On Being Light is Chapter 8 of Snowbird Secrets, a collection of 22 meditations on what it means to be a skier, authored by "Guru" Dave Powers and Jackson Hogen. There is no other instruction manual that teaches the lessons found in Snowbird Secrets. The best technical skier of his generation who also happens to be a world-class instructor, Mike Rogan, says of Snowbird Secrets, "You not be a complete Alpine Slider until you finish this book."