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24May 2019 by DS News Team

Tara Geraghty-Moats Sells Her Team USA Jacket Online. Why We Think It’s Big Deal

Tara Geraghty-Moats is the world's best Nordic Combiner. She's also a unique, out-of-mold personality who likes to do things differently. Case in point: Tara just put a bunch of her Team USA cloths on sale via Poshmark, sort of fancy eBay meets VSCO where you follow stars & influencers and could buy clothing they no longer need. Wanting to own a memento directly from your favorite star is one those basic human needs that could be traced through millennia. Finally somebody in the skiing world is giving fans a chance. Well done , Tara, for trailblazing there - once again.

29Apr 2019 by DS News Team

Three Public Broadcasters Lose TV Rights For International Competitions. Why Skiing Shall Never Be Same

Leaders, Newsfeed

Earlier this month we all learned the news many feared: national public broadcasters in Sweden, Norway and Finland are to lose something that was always theirs and was more or less considered their birth right: The broadcasting rights for international cross country skiing Yep, no more skiing on NRK, SVT and YLE as of autumn of 2021 – unless some deal with new owners will be worked out ( which is doubtful). This is a watershed event for the sport that was for so long underpinned by public broadcasting. We look into why did it happen, who are the guys who outbid powerful national broadcasters, existing on direct infusion of taxpayers money. Most importantly, we postulate that cross country skiing will never be the same & will have to change…

23Apr 2019 by DS News Team

Austrian Sprinter Becomes First XC Skier To Win Prestigious Matteo Baumgarten Award

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Lisa Unterweger, Austrian sprint champion, has become the first cross country skier ever to win the prestigious Matteo Baumgarten Award that "recognises athletes who strive to balance the demands of full-time study with their training and competition schedules" https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSRowNH_Wy/ The annual award is in its 23d year, it's held in a memory of a young Italian skier and student, who tragically died in car crash in 1996 and is organized together by the family of late Matteo Baumgarten and the FIS The Dailyskier congratulates Ms. Unterweger with winning the prize that is seen as one the key ways to encourage long-term athlete development. Here are the excerpts from our conversation: - How did the jury explained selection of your candidacy over the others? They told me it was because I…

19Jan 2019 by DS News Team

Meet Stars Of Tomorrow. Junior World Ski Championships Kicks Off in Lahti

Leaders, Newsfeed

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships kicks off in Lahti on Sunday We hereby present you some of the stars who are to shine there – and in the world skiing in general. Note that we don't use the word “ future”. Love it or hate it, but cross country skiing is much younger now than it used to be – the men's sprint finals at the World Cup in Estonia, for instance, featured two athletes who qualify to run in Lahti, but won't as they are already recognized world's best at their 22. Not that we need to name – but just in case: Klaebo and Bolshunov. All on our list bar one already went to compete in World Cup races and some, like Erik Valnes, have made very…

05Oct 2018 by DS News Team

Weekly Digest 29.09 – 05.10

Newsfeed, Trivia

Marit Bjorgen announces that she and her husband Fred Lundberg are expecting their second child, due next March! Marit hung her skis in April of this year shortly after becoming quite simply, the most decorated female Olympic athlete ever-ever. Her and Fred's son Marius is now 2.5 https://www.instagram.com/p/Boeo_N2gK2a/?taken-by=daily_skier ==================================================================================================== Thus spoke the boss of Rossignol in interview: We think Rossignol is the number one skiing brand worldwide concerning alpine and nordic skis Madshus, Atomic, Salomon and, especially, Fischer might disagree. Bruno Cerclez also opined that “In about 10 years the Chinese market may be about twenty percent of the world market in winter sport equipment.” Nobody would be willing to argue against that – bigger markets generally mean cheaper products, win-win for everyone. ==================================================================================================== Is there nothing holy?! Niklas Dyrhaug…

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