitable bible for learning telemark skiing…Now in its third edition this book is the perfect resource for telemark skiers of all ability levels.

Adirondack Sports & Fitness

"This book and some lessons will be the way to learn what your Swedish grandma knew about the joy of skiing before million-dollar condos and six-pack lifts were invented."

Los Angeles Daily News

Free-Heel Skiing has the easy grace of a book that's been getting better for the past 15 years. It is well-organized and brimming with useful suggestions. The illustrations, by Steve McDonald, are outstanding…Parker writes with the intensity of a Zen master…If you're going to own one book on free-heel skiing, then this is the one to own…If you're going to learn from someone, you might as well learn from the best.

Moscow/Pullman (ID) Daily News

Few athletes have had the impact on a sport that Paul Parker has had on free-heel skiing ... The book packs at least 10 pounds of instructional advice, equipment recommendations, fitness and training tips, ski history, killer photos, and insightful stories into what is only a one-pound book.

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