The Story of Modern Skiing
by John Fry
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appears in Skiing and Snowboarding.
This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport?s development, including the emergence of the megaresort and advances in equipment, techniqu...
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