Right on the Edge of Crazy

I am an English teacher at a ski academy in Maine, and I read this book because my husband owns it, my sons race, and it looked interesting. I want to purchase it in quantity, but it's out of print! Help! It's an awesome real life account of the life of an alpine racer.

Downhill ski racing has to be the most awesome sport on the planet: racers routinely scream down mountains at speeds that would make a new Lexus shimmy and shudder; it's nothing for racers to fly a hundred and fifty feet in the air at seventy miles per hour;they pull g's like fighter pilots, and without the benefit of a plane. Mike Wilson captures all that here, plus the personalities and psyches of men whose profession leaves them very little room for error. Easily the best book I've read on the sport.

Right on the Edge of Crazy is a good insight to life on the road for ski racers. Yes, it talks about snow conditions (see previous negative comments) however, this information is essential to fully understand the environment in which these guys were racing. Any skier knows that weather alters conditions and therein alter one's approach to skiing. The book was entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to reading one about the current team.

This book lets you see and feel what it is like to be on the USST. It also follows them through an Olympic season. This book reads fast and exciting.