Cross country skiing

10Jan 2018 by DS News Team

World Class Skiing Is Coming To Dresden. We Look At What Makes New City Sprint Location Special

A historic capital of Saxony ( and current capital of the Free State of Saxony within the Federal Repubic of Germany) , is known worldwide for its art museums and cultural events. Now the organizers of the Skiweltcup Dresden want to add a new reason to visit the historic city – the FIS Cross-country Skiing World Cup stage. It's city ski sprint, of course – the competition that has ardent supporters and skeptics alike. One thing nobody can deny is that it's original and goes a long way in attracting new fans to the great sport of cross country skiing. [caption id="attachment_6326" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] that's where the WC competitions will be held this weekend[/caption] Here's what we think is remarkable about the Dresden event: - The 1.4km sprint course requires…

25Dec 2017 by DS News Team

Team US Joins Fancy Ski Wax Truck Club – We Look At The Most Expensive Piece Of Equipment In XC Skiing

Gear News, Newsfeed

Team US joined the top ski league last month when it got possession of its brand-new wax truck Cross country skiing at the top level is a technical sport. Your chances of winning seriously go south if you don't have one of those tech-wonders. Dedicated ski wax truck is a relatively new development: in 2008 then-Sweden coach and one of the all-time greats, Gunde Swan had unveiled the world's very first semi-trailer, custom built for ski waxing. The machine was a cooperation between Svan, Scania the truck maker and the Swedish specialty builder Specialkarosser AB otherwise known as SKAB. The “wax truck” fashion since have taken the skiing world by storm. Scania and SKAB retain the lead – most of the ski trucks are built by them, including all (…

23Dec 2017 by DS News Team

Skiing In Brazilian Favela: How One Man Decided To Change Lives And How Whole World Is Now Helping

Newsfeed, Trivia

Well, it's Christmas, finally. Time for what psycologists call "optimism bias" – the state of mind when we all want to hear something positive, something that makes us to believe in good Santa – and humanity as a whole. Here's a ski related story that has the right vibe. ...When Leandro Ribela, a former Olympian cross-country skier from Brazil, who took part in Vancouver and Sochi Olympic Winter Games, had decided that skiing could be something favela kids in his native São Paulo could practice, there were only four boys that had agreed to give it a try. That was in 2012 Just five years later the Ski Na Rua project that Leandro launched, lists 92 of what is known as "underprivilege kids" from São Remo favela doing rollersking AND…

17Oct 2017 by DS News Team

Gällivare Premiere Is First Meet Of Season For Top Skiers. We Effort To Understand Why Is It So Popular

Leaders, Newsfeed

The wait is almost over – just one month & a change before the start of the competition season. The World Cup this year kicks of in Ruka, Finland on November 24th But before the WC first stage, some of the world's strongest skiers will meet, as it is their custom, on the tracks of the Swedish Gällivare – first for training and then to compete at the famed Gällivare Premiere. Nothing beats the first face-to-face race, World Cup or not. Apart from A-team from the home side, Sergey Ustiugov of Russia, Alex Harvey of Canada, Dario Cologna of Switzerland, Kikkan Randall of Team USA are all expected – and so will their teammates. The icing on the cake from the media & publicity point would come in a shape…

30Sep 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial

Skiers’ Future Careers

Newsfeed, Trivia

Remember the days when top skier's career choices after retirement from big sport were largely consisting of two options: becoming a trainer or becoming a sport commentator on TV? Well, this is 2017 and there is not just more money in sport - more importantly, there are more ways to turn a hard earned fame into a rest-of-the-life career. You still can think of television, of course - except that now you have every right to think big. If you're Petter Northug , that is, and you launched and successfully operate the whole budding media empire revolving around ( but not limited to) yourself. This days & age, it pays not just to ride the wave - but to be the meanest , the baddest rider of them all, right?…

Tag: Cross country skiing