26Oct 2017 by DS News Team
Skiers And Their Cars: Who Drives What

Skiers And Their Cars: Who Drives What

Newsfeed, Trivia
In the first edition of Ride Like a Skiing Star we introduced you to the favorite vehicles of skiing stars ( or, perhaps, of their sponsors – but it's the same thing, right? ) Since any skier spends much time lugging her/his gear around, the relationship between them is rather tight, intimate we might say. Small wonder that when skiers do not post their snaps with gorgeous snowy mountains as a background – they do so with their rides. Not everyone is there – Alex Harvey of Canada and Sergeey Ustiugov of Russia are both avid car enthusiasts – but good luck finding any photo of them behind the wheel or lovingly hugging their steel horse. Nobody knows what Martin Sundby drives because nobody knows anything about Martin Sundby who…
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08Oct 2017 by DS News Team
Skiers’ Biceps: “If They Scare Somebody – It’s OK By Me”

Skiers’ Biceps: “If They Scare Somebody – It’s OK By Me”

Newsfeed, Trivia
Once upon a time even world class skiers had looked ...a bit like elite cyclists look today. The notion back then was, " skiers don't use biceps much – why carry unneeded weight through the distance?' Well, as one Nobel Laureate once said, The Times - They Are a-Changin' Just look at the current crop of elite skiers who look like they have been trying to take on the young Arnold -at the very least to land on the pages of some "Beautiful Body" mag ( heck - some on the list below did, some more than once!) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo https://www.instagram.com/p/BX6B27oA6N1/ Lucas Chanavat,  U23 World Chamion https://www.instagram.com/p/BYVsMTPFqvk/ Ragnar Bragvin Andresen , World champion in rollersking https://www.instagram.com/p/BYO1JCLA7Bx/ If you think well-defined biceps with those Cephalic veins protruding is something limited to…
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03Sep 2017 by DS News Team
Norwegian Ski Stars Get Rebuke From Authorities For Their Social Media Accounts

Norwegian Ski Stars Get Rebuke From Authorities For Their Social Media Accounts

Leaders, Newsfeed
It's not like top Norwegian skiers are not under enough pressure lately as-is, what with Johaug banned from the Olympics and those never ending rumours about using anti-asthma medications without compeling medical reasons. Now the skiing stars face an attack from the Norwegian authorities - from the Forbrukerombudet or the Consumer Ombudsman agency - to be precise. The issue at stake is one of the hottest, most debated ones the world over – when/how should celebrities and influencers reveal that those products and services they visibly enjoy on their social media accounts are often not so much their personal choice – but that they were paid for by providers of thereof ? The US Federal Trade Commission even runs a dedicated Q&A regarding paid promotion on its pages – although…
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12Jul 2017 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Here’s How To Make XCSkiing Ratings Jump

Here’s How To Make XCSkiing Ratings Jump

Leaders, Money & Finance, Newsfeed
...We love cross-country skiing – otherwise why would we launch this media empire webplatform dedicated to it? What we don't like is how relatively little TV coverage it gets . Because said TV coverage generates buzz, buzz translates into popularity, popularity brings bigger investments, bigger investments provide us with more places to ski and better ( and cheaper) equipment to buy. So, we have to have more xc skiing on TV in order to be able to enjoy it more. Simple, right? We take our media responsibilities seriously and have put together a list of new competition formats that could be introduced to augment those already existing ones ( see, we did not say “replace” - that would be causing a wrath of skiing purists!). If you happen to see…
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12May 2017 by DS News Team
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Does Dubai, Wins

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Does Dubai, Wins

Leaders, Newsfeed, Trivia
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…
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