Freestyle Snowboarding: Tricks, Skills and Techniques
This excellent volume written by two snowboarding professionals is expertly explained, lavishly illustrated, and extremely well presented. Each author gives a succinct insight into the sport at the start... This book details everything from basic riding to flat tricks to straight jump to half pipe to rails/boxes. It includes a glossary, further information (FIS rules and general courtesies for half-pipe and space for executing tricks) equipment, parks around the world, and helpful websites. The tricks for this volume are photographed at numerous venues, giving further evidence to the global nature of snowboarding its universal appeal. Again, the detail for each trick's technical execution to tips for improvement when encountering various problems is straightforward and refreshingly clear. (Lesley LittleResource Links2011-01-00)