Water Sports category: 1998 books
South with the Sun
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant...
They Ruled the Pool
The 100 Greatest Swimmers in History
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Competitive swimming is one of only five sports to have been contested at every Olympic Games since the first competition of the modern era was held in 1896. While only a handful of swimming events took place that year, the sport has grown considerably since then—at the 2012 Olympic Games in London,...
by Lucero, Blythe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
In order to enhance your performance, swimming alone is not enough. An effective strength training is crucial if you want to improve your swimming times. Strength Training for Faster Swimming shows you what types of strength training benefit swimming and how to develop a winning routine. It includes swim-specific strength-training and lots of sample workouts.
UNEXPECTED
A Retrospective of Patagonia's Outdoor Photography
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
From the peak of a mountain or the barrel of a wave, Patagonia has collected some of the most spectacular sports imagery in history. Relive the achievements captured in Patagonia’s history, as well as the joie de vivre fostered by nurturing a relationship with the great outdoors.
Unique for...
Making Waves
My Journey to Winning Olympic Gold and Defeating the East German Doping Program
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest female swimmer in the world.Heading into the 1976 Olympic...
by Roy Palmer MSTAT
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The 'Complete Rowing Machine Workout' program will show you how to get the most from your machine. No need to waste any more time searching the web trying to find a workout here and there - because they're all here in this program!
The 20 workouts include interval training sessions, heart-rate...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
- Swimming A Training Program sets out the 300 swimming schedules and 115 weight schedules making up a single six-month training cycle. While David Wright's and Garth Gilmour's Swim to the Top provided the training theory, this book sets the theory into practice. Each week's program, which in most...
Force of Nature
Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Laird Hamilton has been hailed as the world's greatest big-wave surfer. His first book, Force of Nature, allows readers a rare glimpse inside the unique philosophy that has created his circumstances, and not the other way around. After all, this is a man whose biological father abandoned him shortly...
by Blythe Lucero
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
The third book in the series, Challenge Workouts for Advanced Swimmers, contains 100 advanced level workouts that focus on speed and yardage, with specific workouts for freestyle, individual medley, sprint and distance swimming. The workouts in this book use pace work, descending and building sets, and...
Nutrition for Swimmers
For Junior and Age Group Swimmers
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
The big question asked by swimming parents around the world is : What food do I give my child to help them become a successful swimmer ? The answer is now available! You can go from being unsure of what to provide your child to eat before and after training or races, to knowing exactly what to offer...
Dangerous Games
Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and Other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Spor ts
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
In this elegant and exciting collection Andrew Todhunter, himself an extreme sportsman and the author of the critically acclaimed Fall of the Phantom Lord, takes readers along as men and women push themselves to their limits in the world’s riskiest sports.
In several of these essays Todhunter...
by Tim Davison, Steve Kibble
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Sailing for Kids is aimed at children aged 8-15 who are taking their first steps into the fantastic world of sailing. Packed full of colour photographs and diagrams, this straightforward and easy-to-understand guide is the perfect introduction to the sport. It is based on the Optimist dinghy, which...
by Georges Leblanc
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
PUSHING THE LIMITS is a true account of the dramatic events that drastically changed my life in September 1998. That was when I attempted to qualify for the solo sailing race, “The Rum Route,” in my sailboat Thriller.
This book takes you through a solo Atlantic crossing on the open sea...
Angler's Guide to Kayak Fishing Southwest Florida
Sarasota Bay to Pine Island
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
Many books have been written about kayaking and others about fishing but this book focuses on fishing from a kayak on freshwater and inshore saltwater in southwest Florida. It is a guide for visiting anglers who are new to kayak fishing, yet has useful information for those who are experienced and...