The Fall Line: America's Rise to Ski Racing's Summit

Released on by Nathaniel Vinton
preview-18

  • The Fall Line: America's Rise to Ski Racing's Summit Book Detail

  • Author : Nathaniel Vinton
  • Release Date : 2015-02-02
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Genre : Sports & Recreation
  • Pages : 384
  • ISBN 13 : 0393244784
  • File Size : 6,6 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Fall Line: America's Rise to Ski Racing's Summit by Nathaniel Vinton PDF Summary

Book Description: “Great sports writing. . . . [Vinton] is taking us inside a world few ever visit.”—James Hill, Washington Post Harnessing nature’s most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sport’s legends are born. Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety, this band of iconoclasts made a place for their country on some of the world’s most prestigious race courses. Even as new technology amplified the sport’s inherent danger, the US Ski Team learned how to win, and they changed downhill racing forever. The Fall Line is the story of how it all came together, a deeply reported reconstruction of ski racing’s most dramatic season. Drawing on more than a decade of research and candid interviews with some of the sport’s most elusive figures, award-winning journalist Nathaniel Vinton reveals the untold story of how skiers like Vonn and Miller, and their peers and rivals, fought for supremacy at the Olympic Winter Games. Here is an authoritative portrait of a group of men and women taking mortal risks in a bid for sporting glory. A white-knuckled tour through skiing’s deep traditions and least-accessible locales, The Fall Line opens up the sexy, high-stakes world of downhill skiing—its career-ending crashes, million-dollar sponsorship deals, international intrigue, and showdowns with nature itself. With views from the starting gate, the finish line, and treacherous turns in between, The Fall Line delivers the adrenaline of one of the world’s most beautiful and perilous sports alongside a panoramic view of skiing’s past, present, and future.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Fall Line: America's Rise to Ski Racing's Summit books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Fall Line

The Fall Line

File Size : 14,14 MB
Total View : 7838 Views
DOWNLOAD

A journey into the world’s original extreme sport: downhill ski racing. Harnessing nature’s most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slop

World Class

World Class

File Size : 14,14 MB
Total View : 790 Views
DOWNLOAD

What makes a great team? Sports journalist Peggy Shinn answers this question in her enthralling account of the dramatic rise of the U.S. women's cross-country s

Snow Country

Snow Country

File Size : 16,16 MB
Total View : 6497 Views
DOWNLOAD

In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, ra

Leocha's Ski Snowboard America (2009)

Leocha's Ski Snowboard America (2009)

File Size : 22,22 MB
Total View : 3108 Views
DOWNLOAD

Evaluates ski resorts in North America, and gives information on conditions, lodging, and non-skiing activities, including snowboarding facilities.