Download or read book Great Moments in Olympic Snowboarding written by Brian Howell and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no sporting event has told more amazing stories than the Olympic Games. Great Moments in Olympic Snowboarding tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity. Title includes colorful descriptions of memorable moments old and new, a list of great Olympians in snowboarding, Great Moment sidebars, and frequent subheads. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Great Moments in Olympic Skiing written by Brian Trusdell and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no sporting event has told more amazing stories than the Olympic Games. Great Moments in Olympic Skiing tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity. Title includes colorful descriptions of memorable moments old and new, a list of great Olympians in skiing, Great Moment sidebars, and frequent subheads. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Great Moments in Olympic Skating written by Jo-Ann Barnas and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no sporting event has told more amazing stories than the Olympic Games. Great Moments in Olympic Skating tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity. Title includes colorful descriptions of memorable moments old and new, a list of great Olympians in skating, Great Moment sidebars, and frequent subheads. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Frozen in Time written by Bud Greenspan and published by Stoddart. This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pays tribute to athletes of the Winter Olympics with 56 profiles of medal-winning men and women from around the world who have competed since 1924. Each profile recounts memorable moments of the competition, with many quotes from athletes, and each contains a color or bandw photo. Includes statistics. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Snowboard written by Joseph Gustaitis and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the popular olympic sport, snowboarding, the olympic snowboarding events, and a look at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Download or read book Snowboarding written by Ellen Labrecque and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, Snowboarding in the Global Citizens: Olympic Sports series explores the sport through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. Text and photos look at the history, basic philosophies, and geography of snowboarding. Content includes information on multiple Olympic events in the category. As they read, students will develop questions about the text, and use evidence from a variety of sources in order to form conclusions. Data-focused backmatter is included, as well as a bibliography, glossary, and index.
Download or read book Winter Olympic Sports Snowboarding written by Laura Hamilton Waxman and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic snowboarding. Includes descriptions of each of the men's and women's slopestyle, halfpipe, snowboard cross, and parallel slalom events, along with the new big air event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the 2018 PeyongChang, South Korea Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index.
Download or read book Snowboard Cross written by Darice Bailer and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that snowboard cross athletes can race almost 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour while navigating extremely steep slopes? They swerve around sharp turns at high speeds and fly through the air over jumps. Some of the fastest snowboarders compete in races all over the world. Enter the Extreme Winter Sports Zone to learn about the history, gear, moves, competitions, and top athletes connected to snowboard cross. You'll discover: • How racers stay ahead of the competition on steep slopes. • How athletes stay safe on sharp turns and high jumps. • Who the most famous athletes in snowboard cross are and how they got started. • Where you can practice and find the biggest, most dangerous competitions. Are you into sports? Then get in the zone!
Download or read book Snowboarding written by Yvonne Thorpe and published by Adrenaline Rush. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explains the basics of skateboarding, including the various styles of skateboarding, the different tricks that can be performed, and the equipment needed. Also includes biographies of famous skateboarders"
Download or read book Snowboarding written by KARA L. LAUGHLIN and published by Wonder Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whoosh! Powdery snow flies into the air around a colorful snowboard. This book introduces the basics of snowboarding, the equipment snowboarders need, and the techniques they use. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars and captions, an activity, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author.
Download or read book Great Olympic Moments written by Michael Hurley and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Olympic Moments looks at great Olympic moments through the history of the modern Olympics and reasons why these moments were so memorable and made such an impact. It also includes a spread of Olympic records and an Olympic timeline.
Download or read book Freeze Frame written by Sue Macy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights in the history of the Winter Olympics from their inception in 1924 to today, including profiles of the Olympic athletes and information on the lesser-known winter sports. Also includes an Olympic almanac with information about each Olympiad.
Download or read book 28 Day Winter written by and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year the Burton snowboard team travels south chasing snow. 28 Day Winter: A Snowboarding Narrative documents a specific moment in time: August 2006, when Dean "Blotto" Gray, Jeff Curtes, and Adam Moran circled the globe with the world's best snowboarders. These young athletes, all between the ages of 15 and 30, comprise an elite team of Olympic gold medalists, legendary pioneers, and big mountain champions. Burton's photographers not only snowboarded right alongside these power players through the life-threatening courses and first descents down Methven and Wanaka, New Zealand and Termas De Chillan, Chile, capturing the airborne 720-degree rotations and flights across man-made and natural obstacles, but also accompanied them in their travels and downtime. An intimate and penetrating glance into the lives and feats of professional athletes, 28 Day Winter is an epic photographic narrative that captures these snowboarders pushing the limits of riding in the ultimate conditions, documents the ultimate trip, and inspires us all to ride. Snowboarders featured in the book include Terje Haakonsen, the Norwegian legend; Shaun White, the gnarly American Olympic gold medalist; Nicolas Muller, the Swiss freestyle champion; Kelly Clark, Olympic gold medalist and big mountain champion; Hannah Teeter, Olympic gold medalist; and Victoria Jalous, the Canadian wunderkind.
Download or read book Beautiful Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide written by Karen Patry and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of planning and preparation happens before the dream vacation does. Beautiful Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide prepares and accompanies you from start to finish.
• Plan your trip and settle on an itinerary. Finalize your plans with lists of local festivals, equipment rentals, and whale-watching or commercial tour companies.
• Pore over the main travel guide’s 204 pages and 22 modules as you plan and as you travel. It’ll give you a bit of history, all the local attractions, and some of the best hotels and restaurants.
• While you’re having the time of your life, we keep your days exciting – in a good way – by cluing you in to road conditions, weather forecasts, tide charts and apps, and highway mileage charts.
• The book also provides a bit of Olympic Mountain history, explanations regarding rainshadows and rainforests, local rainfall averages, and some of the amazing local flora and fauna.
• A comprehensive index will put the info at your fingertips when you need it.
There’s much more than this inside these covers, of course, but now you know this book might just be an indispensable part of your dream vacation.
Download or read book Snowboarding written by Laura Hamilton Waxman and published by Winter Olympic Sports. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which athletes will bring home the gold? Read all about the thrilling events of the Winter Olympics, and see how athletes give their all in these cold weather sports. Book jacket.
Download or read book Mastering Snowboarding written by Hannah Teter and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter teams up with Snowboard magazine editor Tawnya Schultz in Mastering Snowboarding. Step-by-step instructions and color photo sequences depict essential techniques and tricks in park, halfpipe, and backcountry snowboarding.
Download or read book Shaun White written by Sarah Tieck and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw reluctant readers in to the fascinating life of two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White! This book introduces readers to White's childhood, family background, rise to fame, and future plans. Readers will learn about his background in surfing, skiing, and on to snowboarding and skateboarding, as well as how White's bold snowboarding tricks have made him famous. White's performances and gold medals won in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics are covered, as well as the background and history of the Olympics. White's X Games competitions are also highlighted. Features include table of contents, maps, "Did You Know" facts, a "Snapshot" page with vital information, a glossary with phonetics, and an index. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
