13Jun 2023 by The Daily Skier Editorial
The Shoreline Sprints & Distance, America’s fastest growing rollerski event

The Shoreline Sprints & Distance, America’s fastest growing rollerski event

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On July 7th & 8th Rice Lake, Wi. will host this year's edition The Shoreline Sprints & Distance. The Shoreline rollerski competition is a brainchild of Kris and Bjorn Hanson, who ownOut There Nordic, a pro-xcski store & ski preps facility at Rice Lake. As the name suggests, the races will take place on a shore of the local lake that attracts quite a few tourists in the summer. At least the Sprints will - distance race will be held more inland, on roads without traffic. The level of competition? Well, both last year's men races were won by the Canadian Olympian Graham Ritchie. Half a year later Ritchie went to become a part of the relay team at the World Championship in Planica, Slovenia where the Canadians ( quite…
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04Feb 2023 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Oberhof to host World Cup again after 11 year pause

Oberhof to host World Cup again after 11 year pause

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After an 11 year pause the XCSki World Cup is returning to Oberhof, Germany  Andreas Schlütter, sporting director of the German cross-country skiing federation, broke the news interview with the Thüringer Allgemeine paper this week.   The provisional dates are January 19th to 21st, 2024 which implies two races rather than three, but the schedule is to be confirmed and published by the FIS layer on.  [caption id="attachment_19280" align="alignnone" width="1170"] Lisa Lohmann , seen skiing on the Oberhof tracks earlier this year . Lohmann, 22, is a de- facto xcski ambassador of Oberhof: was born, raised and keeps on training in the area. Photo from personal archive, used with permission[/caption] It was, frankly, weird NOT to have Oberhof to host the World Cup events ( the last one was in…
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18Jan 2023 by The Daily Skier Editorial
We travel to Alps to find out that cross country skiing has truly become elite sport

We travel to Alps to find out that cross country skiing has truly become elite sport

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Cross country skiing has  become an elite sport.  Nothing illustrates it more in 2023 than this object of desire:    [caption id="attachment_19264" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Fischer Helium. It's bright, it's bold and it says: I've got  1000 euros (dollars) to spend on a pair of planks. Unless you're good enough to be sponsored by Fischer in which case you have other reasons to be proud of yourself[/caption] After two years of Covid-related travel restrictions the snowy tracks of Europe are supposed to be full. Are they? Let's start with the " snowy" part on and around Christmas and New Year's eve , the time lots of folks traditionally take to skis. But where would they do it? The whole Alpine region looks decidedly springy this January: green fields and rain.  [caption…
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09Dec 2022 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Russians – what gear do they use now

Russians – what gear do they use now

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It was interesting to assess what gear the best Russian  skiers use these days. The western sponsors have abandoned them, they say. Or did they? We don't know  and we don't care. Nobody would tell the truth anyway for the risk of wrong kind of PR in these sensitive times. Let's assume that skiers pictured have spent their own hard earned euros to buy the gear they always wanted, shall we? Especially interesting to see who switched away from Swix. The Norwegian company used to have a rare team deal with the Russians, including Juniors. Which,  naturally, turned Russian skis into a total Swix-land, probably 10 out 10 top places in local championships were won on Triacs before.  Not any more though: Alexander Bolshunov is using KV+ Tornado Plus Titan…
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18Nov 2022 by The Daily Skier Editorial
First snow laid on world championship tracks of Planica

First snow laid on world championship tracks of Planica

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First snow was laid on the tracks where the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships will take place. Naturally, not by Mother Nature, but by the good people of Planica Nordic Center. And what did you expect? Says Neža Žerjav from Team Slovenia, who was a dedicated tester of the new track on Friday: " The track was like 1 km in the morning but they are still working. At the end of the day it will be 2,5 km. The snow was fast and the track was compact..." [caption id="attachment_19228" align="alignnone" width="960"] "... just enough to properly feel your tibialis anterior muscles.", laughs a 23 year old Slovenian Olympian.[/caption] Planica is located at the altitude of some 1100m. The weather today: +5 Сelcius, rainy. But snow cannons are on standby…
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