Science and Skiing IV

The book contains the proceedings of the Forth International Congress on Science and Skiing, which was held at St. Chistoph am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria. The conference was organized and hosted by the Department of Sport Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria, and by the Christian Doppler Laboratory "Biomechanics in Skiing," Salzburg, Austria. It was also part of the program of the steering group "Science in Skiing" of the World Commission of Sport Science. It contains a broad spectrum of current research work in Alpine and Nordic skiing and in snowboarding. In the proceedings of this congress, the keynotes are invited lectures as well as the oral presentations are publishes. The manuscripts were subject to peer review and editorial judgment prior to acceptance.