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I guess because of X-mas time. I would say book came in great condition but little late.
There are some very funny stories in the book. At times the book reads as if the author is talking to you as a personal friend sharing her adventures. I highly recommend it. I have never been snowboarding and I loved the book. The author is an accomplished snowboarder who tells her personal story in an entertaining, personal, and humorous way.
Any boarder will enjoy it. But I read it, it's not just for girls. Maybe the pink cover turns off guy readers, ha, ha. I read this after reading P3: Pipes, parks, and powder. At first, I thought of it as the girl version of Todd Richard's book (P3) and didn't want to read it.
Women have been a big part of snowboarding since it's inception, so I am therefore not convinced of her adversity. It jumps around a bit, leaving the reader confused. The other problem that I had with this book is that she tries to make women seem more disadvantaged than they really are. So after reading about how she crashed it, she continues talking about how she drove everywhere.
Having graduated college, I think I was too well educated to read this book. She does get credit back, though, because of her participation in the Boarding for Breast Cancer program. While there are 10x less professional women snowboarders, there are 10x as many male snowboarders, so it all evens out. It was so, like, 7th graderish.
Fortunately, you can tell that Tina starts to mature a little bit as a writer near the end of the book. Overall, I'd skip this book and read "Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder" if you are into the "Action" sports books or "Swimming to Antarctica" if you want a women-pushing-the-sport type of book. This book isn't very well written. For example, Tina talks about how she got a car soon after getting her drivers license, but then mentions that she crashed it a year later.
Guys seem to have no problem doing it, but she proved that girls can pull it together too. To stay focused on your own goals and not let life get in the way is so difficult. I've seen it happen all too often and has happened to me as well.
I opened it and finished it in its entirety in one sitting. Tina's changes in life are definitely relatable. This book is awesome.
She is an inspiration to me because there are so many girls who side-track themselves due to heartbreaking, intellectually debased boys. oh yeah, the foo fighters suck. It was such an exciting read.
I just recently started snowboarding and am totally psyched about it.
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