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    Master Your Speed and Line: Ski Performance Breakthrough, #4
    Master Your Speed and Line: Ski Performance Breakthrough, #4
    Master Your Speed and Line: Ski Performance Breakthrough, #4
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    Master Your Speed and Line: Ski Performance Breakthrough, #4

    By Hugh Monney

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    The secrets of effortless control of Speed and line, for Skiers.

    Suitable for intermediate and advanced skiers, experts and racers, this highly illustrated book shows you how to finesse excellent performance with more skill and less effort.

    Intermediate skiers
    will be able to use this information to feel safe and enjoy their skiing. They will be able to stay in control, slow down, and deal with awkward slopes more safely. They will also save a great deal of energy through a skiing day.

    Advanced skiers and experts
    will be able to use this information to optimise their speed control effortlessly and to finesse their choice of line. They will be able to deal with more challenging slopes and conditions and enjoy the qualities of a finely crafted series of curves.

    Racers
    will be able to use this information to maximise their speed, optimise their line and become more successful on race courses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHugh Monney
    Release dateDec 28, 2013
    ISBN9780992800819
    Master Your Speed and Line: Ski Performance Breakthrough, #4
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    Hugh Monney

    Performance coach and author of Ski Performance Breakthrough - the series of e-books. Hugh is also the Director and founder of the BASS Network of elite snowsports schools, operating in: Chamonix - Chatel - Courchevel - Les Gets - Les Contamines - Les Deux Alpes - Megeve - Meribel - Morzine - St Gervais - Tignes - Val d'Isere He runs advanced skiing clinics and off pistes courses in the Alps, as well as off piste adventures across the globe, having previously trained thousands of skiers and hundreds of ski instructors. Formerly a research chemist, for the Cancer Research Campaign, Hugh has a degree in Chemistry and a Master's research degree. He is also a qualified science teacher. He spent 10 years in the science departments of British universities before switching to a career in skiing. He began skiing in 1975 and became a full time ski teacher in 1984, to get out of the lab and into the mountains. He has skied extensively throughout Europe and his off piste skiing and Heliski clinics have taken him to Argentina, Canada, Chile and Greenland. He was a Trainer and examiner of instructors for the British Association of Snowsports Instructors, for 22 years, from 1989 to 2011, and contributed to the development of BASI's system of instructor training. He represented Britain as a member of the GB Demonstration Team, at the 1991 Interski Congress, in St Anton. For many years, Hugh was invited to train the British Mountain Guides in Off Piste skiing performance. Hugh wrote and presented the 1991 Channel 4 TV and video series "The Complete Skier" and in the same year he founded BASS, The British Alpine Ski and Snowboard School. The BASS Network of elite snowsports schools now extends to 12 resorts across the Alps. His main interests, in addition to his family, are: Alpine & Telemark skiing, developing the quality of service to clients of the BASS Network, Photography, Science, Tai Chi Chuan, Motorcycling, Cycling, Balance trainiing, including slack line and playing guitar. Qualifications include; BASI ISTD Level 4, International Ski Teacher Diploma BASI Telemark Teacher Full certification in France M.Phil, B.Sc. (Hons), PGCE Some comments from Hugh's clients and colleagues: "Hugh is a technical expert and an innovator, continually pushing the boundaries with his exciting and dynamic ideas, many of which have put BASI at the fore...

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      Master Your Speed and Line - Hugh Monney

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to thank all of my colleagues, past and present, in The BASS Network of elite snowsports schools and in BASI, the British Association of Snowsports Instructors, for the support and encouragement they provide, and my family, for the energy and support that made this project possible.

      I would also like to thank all of my clients. Your ability to change is an inspiration.

      Hugh Monney, September 2010.

      Design: Tim Hall, Sweetimage.co.uk and Jon Williams, Datatherapy.com

      Illustrations: Tim Hall, Sweetimage.co.uk

      Photographs: Hugh Monney, Buster Cheetham and other friends and colleagues, as credited.

      Skiers: Friends and colleagues, of exceptional talent, with BASS, BASI and other organisations, as credited.

      Master your speed and line

      The information in this section will allow you to use your existing ability much more effectively. You will be able to reorganise your intentions and outcomes and become a safer, more effective skier.

      Intermediate skiers

      will be able to use this information to feel safe and enjoy their skiing. They will be able to stay in control, slow down, and deal with awkward slopes more safely. They will also save a great deal of energy through a day’s skiing.

      Advanced skiers and experts

      will be able to use this information to optimise their speed control effortlessly and to finesse their choice of line. They will be able to deal with more challenging slopes and conditions and enjoy the qualities of a finely crafted

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