A brief story how a Peruvian guy moved abroad and got to do two things that he never imagined.

This book is focused specifically on capturing stunning images of alpine (downhill) ski racers on the slalom and gs courses. Amateur photographers can see what kinds of photographs are possible and learn how to get them. Many photographs of actual ski races are used throughout to illustrate the many helpful tips. This guide will help you get dramatic action shots of your friends and family!

Hockey players aren't boring people-- they just play them on TV, where they give notoriously dull post-game interviews loaded with sports cliches and lacking in any real substance. Dig a little deeper, however, and you find that while hockey may not be the quotation bonanza that is baseball, it is nonetheless a major sport populated by lots of clever, quotable people."Max Pacioretty is the most unselfish, two-way sniper in the league. He's the anti-Phil...

Two by sea: a couple rows the wild coasts of the far north in Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge. Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. Carrying what...

They came from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Wing Lake, Michigan, Norwood, Massachusetts, Minnesota's Iron Range, and places with long winter ice. These figure skaters, hockey players, and speed skaters had arrived in Oregon, willing to trade their passions for the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. With stories like the speed skater who escaped from the Red Army, and the cancer patient who played his last hockey game while hooked up to an oxygen tank, Rink...

Partez pour une aventure sensationnelle dans le monde du ski extrême grâce à notre ouvrage d'exploration, Faire du ski autour du monde. Nous vous invitons dans ce livre à vous immerger dans le monde de ceux qui osent défier la gravité et repousser les limites du ski conventionnel vers des territoires inexplorés. Qu'il s'agisse des pentes vertigineuses de Chamonix ou de la poudreuse intacte des vastes étendues sauvages de l'Alaska, nous dévoilons...

Embárquese en un emocionante viaje al corazón del esquí extremo con nuestra exploración, Esquí alrededor del mundo. Este libro le invita a adentrarse en el mundo cargado de adrenalina de aquellos que se atreven a desafiar la gravedad, empujando los límites del esquí convencional hacia territorios inexplorados. Desde las formidables pistas de Chamonix hasta la nieve polvo virgen de los vastos parajes salvajes de Alaska, desentrañamos las historias...

If you love reading about figure skating, this is the book for you!"A Bibliography of Figure Skating" is quintessential guide to reading about the world's most exciting sport. This fascinating reference book highlights over a century of figure skating literature, including biographies, historical books and periodicals in over a dozen languages.Read about the first Bibliography of Skating, penned during the Victorian era by Frederick William Foster....

Go behind the scenes with the Vancouver Canucks at the NHL draft A singular, transcendent talent can change the fortunes of a hockey team instantly. Each year, NHL teams approach the draft with this knowledge, hoping that luck will be on their side and that their extensive scouting and analysis will pay off. In On the Clock: Vancouver Canucks, Daniel Wagner explores the fascinating, rollercoaster history of the Canucks at the draft, including tales...

How much do you know about Canada's most exciting winter sport? The Almanac of Canadian Figure Skating is a comprehensive book crammed with fascinating facts and figures, many of which you simply can't find online. This compelling reference book includes: - Biographies of hundreds of skaters, coaches, choreographers, judges and builders... including many incredible people you have never even heard of.- Detailed records of Canadian figure skating competitions...