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12May 2017 by DS News Team

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Does Dubai, Wins

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and his "posse" want you to know that there's cross country skiing to be done on the Arabian Peninsula. In a colorful company of fellow Team Norge racer Niklas Dyrhaug, an Olympic gold medalist in Nordic Combined Jørgen Nyland Graabak as well as fellow Trønderne Mathias Rundgreen and Magnus Stensås, the Prince of Nordic Skiing has descended upon the snow covered slopes of Ski Dubai, one the biggest indoor skiing facilities in the world And did we forget Robin Bryntesson – the man himself, the skier, who doesn't need introductions any more?? It was, of course, Bryntesson who shared a short clip of what 5 Norwegians and one Swede were up to in Dubai https://www.instagram.com/p/BT-d1onB1rP We believe it's the first time Ski Dubai saw real, proper, trendy…

11May 2017 by DS News Team

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…

11May 2017 by DS News Team

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…

10May 2017 by DS News Team

Nordic Skiing’s Best, Beach Edition

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It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. The Daily Skier went through the social media accounts of cross country skiing stars to report on who-spent-vacations-where. We start with the Beach Edition. Because it's not that often one gets to see the skiers down there. A FIS World Cup winner of the last season Heidi Weng of Team Norge had some waves splashing done at the Patalavaca Beach, Gran Canaria. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSy6O0ilzca/ The Team U.S.A leader and a double medal winner of the World Championships in Lahti Jessie Diggins stays - patriotically - at home – more specifically, at Oahu, Hawaii "We are getting a lot of memories from this vacation!!" says the caption. We take your word for that , Jessie! https://www.instagram.com/p/BSue320jKZg/ A double silver medalist of the OG in…

08May 2017 by DS News Team

Dogged Life of Skiers

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A silver medalist of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Alexander Panzhinskiy, has shared a photo spread dedicated to his "sparring partner" with thousands of Instagram followers. https://www.instagram.com/p/BTzC7alDckE/ Today my the best and the most faithful friend HAPPY and at the same time my sparing partner have a BIRTHDAYThanks for what you have with us) Loves animals and have a dog,this is the best anti-stress Happy is a two-year-old Berger Blanc Suisse, or White Swiss Shepherd dog, and Panzhinsky has a dogged determination to fill his Instagram account with as many of his photos as possible. We don't blame him! Let's take a quick look at the other famous dogs of the ski circuit: Here is Justyna Kowalczyk and her Marian, better known as "Maniek". https://twitter.com/JuiceKowalczyk/status/846389913121624064 The double Olympic champion practically never…

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