Bluffer's Guide to Skiing: Instant Wit and Wisdom - Softcover

Allsop, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785215698 ISBN 13: 9781785215698

Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK, 2018

Synopsis

Instantly distinguish between a schuss and a snowplough, a stem turn and a slalom, a sidecut and a side-slip with Bluffer's Guide to Skiing. Bask in the admiration of your fellow skiers as you pronounce confidently on what to do and where to do it. Never claim that your skis have ‘blunt edges’ or that you just can’t get enough ‘flex’ in your ski boots (these are valid excuses for most forms of skiing ineptitude.) And never boast that you haven’t had a lesson in your life. This is ill-advised, not least because it invites the entirely legitimate retort: ‘Yes, it shows.’ Above all, effortlessly hold your own against those who have skiing in their DNA. Just don’t make the mistake of skiing with them.

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About the Author

David Allsop was introduced to skiing at the age of five on a slag heap in the Black Country. He spent the next 30 years scrupulously avoiding anything to do with sliding downhill. After trial careers in occupations as diverse as growing beansprouts and working as a barrister, he found his niche amid the peaks and troughs of Fleet Street journalism – adding ski-writing to his formidable portfolio of areas of professed expertise. He has since skied in more than 300 resorts – with a style that was once described by a member of the Compagnie des Guides as ‘comme une vache espagnole’ (like a Spanish cow), which he chooses to regard as a rare example of French irony. The Alliance des Moniteurs de Ski du Canada knows better; it allowed him to qualify as a ski instructor in 2004. 
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785215698
• ISBN 13: 9781785215698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128