David Southall was born in Kingston Upon Hull and now lives in Gloucestershire England. He has been skiing for over thirty years and spends his winters skiing the Grand Massif in the Haute Savoir region of France. He is a self taught skier who started with langlauf before moving across to downhill skiing.He has been married to his wife Marjory for forty nine years.When not skiing, he spends much of his time restoring an old wooden motor cruiser and making music, having been a guitarist since the age of sixteen.In his book 'It's All Downhill From Here' he tries to pass on some of his accumulated knowledge. He does so with humour and sensitivity in the hope that others may benefit from his… experience.