As a recent college graduate and fledging newspaper reporter in the Lake Tahoe area, Jeremy Evans became immersed in ski bum culture---a carefree lifestyle whose mantra was simply: "Ski as much as possible." His snowboarding suffered when he took a better job in Portland; and when, at twenty-six, he[...]

""Sailing is a popular sport and this book is a very comprehensive treatment of the subject.... This reviewer was impressed by the constant stress the authors place on safety at sea. Photographs always show sailors in appropriate yachting safety gear and almost every paragraph mentions some aspect o[...]