Ski-running :: CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

	Pages.
Preface	iii-iv
The Origin and History of Ski	1-13
Continental Ski-running	13-17
The Elements of Ski-running	18-85
Introduction	18-20
Part I.—The Ground and the Snow	20-27
Part II.—Outfit	28-52
The Ski	28-35
The Binding	35-43
Footplates	44
The Stick	44-47
Footgear	47-49
Other Clothes	49-50
Accessories	50-51
Part III.—Technical	52-85
Preliminary advice	52-53
Lean forward!	53
To lift the point of the ski	53-55
Turning on the spot	55
Walking with ski on the level	55
Up-hill	56-61
Gliding down	61-65
Falling and getting up	65
Slight changes of direction	65
“Skating”	66
Braking with the stick	66-68
Snow-ploughing	68-69
Side stepping	69
Stemming	69-72
To make a down-hill curve	72-77
The “Telemark” Swing	78-82
The “Christiania” Swing	82-85
Jumping	86-98
How to select and prepare the hill	90-92
How to jump	92-98
Ski Mountaineering	99-104
Odds and Ends	105-116
Antidotes to Sticking, &c.	105-111
Common Faults and Failings	111-113
Ski-running Etiquette	113-114
Some Useful Figures	115-116

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