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11Mar 2020 by DS News Team

Reactions To Norwegians Dropping Out Of North American World Cup Stages

[caption id="attachment_15179" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Yuri Borodavko, Alexander Bolshunov's coach: "That's not how we would like to get the World Cup! The fact that the Norwegians are not coming is a show of disrespect towards other nations. And a big hit on the FIS standings [/caption] [caption id="attachment_15180" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Gjøran Tefre, part of Team Norway's selection for the North American WC stages:" I am very sorry and very sad that we have to stay home. But then we have to take our and the all Norwegians' health seriously and stop the spread of the virus. So when they have decided that the best thing is to stay home, we just have to respect that. And with all races in Norway beeing cancelled, the right thing probably is not to race…

09Dec 2019 by DS News Team

PSYOP Comes To Skiing?

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If you think it was Johannes Klaebo or Alex Bolshunov who the fans who lined up the tracks of Birkebeineren ski stadium on Saturday were cheering on the most - think again. Nope, it was Vebjoern Turtveit who has totally stole the show with his choice of ergh...racing apparel. Moreover, we hereby postulate that wearing something like that in a mass start is nothing but a page from psychological ops or PSYOPs ! Surely no skier who follows a mighty 25 year old Norwegian on uphill could think of anything else but those, you know palms or whatever else is pictured. Or just laugh hysterically. Learn from the best, kids: Turtviet came strong 12th in the race that featured the world best. They probably did not see.

23Sep 2019 by DS News Team

IOC Cuts Teams Sizes For Olympics. Time To Consider Change Of Allegiance?

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Bad news for Swedish female skiers. Ditto for the Russian males. But the much the worst for the Norwegians of both genders: The IOC rather severely cut the quota for participation in the 2022 Olympics. If in Korea 2018 the teams in cross country skiing were supposed to have no more than 20 athletes, in China in two and half years time it will be reduced to 16 total, 8 girls and 8 boys. Which is really tight for 6 events for each but that's a different story. The one we want to raise and debate today is called " change of allegiance". We all know that some counntries produce talents in excess e.g. Brazilian footballers, Chinese table tennis players or long-distance runners from Kenya. It became a norm for…

20Sep 2018 by DS News Team

Northug Is King – Of Instagram + Other News About Most Important Social Media Net

Newsfeed, Trivia

It would be silly to equate a popularity of sportsman or woman with amount of Instagram followers he/she has. Silly – but we will nonetheless. Because how else is to gauge the said popularity across the board? Generation Z is in love with Snapchat and VSCO while Gen X seem to prefer FB and/or Twitter. Where do they all meet? On Instagram with its one billion+ subscribers. And as to why is it important – here's just one piece of data that should remove any need for further explanations: 44% of young folks of Gen Z indicated that Instagram influences their shopping decisions. With Millennials it falls to 21% but nobody would dispute it's still huge. We have looked at the Instagram accounts of world's top skiers – and those…

17Aug 2018 by DS News Team

Morten Iversbakken : First IDT Rollerskis We Made 6 Years Ago Were Weak Products – Now We Look Back At Them And Laugh.

Gear News, Newsfeed

This is Part 2 of our profile of one the most talked about brands of this year: IDT or IDT Sports, a Norwegian producer of hi-end rollerskis In Part 1 we shared some trivia about the company and added a few thoughts on our own. Today we give the stage to the man responsible for establishing the Norwegian brand on already highly competitive rollerski market: Meet & greet Morten Iversbakken Marketing Manager of IDT Solutions AS [caption id="attachment_8326" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Morten Iversbakken talks to his crew at Blink Skifest[/caption] - IDT skis are seen being used more and more often, so far primarily by elite skiers - first Norwegians, now Russians and so on, they get high marks in comparos What makes them so special? What is that that sets…

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