25Dec 2017 by DS News Team
Team US Joins Fancy Ski Wax Truck Club – We Look At The Most Expensive Piece Of Equipment In XC Skiing

Team US Joins Fancy Ski Wax Truck Club – We Look At The Most Expensive Piece Of Equipment In XC Skiing

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Team US joined the top ski league last month when it got possession of its brand-new wax truck Cross country skiing at the top level is a technical sport. Your chances of winning seriously go south if you don't have one of those tech-wonders. Dedicated ski wax truck is a relatively new development: in 2008 then-Sweden coach and one of the all-time greats, Gunde Swan had unveiled the world's very first semi-trailer, custom built for ski waxing. The machine was a cooperation between Svan, Scania the truck maker and the Swedish specialty builder Specialkarosser AB otherwise known as SKAB. The “wax truck” fashion since have taken the skiing world by storm. Scania and SKAB retain the lead – most of the ski trucks are built by them, including all (…
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12Nov 2017 by DS News Team
Choosing Best Smartphone For XC Skier

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…
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25Oct 2017 by DS News Team
Ambitious Ski Racer? Invest In Powered Respirator , Norwegian Scientists Say

Ambitious Ski Racer? Invest In Powered Respirator , Norwegian Scientists Say

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Ski waxing is risky for your health and if you insist on using fluorinated waxes, you best invest in proper protection. This is the gist of the newly released study conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The study reveals that amateur skiers using ski wax in booths at competitions are being exposed to the similar ( and dangerous) levels of perfluorinated hydrocarbons as professional ski waxers. The dreaded PFOA or perfluorooctanoate , the most controvercial chemical in the European Union ( comprehensive ban is being discussed but nobody knows how to replace it in electronics' production and firefighting among other areas) is mentioned in the study: The levels of PFOA in waxing cabins are "... three orders of magnitude higher than the concentrations found in house dust from…
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20Oct 2017 by DS News Team
That Skier Got You Covered

That Skier Got You Covered

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Cross country skiing is a sport of universal appeal – and benefits. Just ask this gentleman: https://www.instagram.com/p/BOY37IchSPx/ “ I love winter and cross country skiing, it is a good addition to my main training regimеn” And this is what Ivan “Ural Hulk “ Shtyrkov does for his main sport, seen here against Brazilian great Brazialian Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QfYS6ZBkY A 28 year old heavyweight MMA fighter from the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia does not hide his excitement over skiing in interview with Allboxing.ru “I really got hooked on skiing last year, bettered my skating style and now just ski a lot for the fun of it.” We hope that skating style helps you in the ring, Ivan! Top photo courtesy of Instagram account of Ivan Shtyrkov
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18Oct 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial
USSPC Founder: We Began Development On Unbreakable Poles

USSPC Founder: We Began Development On Unbreakable Poles

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...The thing you first notice about the founder & main driving force behind the United States Ski Pole Company a.k.a USSPC is how refreshingly straightforward he is. In the world where we all are increasingly afraid of inadvertently offending somebody, being direct is a luxury a few can afford. Sportsman, coach, writer and entrepreneur – meet Andy Liebner, the guy who is trying to change the cross country ski gear industry, one pole at a time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4lkrOTpdig "I'm an opportunist and seized an opportunity to acquire a former golf club factory and re-engineer it into a ski pole factory. I'm from Soldotna, Alaska. Competed in both skiing and Biathlon in the U.S. and Europe. Author of Wild Shot (a ski book). Earned a Coaching and Nutrition degree from Northern Michigan…
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