Breakthrough on Skis: How to Get Out of the Intermediate Rut
In this wonderfully innovative yet practical guide to skiing, acclaimed instructor Tejada-Flores explains how to break the bad habits of an intermediate skier and learn to ski even the steepest, bumpiest slopes with the grace and speed of an expert. Illustrations.Afraid to ski under the lift? Skip the black diamonds? Learn how to ski the steep and deep with this original, readable guide designed especially for the intermediate skier. Breakthrough on Skis, with its point-by-point emphasis on technique, will help you tackle all sorts of conditions and terrain. Carve better turns, enjoy the bumps, or even venture into the backcountry.
Useful, but obsolete
Picked this up along with the companion video after getting home from a fun, but frustrating trip to Colorado. I’ve been the classic, plateaued advanced-intermediate since I stopped taking lessons at 11 years old. I can ski almost anything here in Michigan, but once I get out West the groomers are all I can handle with confidence.With a limited time remaining in the ski season, I decided to focus on chapters 2-4 and hit the slopes here at home. The author is good about laying out…
This book is copyright 1986. It is about 30 years old as of this writing.I will grant that I learnt a lot from reading this book. Lito made me more aware of some of the fundamental movements of skiing, but I felt like something was missing. The most difficult slopes still seemed to require something that I was missing. I’m talking about the slopes that have knee-high bumps, trees, big rocks, and chair-lift poles all on one trail with seemingly tiny space in between. On such…