09Jan 2018 by DS News Team
Petter Northug Crushes Competition In Style Department By Arriving To Race On Private Jet

Petter Northug Crushes Competition In Style Department By Arriving To Race On Private Jet

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Petter Northug is never out of headlines. And it's not about King of Skis finishing in 48th place in Sunday's 30-kilometer classic race, over five minutes behind the winner. It's about arriving to that race in style. Anybody ever heard of jet-setting cross country skiers? Well, they do now - it was a private jet that brought Petter and his trainer Vidar Undebakke to Luleå Airport near Piteå. It was only two of them that descended from the stairs of Cessna C560 Citation Encore that is outfitted to carry eight in comfort and luxury. [caption id="attachment_6308" align="aligncenter" width="747"] bird that carried Petter Northug to Scandinavian Cup last weekend[/caption] To hire an American-built C560 Citation would cost anything between 3000 and 3500 US dollars per flight hour in the US –…
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28Dec 2017 by DS News Team
Is He Millionaire Yet? Klæbo’s Appeal To Advertizers Grows Sensationally Fast

Is He Millionaire Yet? Klæbo’s Appeal To Advertizers Grows Sensationally Fast

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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is finishing the year in remarkable style: No male skier before him won seven FIS Cross-Country World Cup titles at the beginning of the season, Welcome to 2017 when titles mean publicity, publicity ((smartly used) means large following in social networks, publicity + popularity translates into big money. Ergo, Klæbo is firmly on his way of becoming the youngest/quickest millionaire ever in cross country skiing in US dollar terms. Because the sport of narrow skis skiing is well behind established sports such as football or tennis, where stars' earnings are almost automatically made public and become a major athlete's badge of honor ( as in “Neymar Jr., yearly salary 36.8 million EUR ") , it is difficult to say for sure what Klæbo is making these days. Which…
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13Dec 2017 by DS News Team
Great Britain Makes Quantum Leap in XC Ski Business. At Least in Eurostat Data

Great Britain Makes Quantum Leap in XC Ski Business. At Least in Eurostat Data

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A million dollar question from our very own version of Trivial Pursuit: name one brand of cross country skis that are produced in Great Britain Scratching your head? So do we Yet it is Britain that tops the official Eurostat data as the EU top xc ski exporter. No kidding. The United Kingdom had somehow managed to export a whopping 941.476 pairs of narrows skis in 2016. Austria, the country of Fischer and Atomic, had only sent some 300.000 pairs France, a birthplace of Salomon and Rossignol brands, is a distant third with 56.000 followed by Finland ( Karhu, Yoki, Peltonen) with 45.000 Italy ( SkiTrab) exported less than 5000. Even Portugal managed to export 25 pairs, while Croatia did 4 ( four) pairs Britain's phenomenal exporting prowess could only…
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05Nov 2017 by DS News Team
Northug Leads Race Of Top Earners In XC Skiing, Johaug Second

Northug Leads Race Of Top Earners In XC Skiing, Johaug Second

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The end of October is a time when Skatteetaten or the Norwegian tax service publishes personal income declarations of country's citizens. Unlike most of the other nations where such an information is seen as deeply private, in Norway ( as in Sweden and in Finland) it is considered vital for society's health and openness to make it public. ...Thus giving the Nordic media – and through their efforts all interested – a chance to glean how much money the top stars of cross country skiing really make. And for international skiing audience to imagine what sort of money the xc skiing could bring – when/if it is as developped and popular of a sport as it is in Norway. So, here's some info of note: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSq5XLHgOq_/ 1. Petter Northug Jr.…
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24Oct 2017 by DS News Team
Andy Liebner, USSPC Interview Part Two: Big Brands Are Doing All They Can To Keep Us Out Of Shops

Andy Liebner, USSPC Interview Part Two: Big Brands Are Doing All They Can To Keep Us Out Of Shops

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..As promised, we return to our conversation with Andy Liebner, founder of the United States Ski Pole Company or USSPC. You could read the first part here Just to remind you that Andy is anything but your typical sweet-talking start-up guy, trying to please everybody, from investors through competition to the most choosy customer. Far from it – at least when it comes to talking about competition. You're welcome to form your opinion about his bluntness - but we, without taking sides in the argument, plain like it and find it quite refreshing. Today Andy talks about marketing, competition and what he sees as unfair business practices of competitors & what he intends to do about them. It's really worth reading ( and watching the accopaniying videos whereas Andy expounds…
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