With National Geographic's new series, Extreme Sports, kids can learn the tricks of the pros, use the cool vocabulary, and vicariously experience the thrill of participating in extreme sports without leaving home. Each book is a quick, fun introduction to its sport. Kids will learn about all of the different varieties of the sport. In Snowboard, it's freeriding, piping, backcountry boarding, boarder X, and alpine/speed boarding. They also learn the moves (ever want to do a stalemasky?) and what...
If you think you might like ice hockey, this book covers the basics of equipment, rules, and beginner hockey skills.
Guess How Much I Love Hockey (Guess How Much I Love)
by Harry Caminelli
-- Examines the lives and careers of the top athletes in the sport -- Includes exciting accounts of the most important competitions -- Filled with exciting action photosBorn with "turned in" feet and scarred by prejudice, Yamaguchi refused to let her disadvantages stop her and became a star at the 1992 Nationals and then the Olympics in Albertville.
-- Examines the lives and careers of the top athletes in the sport -- Includes exciting accounts of the most important competitions -- Filled with exciting action photosMichelle won her first Olympic medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Global Citizens: Olympic Sports (Set) (21st Century Skills Library: Global Citizens: Olympic Sports)
I'm A Snowboarding Guy Just Like A Normal Guy Except Much Cooler Journal
by Snowboarding Books
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Join an expedition climbing Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. From Base Camp to the summit, find out what to wear, what to take with you and how to survive! Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.Text type - An information book.The book is organised into short chapters to help children practis...
Ice Climbing (Adventure Sports)
by Scott Wurdinger and Leslie Rapparlie
In the Snow (First Sports Science) (First Sports Science S.)
by Nikki Bundey
Presents some basic information about such concepts of physics as friction, gravity, and energy while describing the mechanics of various winter sports, including skiing, skating, and sledding.
Extreme Downhill Skiing Moves (Behind the Moves (Capstone))
by Mary Firestone
Jake Burton Carpenter and the Snowboard (Graphic Library: Inventions and Discovery) (Inventions and Discovery)
by Michael O'Hearn
Winter Sports, PB Series (Winter Sports)
by Claire Throp, Greg Siemasz, Patrick Catel, and Paul Mason
Each book in this action-packed series includes the basics of the winter sport, the proper gear and skills needed to play, and a close look both at the history of the game and the current stars. The main focus is on the sport in its different disciplines, looking at what makes it thrilling both to watch and take part in.
