Mastering Mountain Bike Skills
Mastering Mountain Bike Skills

Author: Brian Lopes

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2017-07-24

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1492586536

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If you want to ride like a pro, you should learn from a pro! In Mastering Mountain Bike Skills, Third Edition, world-champion racer Brian Lopes and renowned riding coach Lee McCormack share their elite perspectives, real-life race stories, and their own successful techniques to help riders of all styles and levels build confidence and experience the full exhiliration of the sport. Mastering Mountain Bike Skills is the best-selling guide for all mountain biking disciplines, including enduro, pump track racing, dual slalom, downhill, cross-country, fatbiking, and 24-hour races. It absolutely captures the sport and offers everything you need to maximize performance and excitement on the trail. Learn how to select the proper bike and customize it for your unique riding style. Develop a solid skills base so you can execute techniques with more power and precision. Master the essential techniques to help you carve every corner, nail every jump, and conquer every obstacle in your path. Last, but not least, prepare yourself to handle every type of weather and trail condition that the mountain biking world throws at you. Whether you’re a recreational rider looking to rock the trails with friends, are a seasoned enthusiast, or are aspiring to be a top pro, Mastering Mountain Bike Skills will improve your ride and dust the competition. Don't just survive the trail—own the trail, and enjoy the thrill of doing it.

Extreme Mountain Biking
Extreme Mountain Biking

Author: Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780736804837

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Describes the history of mountain bike racing and the equipment, skills, techniques, and safety concerns involved in this competitive sport.

Extreme Mountain Biking Moves
Extreme Mountain Biking Moves

Author: Kathleen W. Deady

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780736815130

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Discusses the sport of mountain biking, describing some of the racing and trick moves, as well as some of the safety concerns involved in the sport.

Extreme Mountain Biking
Extreme Mountain Biking

Author: Kelley MacAulay

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780778716785

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Extreme mountain bikers take to the mountains to satisfy their need for speed and extreme heights. From racing downhill on the steepest mountain slopes to performing tricks on obstacles such as fallen logs, these athletes have found creative ways to involve nature in their sport like no other extreme athletes. Extreme Mountain Biking provides kids with all they need to know about - extreme mountain bikes and their maintenance - the history of this young sport - the styles of riding and their main competitions - the stars who defy gravity

Mountain Biking
Mountain Biking

Author: Bill Strickland

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780070387034

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Profiles the sport of mountain biking and includes information about the basic equipment, techniques, tricks, and training needed for the sport.

Extreme Mountain Biking
Extreme Mountain Biking

Author: Daniel Benjamin

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-01-15

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1608702286

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Extreme sports are about thrill, exhilaration, excitement, and adventure. Those who participate are daredevils at heart; athletes who crave adrenalin-pumping speed, death-defying height, and the thrill of adventure in their sport. In Sports on the Edge!, readers will get a close-up look at the most popular and mind-blowing extreme sports. Readers will discover the history behind each sport, learn the basics of how to get started, find out the essential equipment needed, be given instructions on how to perform simple tricks and stunts, and learn who the heroes of the sport are, as well as about the sporting events in which they compete.

Enduro and Other Extreme Mountain Biking
Enduro and Other Extreme Mountain Biking

Author: Elliott Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1543583806

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Explore the wheeled world of enduro! Readers will learm about enduro styles, equipment needed, and safety measures taken for this sport on wheels. Discover other extreme mountain biking and how athletes practice their skills and experience thrills in nature.

Dinner at the Center of the Earth
Dinner at the Center of the Earth

Author: Nathan Englander

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1524732745

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A political thriller set against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from the Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “Blends elements of spy thriller and love story, magical realism, and an all-too-real history of one of the world’s most intractable problems: peace between Israel and its neighbors." —The Boston Globe In the Negev desert, a nameless prisoner languishes in a secret cell, his only companion the guard who has watched over him for a dozen years. Meanwhile, the prisoner’s arch nemesis—The General, Israel’s most controversial leader—lies dying in a hospital bed. From Israel and Gaza to Paris, Italy, and America, Englander provides a kaleidoscopic view of the prisoner’s unlikely journey to his cell. Dinner at the Center of the Earth is a tour de force—a powerful, wryly funny, intensely suspenseful portrait of a nation riven by insoluble conflict, and the man who improbably lands at the center of it all.

Extreme Sports Medicine
Extreme Sports Medicine

Author: Francesco Feletti

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 3319282654

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This technically oriented book on medicine as applied to extreme sports offers broad coverage of the field extending well beyond the usual focus on major trauma and acute injuries. In addition to the injuries and diseases associated with individual extreme sports, this book also addresses the topics of psychology, dermatology, ophthalmology, infectious diseases, physiology, nutrition, training, injury prevention strategies, rehabilitation, doping, treatment in hostile environments, and legal aspects. Innovative and less frequently considered topics are also discussed, such as recent advances in protective equipment and materials, the effects of exposure on whole-body vibration, and cold exposure risk management. More than 60 of the most authoritative experts from across the world have contributed to this book, drawing on their personal experiences and including practical examples whenever relevant. Both subject matter and illustrations have been selected with the utmost care, the latter including photographs of world-class athletes.The book’s multidisciplinary approach to the subject ensures that it will be relevant to a wide readership.