The Stylish Life: Skiing

The Stylish Life: Skiing by Gabrielle Le Breton An entertaining walk through the captivating and glamorous history of the traditional, yet modern sport of skiing. This dynamically-illustrated book features such legendary ski racers as Jean-Claude Killy and Rudi Sailer to charismatic modern athletes such as Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller. Showcasing the breathtaking resort towns of St. Moritz, Kitzbühel, Chamonix, Aspen, Telluride, and others. From its origins in China and Scandinavia, the sport of skiing has come a long way to attract daring athletes, tourists and locals on winter holiday, the chic and wealthy leisure class, and international royalty. On the technical side, pioneering innovators developed cutting-edge equipment that, over the years, has grown skiing to become a fiercely competitive spectator sport while, on the cultural side, the exciting and well-groomed stars of the ski world and jetsetter destinations have come to define a distinctive and popular global culture and as