The purpose of this journal is to present a scientific and psycho-philosophical approach to alpine skiing to raise awareness of how our brain, nervous system and our emotional life shape our skiing behavior. My intention is to share concepts and suggestions to contribute to the evolution of each skier.

For those who only want immediate sensations when sliding on the snow, the articles presented here may be tedious, but for those who reflect on their experiences, it can be the beginning of a never-ending path towards the search for knowledge.

The more we know about the origin of our behavior, the better we will understand our own skiing, because knowledge enlightens. Knowing what happens to us on skis and why we act or react in a certain way not only expands theoretical knowledge, but also lays the foundations for optimizing our own skiing performance.

The idea for these publications originated from my desire to rethink this recreational and sporting activity based on concepts from neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, the sciences of human movement and sporting performance and, of course, philosophy.

To adapt these conclusions to skiing, I relied on the experience of many years of teaching this sport, and several years of research in the areas and disciplines mentioned.

I related the theory to the observation of the behavior of students and skiers in general. The results obtained motivated me to publish this knowledge as suggestions, in some cases, and ratifications of what we already know in others.

Several concepts are repeated in the different articles with the intention of adapting them to multiple situations and relating them from different perspectives. My intention is to simplify and adapt them so that they can be easily understood.

I consult a large number of bibliographic references to capture coinciding but also different approaches. Due to the breadth of the interesting topics, I am forced to condense them, for which I apologize.

These archives do not have the strict rigor of science papers, but the concepts are of scientific origin and relate directly to the situations we experience when skiing. As research related to skiing is limited, it is difficult, for most of the concepts presented, to be supported by hard evidence, having to access scientific studies from other areas of research to adapt them to the particularities of this sport.

Each reader, according to his or her interest, has the opportunity to develop reflections by deepening the theories and concepts presented. These are numerous and suggestive, so that both recreational and professional skiers will benefit from a better understanding of the individual mechanisms that are externalized in their own behavior, as well as in the observation of the behavior of students and athletes.

My intention is that this collection of dossiers will be an entertaining read, a source of knowledge and real application to understand why we act in a certain way when skiing.

It is my hope that every skier will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.

NOTE: I write these articles in Spanish, since it is my mother tongue, and then translate them into English so I apologize for any error that may appear.