10Aug 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Meet the girl who skied Blink with Petter Northug

Meet the girl who skied Blink with Petter Northug

Newsfeed, Trivia
"I chose them. They should feel privileged ", - Barbro Saetha laughs easily as she prepares to take a start in mixed -gender team relay at Blink Festivalen in western Norway. "Them" being a duo of Petter Northug and Petter Skinstad coached by legendary Åge Skinstad - Petter S.' father and Petter N. former manager at Team Norge. When Team Petter signed up for Blink, they were missing a third squad member - that had to be a woman, according to the Blink rules. Petter x 2 did what you would expect them in to do in 2021 - launched a campaign on social media looking for a lucky third: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR1hBDGr9hw/?utm_medium=copy_link Thousands applied. Seriously - would YOU miss a chance to run with Petter Northug? But it was Ms. Saetha…
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08Aug 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Petter Northug is back on track(s)!

Petter Northug is back on track(s)!

Leaders, Newsfeed
Blink Fesfivalen' "langløp mix-stafett" or the mixed relay is a great new format and we shall tell you about it..another day. Because on Sunday the stars of long distance racing were totally overshadowed by an appearance of one man: Petter Northug is back, competing! [caption id="attachment_18411" align="alignnone" width="1540"] Northug might have changed - but the world-famous scowl is still there. We missed that facial expression! [/caption] It was the first appearance of the double Olympic champion of tracks after you-all-know-what-happened events of last year. Petter looked poised, handling the media going crazy around him with a look of a star who knows it's unavoidable - and explained how he sees his future: " I have plans to take part in the Ski Classics series, probably next season already. I'm looking…
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07Aug 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Blink Skifestival introduces new promising race format

Blink Skifestival introduces new promising race format

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Blink skifesfival is not just a unique amalgamation of xcskiing, biathlon and open-air pop-music concerts. It blazes the trail in introducing new race formats that show great potential. On Friday Blink rolled out a new idea: a combo race: individual prologues ( 2.6k women, 4.2k men) followed two hours later by pursuit races of 10/ 14k. The Sandness Arena is a primarily training grounds so slopes' difficulty is not on par with what the top international stars assembled are accustomed to - but we are talking rollerskis , no snow skier wants to risk an injury on treacherous asphalt downhill, so there were no complaints among the starters. That's to say that sprinters felt right at home in their relatively long prologue while a distance runner found her/ himself a…
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03Aug 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Arne Idland: athletes from 13 nations will compete at Blink Skifestival this year

Arne Idland: athletes from 13 nations will compete at Blink Skifestival this year

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Arne Idland is a man who created Blink Skifestival in western Norway and built it into a premiere international summer event in both xcskiing and biathlon. The Covid-19 pandemics affected the event a lot - last year's races were held without international athletes and with no spectators. In 2021 both the internationals and the public will be back. The end of hard times? We talked to Arne as he was surveying the last preparations at the Sandnes Arena where most races will be held this year: "...Organizing the event of the size of Blink Festivalen was of challenging under circumstances, things were and are often unpredictable. Norway has the strictest Covid rules in Europe, it makes it hard to plan - you don't know what would be actually allowed by…
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