Get Outdoors: Skiing Clive Gifford Paperback Book

Get Outdoors: SkiingAuthor: Clive Gifford
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Category: Skiing, Children's Sports Books
Book Format: Paperback

Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at clivegifford

Table Of Contents1: The world of skiing

2: Getting started

3: Get into the gear!

4: Skis and boots

5: On the slopes

6: Get moving!

7: Making your first runs

8: Traversing and turning

9: Building experience

10: Ski safety

11: Alpine competition skiing

12: Cross-country and freestyle skiing

13: Skiing around the world

14: Glossary

15: Further information

16: Index
About Clive GiffordClive Gifford is a highly experienced author and has written titles on just about every sport, from tennis and netball to badminton and track athletics. He has also written extensively on major sporting events such as the Summer Olympics and the Football World Cup.