Running wild in the mountains of eastern Washington as a child, extreme kayaker and entrepreneur Tao Berman continues to run wild through the record books and life. A world-record waterfall-drop holder since his 98.4-foot kayak flight off of Upper Johnston Falls in Banff National Forest, Berman exemplifies his philosophy of "I'd rather die than ...
At 15, Wilf insists he's too old for summer camp. When his parents ship him off anyway, he plans to escape. Things unravel when his cabin mate forces Wilf to take him along and then a younger camper follows them. Soon, they all end up in a fight for their lives against the unforgiving river.
Jake, Peter and Moses are thrilled to spend their spring break helicopter skiing in the mountains. Jake, already a junior guide, is helping to train Peter. Moses, the helicopter pilot's son, is along for the fun. At the same time, Fiona, a snowboarding fanatic from England, is embarking on a snowboarding adventure on a nearby peak. Soon after ...
This is the third adrenalin-pumping outdoor sports adventure in the Take It to the Extreme series with best friends Peter and Jake. It's summer vacation, and when Ron, a former guide with Sam's Adventure Tours, invites Jake and Peter to help develop a mountain bike trail in in British Columbia, near the American border, the boys can't believe ...
Jake and Peter's final adventure finds them training as guides to ride wheeled boards down volcanoes complicated by Peter's secret agenda, Jake's inner turmoil, the arrival of two girls and a nasty senior guide.
Jake and Peter's latest adventure finds them mountaineering with a surly runaway and overcoming Pete's fear of heights. The series author is an experienced journalist and outdoor enthusiast well able to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Jake and Pete, 15-year-old friends, get work as guides at a dirt-bike trail outfitter and each does one part of the job well. It takes a series of disasters to convince the boys that successful dirt bikers can do it all.
According to the authors, more companies lose talented people because of a conflict in values rather than a problem with compensation. This exciting new book focuses on six major value shifts in terms of what people expect from work and gives strategies to attract and retain talented people.
Jake and Peter's latest adventure sees the boys stranded after a scuba diving accident and facing an extreme storm. The series author is an experienced journalist and outdoor enthusiast well able to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Kip's only friends are the members of the Daredevil Club, a club whose mission is to complete seven dangerous dares before their rivals, the Wildmen, complete their list of dares. Before the cliff diving accident in which he lost the use of his leg, Kip had been the leader of the Daredevil club. Now he has difficulty completing the dares and ...
When Jake gets an opportunity be part of the crew for an eight-day whitewater rafting trip along the Cattibone River, he jumps at it. Not even the news that his kayaking rival, Peter, is coming along as a paying customer can dampen his excitement. Riding down the isolated Cattibone River with its dangerous Class IV rapids will be the perfect ...
Jake and Peter land dream jobs as skateboarding stuntboys on a movie set. Sabotage soon points to a jealous friend, but who? Meanwhile, the boys have an uneasy relationship with three local skateboarding "toughs." Young Adult.
Jake and Peter's new adventure finds them riding BMX bikes in an underground maze of mining tunnels and defying hostile riders. The series author is an experienced journalist and outdoor enthusiast well able to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Jake and Peter's latest adventure finds them working as wake board instructors in a remote, and tension-ridden, community. The series author is an experienced journalist and outdoor enthusiast well able to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Walrus Books
Date Published: 2005
Description: Good in n/a jacket. Signed. By Author SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Paperback. Sound & nice copy, light to moderate shelf/reading wear, stamped. read more
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