Download or read book The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports written by Francesco Braghin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports presents the state-of-the-art research in the field of winter sports in a harmonized and comprehensive way for a diverse audience of engineers, equipment and facilities designers, and materials scientists. The book examines the physics and chemistry of snow and ice with particular focus on the interaction (friction) between sports equipment and snow/ice, how it is influenced by environmental factors, such as temperature and pressure, as well as by contaminants and how it can be modified through the use of ski waxes or the microtextures of blades or ski soles. The authors also cover, in turn, the different disciplines in winter sports: skiing (both alpine and cross country), skating and jumping, bob sledding and skeleton, hockey and curling, with attention given to both equipment design and on the simulation of gesture and track optimization.
Download or read book The Book of Winter Sports written by William Dustin White and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1925 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Winter Sports Tourism written by Simon Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The snow sports industry has experienced remarkable growth in the last fifty years. It is estimated that there are about 115 million skiers worldwide and around 2,000 ski resorts in 70 countries catering to this growing market. New resorts in Asia and Eastern Europe are competing for these visitors with already well established destinations. But the industry is changing. Technology is having a huge impact on the skiing product and how it is distributed; demographic shifts are affecting the ski industry landscape; and climate change is impacting hills all over the world. Such dramatic changes require a fresh look at this exciting and dynamic industry. Comprised of 12 chapters for easy semester teaching, each chapter follows the theme of 'working in winter wonderlands'. It covers a breadth of issues including: * The evolution of winter sport tourism, with skiing's earliest emergence as a leisure pastime during the mid-nineteenth century in Europe, to the present day; * The winter sport tourism product - the activities, resorts, and supporting industries such as clothing and equipment; * Design and planning for winter sports resorts including management and operations, both on- and off-mountain; * Marketing, public relations and media; * Planning, marketing and leveraging of events in the winter sports industry * Economic, social and environmental impacts of winter sport tourism; * Understanding the consumer, customer service and how to develop a service culture. * The future for the ski industry, how resorts need to cater to the future consumer, and how to deal with seasonality. The book has a sound pedagogic structure, with key chapter features including: * Spotlight' sections focusing on the occupation of a frontline individual in the snow sports industry in various roles including marketing, resort designer, entertainment and director of communications; * 'Profiles' on a particular resort, organization or individual that illustrates a particular concept or theoretical principle presented in the chapter. Interesting profiles include Patrick Bruchez, owner and manager of Verbier's olderst hotel; Joe Nevin, creator of Bumps for Boomers in Aspen; and Darren Turner developer of an innovative ski instruction app. The book also profiles Crystal Holidays, one the UK'S largest ski operators, and China's emergence as a key player in the global ski industry. * A detailed 'Case Study' which ,as a collection, cover a variety of organizations and regions. Designed to foster critical thinking, these cases illustrate actual business scenarios that stress several concepts found in the chapters. Case studies include women's instruction camps, Vail's development plans in Utah, ski resort infrastructure in Japan, DreamSki Adventures in South America, the EpicMix app in Colorado, the upcoming Olympics in South Korea, and Slovenia's growing ski scene. * Online tutor resources including Powerpoint slides with links to relevant videos. All spotlights, profiles and cases have been developed following a personal visit or in-depth interviews conducted by the authors, and there is an international flavor throughout the book. Essential reading for tourism students, researchers, and practitioners - particularly those working in the ski industry.
Download or read book Southern Snow written by Randy Johnson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides everything you need to know to discover the South's best-kept secrets of winter recreation: snow-covered mountains, remote yet accessible trails, high-quality downhill and cross-country skiing, sparkling resorts and peaceful cabins, and of course, southern hospitality. Randy Johnson is a knowledgeable guide who shares his years of experience enjoying the winter wonders from the mountains of western Maryland down the Appalachian corridor all the way to northern Alabama. Features include - All-in-one guide to the ski areas, winter trails, and mountaineering opportunities in the six-state southern snowbelt - Tips on lodging, dining, nightlife, outfitters, lessons, childcare, activities for the nonskier, and more - Well-illustrated with photos and user-friendly maps for hikes and backcountry ski areas - Entertaining and informative background on the surprising history of the southern ski industry - Practical advice for finding up-to-the-minute information on weather and resort conditions Whether you're just visiting, new to the region, or a lifelong resident, this is the only book you need to make the most of southern snow.
