14Jan 2018 by DS News Team
Photo Essay Skiwelcup Dresden: Skiing Stars, Fans & Things To Look At

Photo Essay Skiwelcup Dresden: Skiing Stars, Fans & Things To Look At

Leaders, Newsfeed
[caption id="attachment_6351" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Skiing is great. Skiing with world-famous Zwinger on the background - priceless. [/caption] [caption id="attachment_6360" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] ...massive ski wax trucks by the stately Ministry of Finance of Free State of Saxony [/caption] [caption id="attachment_6358" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] 3000 fans packed the stands that in summer time are used for open-air concerts. Another 8000 viewers spread along the tracks and on top of nearby bridges[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6370" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Qualification runs fly fast: some are just starting , while others are at the finish line[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6359" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] That contraption is called fly-cam and helps to capture action for television from above[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6354" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Johannes Høsflot Klæbo trusts his earphones in warm up [/caption] [caption id="attachment_6352" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] ....Lucas Chanavat never goes anywhere without…
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12Jan 2018 by DS News Team
Globulonero Brings Its Own Skis To Market

Globulonero Brings Its Own Skis To Market

Gear News, Newsfeed
Is there anybody on this planet who skies yet have not heard about Nones Sport in Castello di Fiemme? Seriously, where else you ( that is, if you're lucky) would be greeted by an Olympic champion? Because Nones Sport is a brainchild of Italy's first ever winner of the Games in cross country skiing, Franco Nones. [caption id="attachment_6342" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Signore Franco Nones, Olympic champion of 1968 & founder of Nones Sport [/caption] But it's not just Franco's imposing presence that makes it special. Nones is known for knowledge, wide range of products on stock – as well as impressive multitude of languages its specialists speak. Several years ago Nones & his family made a foray into rollerskiing, developing & putting out on the market several models of which B1/CS1,…
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10Jan 2018 by DS News Team
World Class Skiing Is Coming To Dresden. We Look At What Makes New City Sprint Location Special

World Class Skiing Is Coming To Dresden. We Look At What Makes New City Sprint Location Special

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A historic capital of Saxony ( and current capital of the Free State of Saxony within the Federal Repubic of Germany) , is known worldwide for its art museums and cultural events. Now the organizers of the Skiweltcup Dresden want to add a new reason to visit the historic city – the FIS Cross-country Skiing World Cup stage. It's city ski sprint, of course – the competition that has ardent supporters and skeptics alike. One thing nobody can deny is that it's original and goes a long way in attracting new fans to the great sport of cross country skiing. [caption id="attachment_6326" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] that's where the WC competitions will be held this weekend[/caption] Here's what we think is remarkable about the Dresden event: - The 1.4km sprint course requires…
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09Jan 2018 by DS News Team
Petter Northug Crushes Competition In Style Department By Arriving To Race On Private Jet

Petter Northug Crushes Competition In Style Department By Arriving To Race On Private Jet

Money & Finance, Newsfeed
Petter Northug is never out of headlines. And it's not about King of Skis finishing in 48th place in Sunday's 30-kilometer classic race, over five minutes behind the winner. It's about arriving to that race in style. Anybody ever heard of jet-setting cross country skiers? Well, they do now - it was a private jet that brought Petter and his trainer Vidar Undebakke to Luleå Airport near Piteå. It was only two of them that descended from the stairs of Cessna C560 Citation Encore that is outfitted to carry eight in comfort and luxury. [caption id="attachment_6308" align="aligncenter" width="747"] bird that carried Petter Northug to Scandinavian Cup last weekend[/caption] To hire an American-built C560 Citation would cost anything between 3000 and 3500 US dollars per flight hour in the US –…
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04Jan 2018 by DS News Team
“ChaosLoppet” Or Most Impressive Ski Race Of Season, All For Wrong Reasons

“ChaosLoppet” Or Most Impressive Ski Race Of Season, All For Wrong Reasons

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Whichever way you slice it, the 15k mass start race at Tour de Ski on Thursday is bound to be remembered and talked about for a long time. For those who missed the “show” from German Oberstdorf: the rain turned the ski track into a distant cousin of skating rink while curvy downhills made the race totally unpredictable affair. Pretty much everyone had a fall, a broken pole or at least a stumble. Even flats were dangerous: no lesser athlete than Heidi Weng fell at the last meters of the distance, seemingly without a reason. Swedish Aftonbladet has summed it all up in one phrase “Chaosloppet The mass start in Oberstdorf was chaotic, crazy with dangerous crashes and incidents” Marcus Hellner ( fell on the distsance) "It was a strange…
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