26Jun 2020 by DS News Team
2020 – Year Of Carbon Fiber Rollerskis? More Great CF Models Than Ever But Not Everyone Is Convinced

2020 – Year Of Carbon Fiber Rollerskis? More Great CF Models Than Ever But Not Everyone Is Convinced

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Fischer just unveiled the pair the Austrian company calls " world's lightest classic rollerskis" https://youtu.be/w-MmYzf0X6g Which means they are at least a little bit lighter than the Swix model that hit the market last year, somewhat ahead of the pack. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnr8yzHhtO/?igshid=1bkrho69l59t8 "The pack" because never before was the market so saturated with the true carbon fiber monocoque rollerskis offers: Established players roll out their first CF models https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYpPAEJkDV/?igshid=fe2e361269n4 New players are entering the market - obviously, sensing some business opportunities. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7_Gn9J6YV/?igshid=1fwcr5ehpedwc The end of metal alloy rollerskis is nay? Not so fast,says Morten Iversbakken, the marketing manager of IDT Sports. Everyone remembers, of course, that the Norwegian company sponsors by far the most top teams/ individual skiers in the world of xcskiing (but not biathlon - that's still largely the…
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13Aug 2018 by DS News Team
Boutique Carbon Ski Boots? Sure, Why Not?

Boutique Carbon Ski Boots? Sure, Why Not?

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800€ for a pair of ski boots made by a company you probably never heard of? And we say - sure, why not?! Firstly, you get something truly exclusive ( initial production will not exceed 120 pairs). Secondly , we live in the world where, in closest sporting equivalent to cross country skiing, there are people who are ready to pay 1.000 € for Mavic Comete Ultimate . Thirdly - and the most importantly - the new ultimate boots are produced by the same very people who were behind one of the most talked about - and the least publicized - projects, that of Salomon Carbon boots used by a chosen few athletes at the Olympics of 2014. ...like Charlotte Kalla, probably the biggest star of those Games, sporting them…
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18May 2018 by DS News Team
RIP One Way

RIP One Way

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One Way as we know it is no more. An ambitious Finnish company, best known for its world-class ski poles,  used at different point in time by such greats as Martin Fourcade ,  Charlotte Kalla, Dario Cologna, Alexei Poltoranin, Ragnhild Haga to name but a few, have succumbed to the pressure of its debts and went bankrupt. Things looked very promising for One Way Sports Oy as recently as 2014,  when their net sales topped 12 million Euros and they've signed a very promising deal with the Chinese ski association. https://www.instagram.com/p/BcUl1lvgeCn/?taken-by=kalla_87 But a combination of several snowless winters in continental Europe and a sharp fall of the value of rouble ( with Russia being OW's most important market) doomed the Finnish company. At the end of March this year Vantaa District…
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03Aug 2017 by DS News Team
Fibra De Carbono Or How One Company Started By Designing Rollerskis , Then Expanded Elsewhere

Fibra De Carbono Or How One Company Started By Designing Rollerskis , Then Expanded Elsewhere

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...Which pair of rollerskis has the most striking looks? Not weight, balance, performance – those things are not immediately obvious – just looks? Here at the Daily Skier we vote for Quionne Carbon Fiber. Amazing piece of carbon fiber monocoque, looking somehow more like a powerful bow than rollerski. A total keeper, looks-wise! But is there a substance to go with that chiseled form? We got in touch with Marcos Rupérez, Quionne Tech S.L. co-founder/co-owner. And guess what? - contrary to expectations, our conversation went all about the substance – never the looks, never that Oomph! factor. Perhaps, because Marcos is not a marketologist or a salesman – he studied industrial engineering, has an MSc in renewable energies and an MBA. And he really, really does not mince his words.…
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30Jun 2017 by DS News Team
10 Reasons To Add Rollerskiing To Your Life

10 Reasons To Add Rollerskiing To Your Life

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...Seen those men and women with bodies of athletes and stamina of ostrich? Those are pro cross country skiiers. What's the secret of their remarkable physical shape? Well, there are many – they ski, they bike, they run cross country, the lift weights – but probably the biggest part of their training is spent doing something that many still find exotic – they rollerski! We are not preaching here to already converted – it is out firm belief that those who tried rollerskiing, shall never stop coming back to it. For those fortunate ones, however, who are yet to experience one of the biggest pleasures of their lives – but don't quite know it yet, here are 10 Reasons To Add Rollerskiing To Your Life, plain & simple 1/ the…
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