Download or read book Winter Sports in Switzerland written by Edward Frederic Benson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Winter Sports written by Edgar Syers and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Winter Games written by John Feinstein and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1995 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of A Season on the Brink creates a story of intrigue and murder set in cutthroat world of college basketball, where recruiters will do what is necessary to sign a potential Michael Jordan.
Download or read book A Book of Winter Sports written by J. C. Dier and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Winter Sports Classic Reprint written by Edgar Syers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of Winter Sports St. Lydwina receives from the Angel a Branch from Paradise (from an engraving by Wiera, circa 1 600) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Spalding s Winter Sports written by James A. Cruikshank and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Book of Winter Sports written by J. C. Dier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Book of Winter Sports: An Attempt to Catch the Spirit of the Keen Joys of the Winter Season The friction type of ice-motor first received serious at tention when, in 1911, Fred Waters, of Red Bank, stumbled into a sensation by putting his runabout on runners with a cogged wheel motor driven. It is said that he had no thought of its being unusually Speedy, but simply aimed to take advantage of the better and less obstructed surface of the ice as compared with the rough roads. The speed of this auto-sleigh with an engine of only Six horsepower was so remarkable that in the next winter he took a Ford chassis, placed runners where the front wheels were, and rear runners on a three-foot extension of the back of the Chassis. In place of the tires on the rear wheels are about thirty-six sharp steel plates which attend to its propulsion when driven by a twenty-two and a half horsepower eu gine. This ice-sled is driven exactly as one drives an auto mobile, and runs smoothly; springs in the front and rear make riding comfortable even at the highest speed. Mr. Waters believes that he will be able to make almost a mile a minute on clear ice, which seems to be about the speed developed so far by the propeller type on Saranac Lake. Intense interest is being Shown in the new sport by both veteran ice-yachtsmen and automobile owners who were never aboard an ice - boat; there is no question but that ice motors will soon be thoroughly studied in the manufac turers' designing rooms, and that motor ice-running will head the list of winter sports in which speed is a factor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Book of Winter Sports With an Introduction by The Right Hon The Earl of Lytton written by Edgar Syers and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains an overview of various winter sports, offering historical information on their origins and evolution as well as information on how, where, when, and why they are played. Including helpful diagrams and wonderful illustrations, this classic book is not to be missed by winter sport enthusiasts and collectors of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: "Bandy," "Curling," "A National Game," "A Game of Long Ago," "The Principles of Curling," "The Art of Curling," "The Skip," "The Single-Handed Game," "Curling in Scotland," "Curling in Switzerland," "Skating," "The History and Literature of Skating," "Of International Skating and the Practice of the School Figures," "Ski-ing," "The Antiquity and Renaissance of Ski," "Countries in which Ski-Running is Practised," etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Winter Sports written by Gene Brown and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of various winter sports including skiing, skating, and tobogganing as presented in articles in the "New York Times."
Download or read book BK OF WINTER SPORTS written by J. C. Ed Dier and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Winter Sports written by Claire Throp and published by Ignite. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book in this action-packed series includes the basics of the winter sport, the proper gear and skills needed to play, and a close look both at the history of the game and the current stars. The main focus is on the sport in its different disciplines, looking at what makes it thrilling both to watch and take part in.
Download or read book Youth and Winter Sports written by Gregoire P. Millet and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Winter Sports written by Josephine Pollard and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINTER SPORTS was published originally circa 1886 by McLoughlin Brothers, New York, New York.
