Look and Learn Skiing by Pictures

By Tomm Murstad, Edited by Lisa McMahon

The idea of writing this ski training manual was prompted by the sort of remark I have frequently heard erstwhile good ski runners make: “At one time I felt I was a regular champion on skis, but with all these new techniques it's impossible to keep abreast of  things.”

Tremendous changes have in fact taken place in skiing and turning techniques generally in recent years, and a great many new and excellent books of instruction have been added to our store of skiing literature.

But anyone who sits down and attempts to study all the complicated formulas, changes in weight distribution, angles, degrees, theories, and the like, with which the new turning technique bristles, is bound to find it difficult to follow just what the author is trying to put across. (Hint, if you watch a practiced expert, who uses his skis in the correct way, the whole thing looks so delightfully easy).

In this online book I have attempted, with the help of serial photographs taken with a "robot" camera, and by an analysis of each picture, to demonstrate every move made on skis in order to enable the reader to follow more easily.

Look at each photograph and try to learn by studying each series of turns, and I am convinced that you will discover an amusing and more interesting way of getting full value out of your skiing.

In this online manual I have described the simplest form of ski instruction, based on the system of the Norwegian Ski School, which aims to cater for the needs of the ordinary ski-runner.

In this revised edition I have incorporated the up-to-date plan of instruction used by the Norwegian Ski School, in addition to new photographs and analyzed turns.

Finally, apart from tips on skiing you may find of use, we have included glimpses of Norwegian mountain scenery in its winter setting.