Snowboarding (First Books - Sports and Recreation) - Softcover

Brimner, Larry Dane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 053115890X ISBN 13: 9780531158906

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 1998

Synopsis

Traces the history of this recreational activity, describes the required equipment and basic techniques, concludes with a discussion of safety issues and competitive aspects of the sport

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6-- It has taken 20 years, but this "new" sport is now growing in popularity. Recent performances by professional snowboarders in motion pictures and television commercials have aroused interest in this sport about which very little has been written. Here rank beginners are walked through the basics of equipment and clothing selection, routine ski slope and snowboard maneuvers, safety considerations, stunts, and jobs associated with snowboarding. Color photographs enliven print description, but the slight underexposure of many of them obscures some details. Readers whose enthusiasm is fanned by the text will welcome the addresses of eight snowboard associations in Europe and North America, as well as those of three American snowboarding magazines. The clarity and thoroughness of this introduction is sure to satisfy the merely curious and serious snowboarding beginners. --Ann G. Brouse, Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 053115890X
• ISBN 13: 9780531158906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 63