28May 2017 by DS News Team
Kikkan Randall Wins Ski To Sea XC Country Ski Leg

Kikkan Randall Wins Ski To Sea XC Country Ski Leg

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US International and ex-world champion in sprint Kikkan Randall won the 2017 Ski to Sea cross-country ski leg on Sunday, beating 300+ competitors, male or female on a 6km distance. Ski to Sea brands itself as the biggest relay race in the world. The race has seven legs – cross-country skiing, downhill skiing or snowboarding, running, road biking, canoeing, cyclocross and kayaking. Each year, at the end of May some 300+ teams participate in the 150 kilometer race that starts at Mt. Baker Ski Area in Whatcom County, Washington in the United States and goes, you guessed it, to the sea. This year's cross-country ski leg was in jeopardy for an alleged lack of entrants and the organizers have initially canceled it, causing a storm of protests from would-be participants…
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22May 2017 by DS News Team
Yes, You Could Ski in October. Thanks To Snowfarming, That Is

Yes, You Could Ski in October. Thanks To Snowfarming, That Is

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..It's the month of October, and the area outside of Lapland Hotel Olos is the site of a veritable ski pilgrimage. A dozen tongues are spoken simultaneously as platoon after platoon of sportsmen and women clip their skis on and disappear into the forest. There's hardly a snowflake on the ground, but the skiing trail looks picture-perfect. Welcome to Muonio, mid-Autumn capital of cross-country skiing. An estimated 20+ locations around the world are now farming snow for the next season; Beitostølen and Trysil in Norway, Lahti and Ruka in Finland, Davos and La Clusaz in the Alps, and Canmore in Canada to name but a few. Still, many national cross-country ski teams keep on returning to relatively remote Muonio where trails are the longest – and, some say the best…
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11May 2017 by DS News Team
Tigers Are (Sadly) Out, Snow Leopards Are In

Tigers Are (Sadly) Out, Snow Leopards Are In

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...It's been a month since Thomas Alsgaard have suddenly announced the end of the Team LeasePlan better known as Tigers for their colorful racesuits Now a Russian ski team aims to bring felines back on the skiing trail. Meet Team Snow Leopards. The Russian outfit does not yet have world's top skiers in its ranks, neither does it have a strong corporate sponsor to support its ambitions - yet. They do, however, have an interesting, novel approach to funding and building a community. The snow leopard or  Uncia uncia ( also known as Panthera uncia) is one of the most endangered big cats – only some 4000 to 8000 survive in the wild. It lives in the snowy mountains of Central Asia with their Russian, Siberian population being one of…
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11May 2017 by DS News Team
Skiing mid-May? Sure, If You Are Near Oslo This Week!

Skiing mid-May? Sure, If You Are Near Oslo This Week!

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Winter is coming returning. At least to Norway, where the region around the capital of Oslo saw over half a meter of snow in recent days . Geilo Ski resort is showing these images on its webcam. Geilo is at the altitude of around 1000m and is located some 220 km from Oslo. Wish we were there today! The Hemsedal Ski Center ( 200 rm from Oslo) looks ready to stage a FIS World Cup race – more ready, in fact, than some of the actual venues from the last season. Even at the iconic Holmenkollen ski center in the suburbs of Oslo there enough snow fell to ski again https://www.instagram.com/p/BT9A6McBIy6 Superski AS, a well known cross country ski shop & school, based at Holmenkollen is posting this mouthwatering snap…
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01May 2017 by DS News Team
Nordic Skiing in the US: Explosive Growth of Popularity

Nordic Skiing in the US: Explosive Growth of Popularity

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Nordic skiing is among the fastest growing in popularity outdoor activities in the United States, along with stand-up paddling and BMX biking. These findings are part of the massive Outdoor Recreation Participation Topline Report, just released by the Outdoor Foundation, a US nonprofit. Nordic skiing has shown a very impressive steady annual growth averaging 13 % during the last 3 years. In 2016, some 4,640,000 Americans hit the cross country ski trail compared to only 3,400,000 in 2013 – a rather whopping hike of 40.3%! Notably, the increase in cross country skiing participation is happening against a backdrop of less snowy winters: a recent Scientific American report declares that “55 percent of the stations showed a decrease in winter precipitation falling as snow", with Oregon, Iowa and New Hampshire being…
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