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25Jul 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Most Exciting Event Of Summer, That Most Of Us , Sadly, Won’t See

This Wednesday one the world's most exciting ski events of the year kicks off in Norway. We're talking about the Blink Skifestivalen in Sandnes/Lysebotn , of course. Because no other event outside the actual Olympic Games, World Championship and, perhaps, Tour de Ski get such a constellation of skiing stars to participate. You know what? Scratch that! In no winter tournament you have stars of three different ski sports series coming together for a face-off! Judge for yourself: the startlist of the 60km classic rollerski race on Wednesday reads like who-is-who in the skiing world (especially on men's side) The Visma Ski Classics marathon series is represented by its top stars, including but not limited to Tord Asle Gjerdalen, Anders Aukland and Andreas Nygaard. ...Who's mettle will be tested by…

12Jul 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Here’s How To Make XCSkiing Ratings Jump

Leaders, Money & Finance, Newsfeed

...We love cross-country skiing – otherwise why would we launch this media empire webplatform dedicated to it? What we don't like is how relatively little TV coverage it gets . Because said TV coverage generates buzz, buzz translates into popularity, popularity brings bigger investments, bigger investments provide us with more places to ski and better ( and cheaper) equipment to buy. So, we have to have more xc skiing on TV in order to be able to enjoy it more. Simple, right? We take our media responsibilities seriously and have put together a list of new competition formats that could be introduced to augment those already existing ones ( see, we did not say “replace” - that would be causing a wrath of skiing purists!). If you happen to see…

10Jul 2017 by DS News Team

Daredevils On Rollerskis

Leaders, Newsfeed, Trivia

https://www.facebook.com/teamsantander/videos/803652566479113/ Over 8 thousand views and dozens of comments: Team Santader has published a video where two of the team's top skiers, Andreas Nygaard and Øyvind Moen Fjeld are seen descending from 2,315m high Livigno Pass ( also known as Forcola) into the valley, located at approx. 1,800m - a vertical drop of some 500 meters. All of that on classic rollerskis - needless to say, with no breaks of any kind are present. Unlike most of Alpine skis, known for its hairpin turns, Forcola is a rather straightforward affair – it is, however, busy with car traffic this time of the year. And the speeds – on a 14 kilometer descent even on classic rollerskis still reaches 60 km/h+ Please, don't try it at home, kids! For your visual…

28Jun 2017 by DS News Team

Johaug Turns Down Contract Worth Hundreds of Thousands

Leaders, Money & Finance, Newsfeed

Therese Johaug turned down a sponsorship deal purportedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. A catch? There is one: a company that wanted to tie itself to a Norwegian champ is an online gaming and sports betting shop. Norwegian newspaper VG reports that a representative of the company got in touch with Johaug's manager Jørn Ernst inquiring whether Bettson, Maltese subsidiary of the Swedish gaming giant with the same name, could retain Johaug's services until her fate for the next season becomes clear. TOP PHOTO courtesy of Therese Johaug Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/johaugtherese/ Johaug is currently barred from competing for doping and is awaiting decision in her case by the CAS, sports' arbitration court. A native of Os, who just turned 29, is absolute household name in Norway and neighboring Sweden…

21Jun 2017 by DS News Team

Most Successful Skier Ever Turned 50!

Leaders, Money & Finance, Newsfeed

Bjørn Dæhlie turned 50 this week! Amazingly, this news had very little play in the English language media – which is totally wrong & we try to fill that gap. The Norwegian made history in three different ways First, as an outstanding sportsman. In fact, the most outstanding of all of them, winter sports practitioners, with 8 Olympic and 9 world championship gold medals ( including relays) in cross country skiing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFY6YwQEW8 Secondly, as a supremely developed individual - Dæhlie once measured a VO2 max of 96 ml/kg/min ( millilitres of oxygen per kilogram ) - unsurpassed world record for a decade until a cyclist Oscar Svensden measured a mind-boggling VO2 max of 97.5 a few years ago. Thirdly, Bjørn Dæhlie is the richest cross country skier ever – and thus a shining example to…

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