Publisher's Synopsis
THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO SKIING is a comprehensive start-up kit for the first-time skier that will inform novices on how to buy equipment, plan a trip, overcome fear, face the slopes for the first time, participate in other popular winter sports like snowboarding, and much more. Heavily illustrated with photos and diagrams to show how to accomplish basic first turns, from stance to balance, this guide can benefit both beginners and experts alike. It also provides readers with tips for family skiing trips, budgeting and working out the geography of the slopes.
