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25Sep 2018 by DS News Team

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

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…

22Sep 2018 by DS News Team

Narrow Skis For 1650 Euros On Sale On eBay

Newsfeed, Trivia

Saturdays are for leaping through the pages of , well, eBay trying to find something exciting and ski-related ( which is the same thing, of course) And guess what? Just found an item worth reporting about: Cross country skis for 1.650 euros plus charges. A seller from German Thuringia is asking just that for a truly unusual specimen that we never came across before: Germina Bogner Bamboo Now, everybody knows Bogner, that epitome of luxury in downhill skiing. Last season anyone willing to part with her or his hard earned 3000 euros could have had Bogner Bamboo Allterrain downhill skis, "real oiled bamboo wood surface, stainless steel logo, hand-made in Germany". But that's common with a cousin of narrow skis, with its eccentric tech and prices. To pay 1650 euros…

21Sep 2018 by DS News Team

Daily Skier’s Weekly Digest

Newsfeed, Trivia

Starting this week, we try a new format: compilation of the ( subjectively chosen) best stories related to cross country skiing & everything that is happening around it, featuring both the topics we covered throughout the week - and those we didn't. Read, share, comment - and let us know what you think. - The corporate owner of Salomon and Atomic may be sold to Chinese investors. Finnish Amer Sports has revealed that it has been approached by a consortium of Chinese sportswear company Anta and FountainVest Partners, a Hong Kong private equity group with an offer of €4.6 billion in all-cash buyout. Or over 25% more than the market value of the company was before the announcement ( Amer Sports is a publicly traded company) https://dailyskier.com/2018/09/17/atomic-and-salomon-to-be-sold-to-chinese-investors/ - Charlotte Kalla beat the pack…

19Sep 2018 by DS News Team

Dream XCSki City To Be Built – And We Already Want To Move There

Newsfeed, Training & Outfitting

...Almost 100 years ago great Le Corbusier, father of modern urban planning, came up with Ville Radieuse or Radiant City - an ideal city project where everything is done to " to reunite man, nature, and the machine in an unalienated harmony" Now Serneke, one of Sweden's largest construction companies, wants to take the ideal city concept a step further by adding one hitherto missing crucial element within that city: cross country ski track. Serneke and the municipality of Järfälla have agreed to move forward with plans of development brand new neighborhood. ".... In Järfälla City we are planning housing units, hotels, shops, restaurants - and a 1.2 km long cross country ski trail built underground and open all year around!" declares Serneke at its website And this is how…

14Sep 2018 by DS News Team

We Read Through 176 Pages Of Fresh FIS Bulletin

Money & Finance, Newsfeed

The International Ski Federation ( FIS) has published its biannual Bulletin. We read trough its 176 pages so you don't have to. If you do , however, here's a link Here's what we gleaned: - FIS continues to emphasize effort that went into development and upkeep of the FIS App for “fans and stakeholders alike”. The said app ( and we presume all reading this have already downloaded & are using it) allows real-time monitoring of all FIS events and races, including cross country skiing. There were circa 300.000 app downloads in total since its launch some 2 years ago Fair to say that that's the best gauge of the size of active audience of all sports under FIS umbrella. No breakdown per sport was provided. - Next important bit…

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