Product Description: Bill Johnson took the world by storm at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, coming out of nowhere to win the first American gold medal in downhill skiing. He went on to dominate the World Cup races that same year. His success made him an overnight celebrity, but his fame was fleeting...read more

The world champion American skiier describes his life on and off the slopes, from growing up in rural New Hampshire to his rise to the heights of the winter sports world, the secrets of his success, and his engaging philosophy of life. 50,000 first printing.

Product Description: Boldly going where few others have gone before, Michael Finkel has spent a dozen winters journeying across six continents in order to write about the wonders and eccentricities of the world's snowy regions. In this collection of his finest work-part seat-of-the-pants adventure, part cultural exploration, and peppered throughout with humor and insight-Finkel takes the reader from the underside of an avalanche to the summit of Kilimanjaro...read more

Product Description: The compelling story of America's most loved Olympic champion "Since winning an Olympic silver medal in 1994, Street has been the most interesting personality in a sport desperately lacking for charisma. The story she tells is an entertaining portrait of her eccentricities, insecurities, mindboggling crashes, and triumphs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A selection of writings that reflect the author's fascination with snow, the Arctic, and winter sports relates his experiences as he attempts ski jumping, runs the luge, and spends his summer vacation in Greenland

Product Description: Profiles and photographs of the true pioneers of Sierra Nevada skiing, those men and women who have influenced the growth of the sport and created the great ski resorts along with special profiles of inspirational instructors and ski racers...read more

Product Description: Book by Durrance, Dick, Jerome, John

A selection of writings that reflect the author's fascination with snow, the arctic, and winter sports relates his experiences as he attempts ski jumping, runs the luge, and spends his summer vacation in Greenland

Product Description: A kaleidoscope of voices, Ski Pioneers focuses on the most dynamic and colorful characters in the history of American skiing. Tracing the lives of Taos Ski Valley founder Ernie Blake and his early skiing friends, this book goes beyond biography to tell the origins of the downhill sport in the West...read more

Recounts the struggles of skier Jill Kinmont in overcoming her paralyzing accident in the 1955 United States ski team qualifying races

Product Description: Dramatic, Uplifting, An Inspiration For Us All. Dramatic Photos Included. Carol Schuller was thirteen years old and filled with dreams of helping the unfortunate, the homeless, and the hurting. Then a devastating accident changed her life forever...read more

Product Description: When she was eighteen, a candidate for the U.S. Olympic skiing team, Jill Kinmont was injured during a race and has been paralyzed ever since. That was in 1955. This biography describes the effect of her accident, how she changed, and with what courage she sought a new life as a teacher...read more