30Oct 2019 by DS News Team
Guess Which Poles Won

Guess Which Poles Won

Gear News, Newsfeed
We are not sure why but a fact's a fact and we want to you to mull it over together with us: Every single one of Women's Top 10 in the FIS World Cup 2018/19 went to use Swix Triac poles. No exceptions! Here they are, Women's Top Ten 2018/19 [caption id="attachment_12508" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ingvild Flugstat Oestberg [/caption] [caption id="attachment_12905" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Natalia Nepryaeva [/caption] [caption id="attachment_10607" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Therese Johaug[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13260" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Krista Parmakoski [/caption] [caption id="attachment_11484" align="alignnone" width="4176"] Stina Nilsson [/caption] [caption id="attachment_9791" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Jessie Diggins[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11182" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ebba Andersson [/caption] [caption id="attachment_10938" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Yulia Belorukova ( and Anastasia Sedova, another Swix poles user) [/caption] [caption id="attachment_13415" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Maja Dahlqvist[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13414" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Maiken Caspersen Falla[/caption] We could only congratulate…
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28Oct 2019 by DS News Team
Review: Best Poles Money Could Buy, Part 2

Review: Best Poles Money Could Buy, Part 2

Gear News, Newsfeed
This is continuation of Review: Best Poles part I We follow an alphabetic order and continue to present you the very best poles, used by the very best of skiers. Some poles manufacturers ( we are talking about you, Rex, Start, RCS, SixTen and USSPC ) do produce quality 100% UHM carbon fiber poles - but do not sponsor any World Cup athletes. Whether they are not good enough for the very best or their respective owners have other ideas as to how to advertize, we simply would not know. The matter is, we can't show them for the lack of self-taken photos at the top events, sorry. But even without aforementioned, the field of the World Cup club pole makers is rather crowded with at least 11 companies vying…
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11Oct 2019 by DS News Team
Review: Best Ski Boots For Skating Right Now, Part I

Review: Best Ski Boots For Skating Right Now, Part I

Gear News, Newsfeed
On definitions: "best" means racing boots, those used by the world's elite skiers to compete & win. In 2019 those are invariably carbon-fiber soled - and, naturally, with carbon cuffs for ankle support. For all SNS fans: sorry, folks - the only athlete we know of still using once-dominant system is Jessie Diggins. Atomic, once a firm " SNS camper", stopped supporting it altogether - Salomon is still holding out but, likely, not for long. Most if not all producers follow a simple maxim: test with top athletes & win the first year of production - sell the next one. In other words, there is often a considerable gap between what you see on TV and what you could actually buy at your friendly local store. We have an issue…
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07Oct 2019 by DS News Team
One Morning On Dachstein

One Morning On Dachstein

Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport
" Initiated" don't need to be told what Dachstein in October is about. For those who came here by chance, we just say that the Austrian glacier absorbs hundreds of skiers the world over, coming virtually from every xcskiing country there is in search of early groomed snowtracks On Monday , Ocr.07 the word " groomed" was not really applicable- although several PistenBullies were working non-stop: heavy snowfall and wind. So we shall show you how Dachstein looks in mini-blizzard
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01Oct 2019 by DS News Team
BMW Cars Fit My Character – Daring And Always Want To Be First

BMW Cars Fit My Character – Daring And Always Want To Be First

Leaders, Newsfeed
Anna Nechaevskaya does not get a chance to drive very often - but when she does it's usually a Bimmer. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpWjz_sA1Hf/ A 28 year old Russian got her white X4 SUV from team sponsors for her bronze medal at the Olympics 2018. Some of her teammates sold theirs but Anna kept her thoroughbred Bavarian to drive " rare week when I am home" https://www.instagram.com/p/B16wevIoneG/ Team Russia skiers spend more time away from home than most of their competitors, usually doing training camps or competing in Europe. There is a little time and incentive to get behind the wheel in some remote Alpine village when exercising 2-3 times a day. At times Anna appears on Insta posts by blue X5M that is owned be her husband & fellow skier Nikita Surkov.…
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