Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier: Powder, Bumps, and Carving

by Harald R. Harb

Book Overview

Drawing upon the author's experience as a ski champion and coach as well as his study of skiing and anatomy, the Primary Movements Teaching System demonstrates how to improve balance, turning,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578261546
• ISBN13: 9781578261543
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Healthy Living Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Expertise Far Superior to Mainstream - The Real Story

Bs"D Harald Harb and his innovative Primary Movements Teaching System (PMTS) is far ahead of anything else available today (unless you are a World Cup professional ski racer from a national team with top coaches, in which case it will be the same level - but tailored to recreational skiers of all abilities). Actually, Harald Harb was a World Cup racer, and coach to successful WC racers as well. His personal skiing skills far surpass the, even above average, "mainstream" PSIA instructor. But, this is not his forte. What makes him invaluable to us, the consumer skiing public, is that he has deeply and accurately analyzed high level modern skiing technique, and boiled it down to the most basic and essential movements, the first movements which set everything else in proper "motion" (the Primary Movements) making it easy for even a beginner to speed through the learning process - all the more so with advanced students who will appreciate the new clarity on the fine points still holding them back. This is exactly why the mainstream is worried about him, and tries to discredit him. With these books and DVDs, no one will ever want to go backwards again to instruction that is not just inferior, but often contradictory to effective technique. Unfortunately, as consumers, we are all too familiar with planned entropy (the constant process of breaking down and deterioration built in to so many products - so a new purchase will soon become necessary again). Here, the teaching doesn't just disappear and become obsolete; it was never really there to begin with - planned non-effectiveness and need to continue forever without progress. How many skiers are trying for years to improve with the double talk mumbo jumbo that they hear from many ski instructors? [By the way, the validity of the fact that Harald Harb has correctly perceived the correct movements and their sequence (for example the lifting or lightening of the inside ski), can be easily seen by looking at video footage of any top WC racer - he shows all of this in his videos as well. The very movements that the PSIA guys want to say are just incorrect tricks to make a business for himself being different than them, can be clearly seen to be exactly what the top skiers in the world are doing. Well, if the movements, now proven to be correct, are different than what the mainstream is preaching, then they must be wrong. How ironic, they just shot themselves in the "foot". They deserve that for distorting the truth and stealing from the public. Also, ironically, the move used as an example above, dubbed the "Phantom Move" is the most primary of all. Mr. Harb called it that, because when he himself was a PSIA Demo Team member - their highest level!, he tried teaching it to his fellow instructors who were giving poor instruction, but they couldn't get it! Despite it being indeed what the greatest skiers in the world were doing, it was so foreign to them that they just couldn't get it (they

Finally, The Intelligent Method

After being trained by self prescribed professionals of PSIA and being one myself for 25 years I have now found what was wrong with our methodology and technique. Reading this book and skiing with Mr. Harb and Ms. Rogers has re-ignited my love for skiing. The methodology is sound, the results are overwhelming and skiing is more fun than ever. For anyone that is a skier or wants to become one, this is the way to sure success and fun.The book is easy to read, laid out well and from personal experience on the snow absolutely effective. Not applying this technique to your skiing or teaching would be a tragic loss of what skiing is all about. "Ski the Edge, Not the Wedge"

Any mountain becomes skiable with this system

This follow-up to the enormously popular "Anyone can be an Expert Skier 1", expands on the "Harb" Direct Parallel instruction techniques by adding much needed insight and information on skiing in a wide variety of mountain conditions--powder, crud, steeps, bumps--while mastering the art of carving."Anyone can be an Expert Skier 2" is presented in a clear, easy-to-follow format. Colour photographs provide excellent illustrations of the skiing techniques described in the text. Carefully created photomontages provide the reader with step-by-step visuals that readily convey the teaching points of the "Harb" Direct Parallel method.The "Harb" Direct Parallel method of instruction is a radical departure from traditional ski instruction technique. I found that the moves and exercises he used in the books were easy to learn and emulate on the ski slopes. The speed of my improvements were mind blowing and the great thing about Harald's technique is that you can take it to any hill in any county and in any conditions.Clear and concise, effective and accessible, Anyone can be an Expert Skier 2--Powder, Bumps and Carving is appropriate for advancing level skiers.

The real thing!

I have had the pleasure of skiing with Harald Harb and can truly attest to the fact that his method works. I have been a "stuck" intermediate skier for years and with a few new ideas from Mr. Harb I was on my way to breaking out of my rut! This new book provides excellent guidance and information for the skier and the COLOR photos are a sight to see. The photos break down the ideas into step-by-by-step lessons. Great idea! Also a companion video is advertised in the book and it is the most professional ski instruction video I have ever watched. I recommend both of Mr. Harb's books and videos to anyone who wants to have more fun on the mountain!

A Great Effort from a Great Innovator

The "Expert II" book from Harald Harb was worth waiting for. It is full of effective tips on how to become a better skier. The two books in this series are in my opinion THE books on skiing to own if your shelf space limits the selection to only two. (A third book to own would be "The Athletic Skier" by Warren Witherell.) Harb's new book is surely provocative (especially his ideas on stance width), but we need to remember that history proves that there are always new ideas coming along, and it would be stupid to dismiss them out of hand without trying them first. I have tried the new techniques taught in this exeptional book, and instantly I became a better skier. I ski with greater finesse, better control, a cleaner carve and I save a lot of energy. The bottom line is that this way of skiing is FUN!!