Teaser: Don’t Miss Upcoming Interview With Vegard Vinje

Teaser: Don’t Miss Upcoming Interview With Vegard Vinje

Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport
Stand by for an interview with Vegard Vinje – scientist, skier and a bit of a Strava celebrity with his extra long rollerski training sessions in & around London. In conversation with the Daily Skier Vegard shall reveal his biggest secret – how does he manage to consistently finish in Top-30 in races such as Vasaloppet, Birkiebeiner and Marchialonga while training “only” 50 hours per month or, roughly, half of what best pro-athletes do. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoRDD_Sgu2Z/?taken-by=vegard_vinje
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Weekly Digest 23.09 – 29.09

Weekly Digest 23.09 – 29.09

Newsfeed
In our weekly digest we ( being totally biased and selfish) selected 5 ski-related news from the last week that rock our boat. Hope they would rock yours too. 1. Unless we missed something, Team Swiss sets the pace for competition by being the first to unveil new race suit design for the upcoming winter. We dig new red-white-azure- baby blue colors a lot more than the last season all-black ones. 2. Moa Lundgren, Junior World champion in sprint, has reached hitherto unheard level in lactate threshold test – 24 mmol/L! Just to remind you, the test is aimed to show how much lactic acid the body can withstand before the muscles stop responding to brains' commands. Normally xcskies tune out at 10-15, maximum 18 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9V9YQg_i4/?taken-by=moalundgreen 3/ "...The boy who…
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Meet Andorran Skier Who Dreams Of Winning  Tour De Ski

Meet Andorran Skier Who Dreams Of Winning Tour De Ski

Leaders, Newsfeed
Andorra, population 77000, now has its first world class skier. Meet Irineu Esteve Altimiras, 22 Irineu might not yet have podiums to his name but man, he's close, very close ! This summer the young Andorran finished 18th at the Lysebotn climb, that highlight of Blink Skifestival. To put it in perspective - right behind Olympic champion Iivo Niskanen and well ahead of, say, Maurice Manificat and Denis Spitsov, both world class "climbers". We absolutely had to catch up with Irineu before the season kick-off - How long you have been doing cross country skiing, who brought you into it and, most importantly, why did you choose to do that not exactly the most popular sport in the Pyrenees? I started with alpine skiing when I was about 12 years old,…
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Retail Giant Decathlon Steps Into   Rollerski Business

Retail Giant Decathlon Steps Into Rollerski Business

Gear News, Newsfeed
It finally happened. The rumours were galore in the skiing world for the last year that the French retail giant Decathlon has discovered the great sport of cross country skiing - and wants its slice of the ( growing) pie. Decathlon, with its 1400 stores in 45 countries, is, quite simply, the largest sporting goods retailer in the world in 2018. As many would attest, it sells no-brand products at knock-down prices. Quality? Design? Ain't gonna win coveted ISPO awards, but decent for most time. Welcome first-ever Decathlon rollerskis! The main feature of the new skis is, of course, its price: with 115 euros for classic model and almost unreal 99 euros for skating one, the new brand is surely going to bring new people into skiing. No word as…
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New Snowgrooming Gear Producer Might Seriously Change Things Around – To Better

New Snowgrooming Gear Producer Might Seriously Change Things Around – To Better

Gear News, Newsfeed
In the last couple of decades a quiet, slow revolution has taken place in cross-country skiing. The revolution in snow grooming. Well prepared trails are not just appreciated - they are totally expected by both pros and enthusiasts wherever they go. Archive videos from the Olympics past prompt almost an indignation: They run on THAT snow mess? didn't they have groomers?! Well, there is one huge problem: snowgrooming machines for cross country skiing are very much a niche product within ( a niche product itself) snowgroomers: No secret that a lion share of those designed & sold is aimed at downhill skiing slopes. Niche products tend to be expensive. A current golden standard of xcskiing trail making, famed PistenBully 100 retails for up to 400.000 euros when new! Somebody took…
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