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14Oct 2017 by DS News Team

Definitive Guide Of Where To Ski Outdoors Mid-October

Hey, it's mid-October, time to start whetting your appetite for real skiing on crystal-white snow! No more envying those few who have time & money to travel to the Southern Hemisphere for a spot of summer ( ours) skiing. No need to drive to a ski tunnel, the walls of which , let's face it, can't compare with a view a real snow track provides. And you know what October 15th means? Well, that's the day the ski track opens in Livigno, that perennial capital of early skiing in Europe and beyond. While we await fresh pictures from 2017, here's some lovely shot video of what Livigno holds for a skier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyB58gSAYDg Not to be seen biased towards the valley squeezed between Italy and Switzerland, we put together some alternative…

30Sep 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Skiers’ Future Careers

Newsfeed, Trivia

Remember the days when top skier's career choices after retirement from big sport were largely consisting of two options: becoming a trainer or becoming a sport commentator on TV? Well, this is 2017 and there is not just more money in sport - more importantly, there are more ways to turn a hard earned fame into a rest-of-the-life career. You still can think of television, of course - except that now you have every right to think big. If you're Petter Northug , that is, and you launched and successfully operate the whole budding media empire revolving around ( but not limited to) yourself. This days & age, it pays not just to ride the wave - but to be the meanest , the baddest rider of them all, right?…

14Sep 2017 by DS News Team

Op-Ed: I Am Amateur Skier But I Always Buy Top Line Gear

Newsfeed

EDITORIAL COMMENT BY THE DAILYSKIER: We neither endorse nor disagree with a point of view expressed here. But we believe that the author ( who insisted on anonymity) had some interesting things to say. Published with minimum editing, trimmed for length. Enjoy What you about to read are personal observations and ideas, not an attempt to show off or some kind of trolling. I shall not waste your time with my personal story of coming to cross country skiing because I don't think anybody really cares. Or maybe I will one day – anyway, I'd like to talk about something anybody could associate with – buying skiing gear & accessories. There will be no specific advise and no brands or models mentioned by name – first, it's not an advertorial,…

09Sep 2017 by DS News Team

Butter Your Toast With Sundby Or How Skiing Remains So Popular In Norway

Money & Finance, Newsfeed

...I've managed to butter 8 toasts before Martin Johnsrud Sundby made a sudden appearance and destroyed my effort. It was no better with Niklas Dyrhaug either. For some reason, it was much easier to deal with Emil Iversen and I've got no less than 15 toasts done before he finally crashed into my knife. Petter Northug was not present but then I did not really expect him to turn up. A vivid dream after watching too much of Beitostølen ski racing? Nope, an online game the supermarket chain SPAR Norge running off its website since 2015 ( sorry, I know that I should have been able to butter those toasts better by now) Norwegian skiing might be a tad down after the recent doping cases of Sundby and Johaug –…

26Jul 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Blink: What Makes It So Special And What Could Be Learned From It

Leaders, Money & Finance, Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport

The Blink Skifestival kicked off in Norway – four days of rollersking & summer biathlon that bring together world stars in either sports You won't find race results here ( Martin Jonsrud Sundby won - again. And so did Astrid Øyre Slind in female race) What we are after instead, is to try to analyze what could be gleaned from the success of Blink. Let's face it – as of today only the Norwegians could organize and stage a rollerskiing event of this magnitude and size. How do they do it then? - The area is Sandnes where the Blink is held is anything but a natural cross country skiing stronghold. It's located close the seashore which makes snowfalls scarce. - Blink was not always big – it's grown steady…

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