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Book - A Skier's Handbook, Richard J Zatorski, 1963

A Skier's Handbook - Front Cover

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A Skier's Handbook - Contents

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A Skier's Handbook - Back Cover

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Physical description

A small book of 83 pages including black and white illustrations featuring a downhill skier on the front cover. It was published by The Victorian Ski Association and sold for 2/-.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

This book subtitled "A Guide to Snow Sports in Australia" includes an introduction to The Victorian Ski Association, followed by sections about Victoria's Ski Resorts at Mt. Buller, Mt. Hotham and Falls Creek as well as New South Wales Ski Resorts, Australian Capital Territory Ski Resorts and Tasmanian Ski Resorts.
Other sections include a Skier's Guide to Equipment, a Skier's Guide to Snowcraft, a Skier's Guide to Tests and Rules as well as the Golden Rules of Racing.

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Identifier

FCHS 862

Edition

3rd ed.

Editor

Richard J Zatorski

Publisher

Victorian Ski Association

Medium

paperback

Languages

English

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