Bluffer's Guide to Skiing: Bluff Your Way in Skiing (Bluffer's Guides Series)
This book will give you a few easy-to-learn hints and techniques that will allow you to be accepted as a skier of rare ability and experience. But it will do more. It will give you the key to the ultimate bluff: how to impress legions of marveling listeners with your knowledge and advice - without anybody discovering that you can't ski to save your life.\ Bluffer's Guides is a series of snappy little books containing facts, jargon, and all you need to know for instant expertise.
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A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
Style Try to adopt one necessary habit before slotting into your bindings. Always tap the sole of the ski boot hard with your ski pole to dislodge compacted snow or mud. There is probably a safety reason for this but, more importantly, experts generally do it, so why shouldn't you?\ Attitude sickness Altitude 'sickness' is a common complaint amongst those who don't want to admit they are chronically unfit.\ Snow ploughs Carvers are wider at the tip and tail than conventional skis, up to 30 cm shorter and thus a lot easier to manoeuvre. Designed to take the effort out of 'carving' a turn, they are a godsend to skiers who never quite come to terms with the concept of making any sort of turn in the first place.\ Binding There is no such thing as a comfortable ski boot; just concentrate on finding one which doesn't make you pray for an early death. The admission of ski boot agony suggests the probability of inexperience. Experts never whinge about their boots.
Introduction5How It All Started6Ski Terrain9Slopes and Grading9Piste and Off-piste10Moguls11Paths12Piste Maps12Vertical Drops13Clothes and Equipment14Skis15Bindings19Poles20Boots21Bags22Vital-to-be-avoided Clothing23Lifts and Queues24Surviving31Avalanches31Glaciers32Crevasses33Couloirs34Snow Storms34Being Stuck on a Chairlift34Frozen Fingers35Snow Cannons35Apres-ski35Mountain Restaurants36Altitude36Blood Wagons37Injuries38What Injuries Not to Have39Technique40The Theory40The Snow-plough41Schussing42Edging42Traversing43Turning43Side-slipping44Stopping44Preparation44Ice47Powder48Variants49Cross-country49Uphill49Mono-skiing50Snowboarding50Ski-birding50Snowblades/Skiboards51Telemarking52Freestyle Skiing52Snowcraft52Choosing a Resort54Competitive Skiing55Ski Types57Glossary61
