November 2017 Archives

21Nov 2017 by DS News Team

Farewell To Team United Bakeries, Welcome Team Koteng

Team United Bakeries, one of the most recognizable names in Visma Ski Classics is no more Welcome Team Koteng that will compete in the same long distance skiing series that will kick off this week. Says John Kristian Dahl, triple winner of Vasaloppet and erstwhile Team United Bakeries (TUB) member “ We will fight for both the yellow champion bib and for winning the Pro Team competition. Individual wins in the big events such as Vasaloppet, Marcialonga and Birkebeinerrennet will be the most important goals” The new name of the team comes from a new main sponsor – and quite a sponsor it is! Ivar Koteng is a legendary property investor and manager, the guy who launched his business with several thousand Norwegian Kronas some 30 years ago and who's…

16Nov 2017 by DS News Team

Some Of World’s Best Skiers In Gällivare. Photoessay

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Just take a look at the world's best skiers training on perfect but extremely demanding tracks of Gällivare ahead of the races on Friday, Saturday and Sunday A picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbj-Qv5hCwF https://www.instagram.com/p/BbkQhq8hJIx https://www.instagram.com/p/BbkTYPXhFY3 https://www.instagram.com/p/BbkVAmoBG-E https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbj19fth-dl https://www.instagram.com/p/BbkSpPkBI0Q

15Nov 2017 by DS News Team

Gällivare Premiere: Skiing Stars Gather In Swedish Lapland

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BbhTEsnhqA7/ "We never had such a strong line-up of participants like we have this year!", the organizer of the Gällivare Premiere, Stefan Nieminen, can't hide his satisfaction. He – and the team he runs – also look very tired from having to work from 5AM in the morning till 8PM at night to to make the competitions. It's not easy to prepare the tracks fit for Olympic and world champions. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbiJKiCBtJP/ Out of 21.000 cubic meters of farmed snow that were stored from last year only some 14.000 have survived the unsually rainy summe of Swedish Lapland. But that's was just enough to lay crucial parts of the track – and then Mother Nature helped the last moment with a snowfall. The Olympic champions Marcus Hellner of Sweden ( after…

12Nov 2017 by DS News Team

Choosing Best Smartphone For XC Skier

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Have you geared yourself up for the upcoming winter? No, we are not talking about new skis, poles or waxes. It's about mobile phones. If you go out without having your phone on you – then you're brave. It also likely means that you've been born some time before this century arrived as no young man or woman these days can part with their phones for longer than five minutes when awale. Seriuosly, we do hope you carry a mobile phone on you every time you go skiing - safety first, as they say. Then convinience. Of course, you could get away with having any phone – and some swear it worked for them in years. But do you really want to risk having your device suddenly giving up miles…

10Nov 2017 by DS News Team

Part II Of Keeping Up With World Best Skiers: Team United Bakeries

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… In Part II of Team United Bakeries profile ( see Part I here) the team members talk about their training methods, what sort of money are there in the professional skiing as well as share their views on how to grow a popularity of skiing in the world – and pretty much everything in between. All answers represent common team opinion ( when and if opinions are split, it is clearly marked as such) The conversation(s) took place over several evenings during the joint rollerski camp on Mallorca at the end of October Just to remind you that in the season of 2017/18 Team United Bakeries 2016-2017 are: Tore Bjoerseth Berdal John Kristian Dahl Stian Hoelgaard Astrid Øyre Slind Torleif Syrstad plus Team Director Bernhard Ronning, former competitive ski…

Month: November 2017