Preface

The idea of writing this ski training manual was prompted by the sort "I remark I have frequently heard erstwhile good ski runners make: «At one time I felt I was a regular champion on skis, but with all these new techniques it's impossible to keep abreast of  things. •

Tremendous changes have in fart taken plate in ski-ing and turning technique generally in recent years, and a great many new and excellent hooks of instruction have been added to our store of ski-ing literature.

But anyone who sits down and attempts to study all the com­plicated formulas, changes in weight distribution, angles, degrees, theories, and the like, with which the new turning technique bristles, is hound to find it difficult to follow just what the author is trying to put across. Hint, if you watch a practised expert, who uses his skis in the correct way, the whole thing looks so delightfully easy).

In tins book I have attempted, with the help of serial photo­graphs taken with a 'robot' camera, and by an analysis of each picture, to demonstrate every move made on skis, in order to enable the reader to follow more easily.

Look at each photograph, and try to learn by studying each series of turns, and I am convinced that von will discover an amusing and more interesting way of getting lull value out of your ski-ing.

In this manual I have described the simplest form of ski instruc­tion, based on the system of the Norwegian Ski School, which aims to cater for the needs of the ordinary ski-runner.

In this revised edition I have incorporated the up-to-date plan of instruction used by the Norwegian Ski School, in addition to new photographs and analysed turns.

Finally, apart from and tips on ski-ing you may find of use. we have included glimpses of Norwegian mountain scenery in its winter setting.

Tomm Murstad

Copyright 1951
By J. W. Cappenlens forlag.
Printed in Norway        J. Petlitz Boktrykkeri (Rolf Rannen), Oslo

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