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18May 2019 by DS News Team

Customer Could Have Any Color That He Wants So Long As It Is Black….

OK, perhaps not ONLY black but on the whole Henry Ford's famous adage is applicable: that true work of art and engineering, top ski boots could only be ordered in 1 (one) color palette. Only Fischer goes further and offers a grand total of 2 . Why in this day and age, when top sport shoes companies go out of their way offering ever more design variations, top ski boots with a sticker rapidly approaching all-important 1000 euros mark, continue to be offered without a choice to make ? Something to ponder... Oh, and when it comes to ski making - customization is totally possible this days, most manufacturers offer that - even if it's not very typical to order an individual pair ( but do inquire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnC0e2oEIx/

03May 2019 by DS News Team

Swedish Team = Dream Team? A-Landslag Damen 2019/20 In Pictures

Leaders, Newsfeed

A-Landslag Damen better known in English as Swedish National Team, Ladies for 2019/20 has just been announced - and it looks like a Dream Team Here's what their current FIS Points standings are - as far as we're concerned, those are the most objective overall rankings in the world of pro-skiing. The first figure against their names corresponds to the latest FIS Distance rankings - the second one are the Sprint standings. The result is stunning: 4 out of 10 best sprinters are Swedish and so are 3 out of 10 distance runners! What happened to the Norwegian dominance that was assumed to last forever? With both hottest young stars - Andersson, 21 and Karlsson, 19 - it's now Sweden's turn to look indomitable in a foreseeable future. [caption id="attachment_11182"…

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…

09Mar 2019 by DS News Team

Holmenkollen Ski Festival, Most Popular Ski Race On This Planet

Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport

Holmenkollen Ski Festival is one totally unique event in international xcski calendar. For starters, it's the only 30/50k race on the World Cup calendar and has been so for years. So if you a true fan of long distance skiing - you'd have to come to Oslo - or wait for the World Championships or the Olympics. Holmenkollen competition trail is the longest, over 5k - everywhere else they typically use something around 3 kilometres. It used to be 25k (!) - but times have changed, clearly. It's the only race truly located in the city ( Big Oslo is home to over a million people). For a visitor it means you could be on the trail and waving flag within 1.5 hours of your plane landing at Oslo airport.…

27Feb 2019 by DS News Team

That Word Again: Doping

Leaders, Newsfeed

Not what anybody wanted to hear again, but here it goes: The Austrian police reps announced on Wednesday that they "succeeded in smashing an international doping network" in cross country skiing. [caption id="attachment_10420" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Austrian police in Seefelfd. It is not known whether this particular unit was/is involved in investigation [/caption] Suspects are not formally named by widely believed ( and in case of Austrians confirmed by their coach) to be Andreas Veerpalu, son of the double Olympic gold medalist Andrus Veerpalu, and Karel Tammjärv from Estonia, . Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin and Dominik Baldauf and Max Hauke from Team Austria. [caption id="attachment_10422" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Dominik Baldauf racing in Dresden in January 2019 [/caption] The police is giving chilling details of "one of the suspects being literally caught with a…

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