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Complete Guide to Water Skiing (book)

Price: $19.95 Item has been discontinued # HK-0-88011-522-X

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Combine the thrill and excitement of speed on water with the challenge of slalom, trick, and jump skiing and it's no wonder water skiing is one of the most popular water sports in the country.

Water skiing is a highly technical sport where skills, safety, and equipment are essential to having fun on the water. Complete Guide to Water Skiing provides skiers with these tools and more--it's the single best resource available in skiing instruction.

Skiers who are new to the sport will enjoy the useful tips on equipment, conditioning, safety, basic skills, and how to reach the next level in skiing performance. Wakeboarders and kneeboarders will appreciate the advice on techniques specific to their skills. Veteran skiers and coaches will love both the tournament tips and instructions on advanced skills and will welcome the chance to apply these methods to test their jumping and trick skiing abilities.

Complete Guide to Water Skiing combines the expertise of two of the best water skiing instructors in the world. Water skiing experts Favret and Benzel give tips on selecting the right equipment and safety, then help skiers reach their goals with

* 149 photos providing step-by-step instruction for slalom, trick skiing, jumping, wakeboarding, and kneeboarding

Complete Guide to Water Skiing will help readers ski better and enjoy it more every time out on the water.

AUDIENCE

Guide for anyone interested in water skiing.

CONTENTS

Contents
Chapter 1. Developing Your Water Skiing Skills
Chapter 2. Skiing Safety and Equipment
Chapter 3. Water Skiing Fitness
Chapter 4. Basic Skiing Skills
Chapter 5. Slalom
Chapter 6. Trick Skiing, Wakeboarding, and Kneeboarding
Chapter 7. Jump Skiing
Chapter 8. Competition
Chapter 9. Mental Toughness and Training Strategies
Chapter 10. Fine Tuning Your Skiing Skills

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ben Favret, a nationally-known water ski professional and instructor, began skiing at the early age of four. By the time he was 13, he was skiing in local tournaments and soon moved up to the regional and national level, before winning the 1994 Open National Slalom Championship in 1994.

After earning his bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Alabama in 1987, Favret worked in sales and marketing before leaving his job to pursue his professional skiing career. In addition to working the pro tour circuit, Favret is an American Water Ski Association (AWSA) Level I instructor and the Head Coach at Bennett's Water Ski School in Zachary, LA. He has coached the U.S. Junior Team at clinics and camps across the country and also has coached teams from Germany, New Zealand, and Japan. Favret writes extensively for Water Ski, The Water Skier, Water Ski Illustrated, and Ski Nautique.

Favret is an athlete on the AWSA Board of Directors and member of the Professional Association of Slalom Skiers. He lives in Zachary, Louisiana, where he enjoys playing basketball, golf, and tennis.

David Benzel has spent more than 25 years in water skiing as an athlete, coach, author, business owner, and parent of young champions.

A 6-time national champion and 5-time record holder, Benzel is the former coach of the World Champion U.S. Water Ski Team. As a motivational speaker, Benzel applies these coaching concepts to the workplace, speaking to business organizations on topics such as personal peak performance, leadership, and teambuilding. He also writes a monthly column entitled "Head Coach" for Water Ski Magazine and is the author of the book Psyching For Slalom.

Benzel is the founder of the Benzel Skiing Center, which opened in 1985. He serves as the Chairman of the Board for the American Water Ski Education Foundation and on the AWSA's Board of Directors. He has organized several water skiing clinics and symposiums, including the Junior Develop national and regional clinics, the National Coaching Symposiums, and the water skiing "Super Seminar" at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Benzel also provides color commentary for water skiing events on ESPN.

He and his wife, Cynthia, live in Groveland, Florida with their two children--Tarah, a 5-time champion by age 12, and Tyler, who started competing at age 6. When he's not water skiing, Benzel enjoys in-line skating, baseball with his children, biking, and reading.

WORDS OF PRAISE

"A great tool that every water skier should have in his toolbox of skiing knowledge. I know of no other book that covers such a wide range of skiing events with such accuracy."

"The Complete Guide to Water Skiing is a great training guide with informative and easy to read sections on the mental, physical and technical aspects of water skiing. A must for any avid water skier."

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