Winter Sports

by Iseult Devlin

Overview

Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, and skating adventures: Iseult Devlin has done it all. She and other women athletes, professionals as well as weekend enthusiasts, share their experience and savvy about the wonderful world of winter sports in this unique woman-friendly guide. Covering the territory from A to Z, from getting started, getting equipment, getting in shape, and getting the family involved, to step-by-step illustrated techiques and a comprehensive list of resources for further reference, Winter Sports: A Woman's Guide makes the joy of snow sports more accessible than ever before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071581882
Publisher:	International Marine Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Series:	Ragged Mountain Press Woman's Guides
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	7.43(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why I Love Winter
Chapter 1: Being Active
Winter sports are easier than ever
How and why they got started
More reasons to get out and get moving
Chapter 2: Getting Started
Where to find out about winter sports
Where to go to get started
Finding out more about winter sports
Start off right: take a lesson
Start easy and work your way up
Get in shape
Chapter 3: Staying Warm: Clothing, Accessories, and Gear
Layering: it's as easy as 1-2-3
Accessories
Getting gear
What about gear just for women?
Chapter 4: Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing at a winter resort
Getting started
The basics
Buying gear
Roughing it or not
Chapter 5: Cross-Country Skiing
Where to go
What to expect at a touring center
Techniques
The basics
More advanced skiing: skating and backcountry
Buying gear
Chapter 6: Downhill Skiing
The adventurous winter sport
Conquer the challenge
Arriving at the resort
Renting gear
The basics
Riding the lifts
Buying gear
(and more...)