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Writer and adventurer Leslie Anthony has spent his life on two planks, racing down hills, searching for the next perfect ride. His real baptism, however, began in the early nineties when Alaska emerged as the ski world's Next Big Thing. Steep faces and vast tracks of powder snow, were captured on film and beamed to audiences around the world. The result was a freeskiing revolution. With insight and humor, White Planet, traces an arc through the new ski culture, in a rock n' roll adventure that follows a diaspora to far-flung corners of the globe. Along the way, Anthony introduces many of the daredevils, visionaries and entrepreneurs who are bringing the sport to such unexpected places as Mexico, China, Lebanon, and India.
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Reviews
"Anthony's White Planet is a comprehensive and remarkably well written delve into the deep powder dreams we all share...It's impossible to read White Planet without feeling a sense of belonging to a distinct tapestry of mountain culture, woven one turn at a time."
Backcountry Skiing Canada
"White Planet is fantastic - one of the most exciting books I have read for a long time. I live the exciting adventures with him."
Connie Lawn, White House Correspondent
"Anthony is the modern-day Dolores LaCha-pelle, spreading the often-garbled stoke of skiing with wit, intellect and passion. With a floating, easy tone, Anthony shares the dense histories, geologies and personalities that buttress snowsports."
Denver Post