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

Vinton, Nathaniel

ISBN 10: 0393244776 / ISBN 13: 9780393244779

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Codice articolo A16K-00140

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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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Titolo: The Fall Line: How American Ski Racers ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good
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