By Nappy Brown
Skiing is an interesting, fun and adventurous sport. It requires lot of dedication, passion and practice. Have you ever thought that it could also be career option for you? Do you dream of being a skiing instructor? There are many training institutes which offer recognized ski instructor courses. Some of these institutes also promise a job upon the successful completion of the course.
By Jimmy Cox
You should not only run on skis with your legs, you must have your wits about you. In other words, you might easily run into a tree. Trees don’t step aside and are not to be considered as brakes. You must also be able to recognize bad snow. So take a good look at the terrain, the snow, etc. and consider how you propose to overcome this or that obstacle. Just as in business you have to prepare for all eventualities, the same applies in skiing. I have noticed, however, that the best business people with their agile minds are by no means the best ski runners.
By Victor Epand
I took skiing lessons for six years, from the age of eleven until I was seventeen. During that time, some of my instructors were more memorable than others, but the one I will never forget was Stephan. The man was about 6′4″ with shoulders so broad they were appeared to stick straight out from his neck. When he skied, his skis were so close together that his body formed a perfect triangle. Needless to say, he was a very skilled athlete and an excellent teacher, but one of his methods for teaching (or torturing) his advanced students was to force us to ski down the hill on one ski WITHOUT poles.
By Victor Epand
I’ve been skiing since I was eleven years old and I love it. I participate both downhill and cross-country skiing, and I refuse to be drawn into debates over which is better. They’re both wonderful pastimes, and they both have their advantages. As to drawbacks, however, there is one that is common to both forms of skiing: the cold. Like it or not, skiing is a winter sport (unless you live in Dubai and frequent their indoor ski slope). And if you’re like me and you get cold easily, you tend to lose all feeling in your hands and feet. Needless to say, such a development can make skiing both difficult and painful. The logistics of maintaining tolerable feeling in your extremities while skiing can be formidable, but I have managed to pick up a few tips over the past seventeen years. So here, for the benefit of my cold-blooded brethren (and I mean that in the nicest possible way), is what I have learned.
By Victor Epand
In the United States, when referring to the outermost layer worn on the top of the body during cold weather, most people just call the garment a "coat." This word, of course, is really very generic, the result being that it is sometimes modified with an additional noun in order to properly depict the article of clothing: "leather coat," for example, or a "trench coat." And in the world of ski gear, the coat worn for the sport is known simply as a ski coat. There are actually specific English words to describe a coat worn in snowing conditions.