The Fall Line: How American Ski Racers Conquered a Sport on the Edge - Rilegato

Vinton, Nathaniel

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ISBN 10: 0393244776 ISBN 13: 9780393244779

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2015

Riassunto

Harnessing nature’s most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sport’s legends are born.Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety, this band of iconoclasts made a place for their country on some of the world’s most prestigious race courses. Even as new technology amplified the sport’s inherent danger, the US Ski Team learned how to win, and they changed downhill racing forever.The Fall LineThe Fall LineThe Fall Line

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393244776
• ISBN 13: 9780393244779
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384