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Fit to Surf: The Surfers Guide to Strength and Conditioning
McGraw-Hill Education (
July, 2003 )
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Good but of limited real-world use  |
This book is written in the American self-help style - he claims to have a revolutionary concept based on using the "new" shaped skis, does a sales job on you telling you why this, and only this revolutionary method is the way to ski and then goes onto explain in it detail. But as it happens, Ive had some (not all) of the concepts taught to me by ski instructors and read about similar methods in books back from the 1980s so Im not sure how revolutionary it really is. The basic idea is that the skis turn themselves if you tilt their edge into the snow using foot movement, so forget leaning and body position etc and concentrate on your feet. This actually does work pretty well. The book is very detailed with many progressive exercises which take you very carefully through the ideas. Loads of pictures are given which is great. Its all very detaile and this is a problem - you cant ski with a book and you cant really sit on the slopes referring to one every 10 minutes. Also, unless you actually live in a ski area, you are not going to get through many of the exercises. So all the detail makes it hard to actually implement thus really reducing its usefulness. You do get a pullout card to take with you but its hard to relate the exercises on it to the ones in the book properly. In fact I found it hard to really follow all the points clearly due to the slightly muddled format. I think he should produce a much smaller, more concise book that youd actually remember. Maybe it is written for teachers rather than skiers?
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A practical and clear introduction to the sport. |
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Wayne Aldersons book covers all the important issues necessary to give anyone who wants to start surfing a fun, safe and informed introduction to this sport. The book takes the beginner through the fundamentals in good detail with clear photographs and illustrations. Since the author is British it is geared to surfers in the UK. However it has a very sensible approach to learning the fundamentals of surfing that anyone can benefit from. It also covers all the ancillary issues such as equipment selection, safety and surfing weather in practical detail. Above all it is easy and fun to read. With more advanced techniques also included it provides support even to intermediate or advanced surfers wanting another angle on surfing at their level. I have surfed in the UK, in Japan, Indonesia and Australia and I find myself using this book as a reference time and again to help refresh and move my surfing to the next level. Read, surf and enjoy.
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