The Daily Skier

07Dec 2019 by DS News Team

How To Be Ski Fan

[caption id="attachment_13882" align="alignnone" width="1920"] How to be a great ski fan in three simple steps:Dress warm for the race....[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13883" align="alignnone" width="1035"] ...Make a placard with your favorite skier. Or two, as the case may be...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13881" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ..Cheer for them as loud as you can and wave the said placard as they run by ...[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13888" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ...repeat a couple of times....[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13884" align="alignnone" width="1889"] ..most importantly, enjoy yourself to the full![/caption]

06Dec 2019 by DS News Team

Rarest Of Races: Skiathlon. Why Is It Only Once A Year And What Happens Day Before

Leaders, Newsfeed

The skiathlon is, probably, the most challenging ski race of them all. Challenging for the athletes who have to run switching style halfway. Challenging for the organizers who have to prepare two separate courses (same true about relays. In theory anyone could have it but in practice only the biggest, the most established ski stadiums like famed Birkiebeiner in Lillehammer are willing & able to. Perhaps,the most challenging the skiathlon is for the teams'ski technicians who have double the load preparing for the races. Today we'll show unsung heroes of pro-skiing. At work. [caption id="attachment_13858" align="alignnone" width="1920"] On the day before the race many a top skier do lap after lap with her/ his assigned waxer trying to find the best combo of waxes. Cue Charlotte Kalla and her specialist.…

04Dec 2019 by DS News Team

Skitsnack Or Making News Out Of Nothing At All

Newsfeed, Trivia

Today we tell you how to cover the ski-related news in 2019. Or, better said, to make the news. And we do it backwards. This week literally every single Russian newspaper and internet resource went with their version of the story that had pretty much same screaming headline: Swedish female skiers made fun of mass pregnant Russian rivals! /Шведские лыжницы высмеяли массово забеременевших российских соперниц. Wow! Why would they? If that was not enough for you to click immediately, there was also a sub-head along the following lines: The Swedes called Yelena Vyalbe "a woman from the old Soviet culture" Vyalbe is a true household name for the most of the Russians ( there is full-size biopic in the works, if case you forgot), but the skiing itself rarely graces…

29Nov 2019 by DS News Team

How Much Anti-Doping Efforts Cost? Now We Know

Money & Finance, Newsfeed

FIS just sent out a press-release according to which " the overall investment into the Anti-doping programme during the 2019/20 season is budgeted with approximately 1.5 million Swiss Frank's " That's 1. 4 million euros or 1.5 million dollars. Or the price of holding two very decent international skiing meetups. Or one lavish one. Mind you, that's excluding testing by the national Anti-doping agencies. Separately, FIS states that in out-of-competition period in April-November 2019 it conducted 1612 tests of which more than half, 824 to be precise were aimed at cross country skiers with Alpine skiers, jumpers, Nordic combines and snowboarders being another roughly half. You could read out story describing how doping control works in practice here Pictured: anti-doping officer keeping a close eye at " her" athlete before…

29Nov 2019 by DS News Team

Stars of 19/20 For You To Look At. Part 2 – Men

Leaders, Newsfeed

Once again: the word "star" in our parlance does not just mean "the one who wins". Rather, it's the one who shines both on and off the tracks. Luckily for the sport, it's one and the same currently. Or, more accurately, two and the same since we have two amazing athletes who will surely take their fight for the title of the world's best skier to the new level [caption id="attachment_13797" align="alignnone" width="1920"] triple Olympic, triple World champion, the winner of the Crystal Globe of the last two season at the age of 23. What else could one desire for? Third one, we guess. He just can't bear losing[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13794" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Johannes Klaebo is once-in-generation athlete who rarely leaves his competitors any chance in sprints. Distance? He trained…

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