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17Aug 2018 by DS News Team

Morten Iversbakken : First IDT Rollerskis We Made 6 Years Ago Were Weak Products – Now We Look Back At Them And Laugh.

This is Part 2 of our profile of one the most talked about brands of this year: IDT or IDT Sports, a Norwegian producer of hi-end rollerskis In Part 1 we shared some trivia about the company and added a few thoughts on our own. Today we give the stage to the man responsible for establishing the Norwegian brand on already highly competitive rollerski market: Meet & greet Morten Iversbakken Marketing Manager of IDT Solutions AS [caption id="attachment_8326" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Morten Iversbakken talks to his crew at Blink Skifest[/caption] - IDT skis are seen being used more and more often, so far primarily by elite skiers - first Norwegians, now Russians and so on, they get high marks in comparos What makes them so special? What is that that sets…

22Feb 2018 by DS News Team

Time Of Youth: U23 Skiers Sweep Podiums At Olympics

Leaders, Newsfeed

Never before in the history of cross country skiing as organized sport did the youth perform so well at the major competitions. Let's see [caption id="attachment_6545" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Denis Spitsov, 21 - bronze and two silvers ( plus 4th place in skiathlon)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6711" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Alexander Bolshunov, 21 - bronze and two silvers( and a very happy ski sponsor, presumably - this photo was taken during a pre-Olympic photo shoot for Rossignol[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6943" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Johannes Høsflot Klæbo,21 - 3 golds [/caption] [caption id="attachment_6948" align="aligncenter" width="1408"] if you stretch it just a little, you could add Simen Hegstad Krüger, 24 with his two golds. [/caption] In ladies' skiing the ratio of youngsters on the podiums is not as overwhelming but is also more than convincing: [caption id="attachment_6672" align="aligncenter"…

15Feb 2018 by DS News Team

15K Freestyle At Olympics: Experience vs Youth

Leaders, Newsfeed

It's a battle between an established king of 15k freestyle ( and the reigning Olympic champion on that one - albeit classic style) .... [caption id="attachment_6929" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Dario Cologna, triple Olympic champion[/caption] ... to help Cologna to defend the honor of ancient people ( read those born in 1980s), there are two viceroys [caption id="attachment_6936" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Alex Harvey, reigning world champ in 50k freestyle - and a strong sprinter too [/caption] [caption id="attachment_7061" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Martin Jonsrud Sundby. Won just about everything already- except for the Olympic gold [/caption] ...They will be opposed by the score of young & ambitious princes of xc skiing [caption id="attachment_6943" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Johannes Høsflot Klæbo[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6710" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Bolshunov, striking pose during Rossignol promo shoot[/caption] and the latest and, possibly, most…

10Feb 2018 by DS News Team

Who Is Running In Men’s Skiathlon At Olympics

Leaders, Newsfeed

For presentation of the world's best skiers who are to open their Olympic competitions with skiathlon on Sunday we are going to change the format. Instead of efforting to put on display as many skiers' faces as possible - as we did with the skiathlon-running ladies - here we are going to limit ourselves to ten skiers only. Three out of these ten , we believe, will stand on the podium on Sunday. ... And it's going to be a Norway vs the Rest of the World game! Norway has four fantastically strong skiers running, including but not limited to Martin Sundby, current world vice-champion in skiathlon ( everybody, of course, remembers his battle with Sergey Ustiugov on the final uphill) and bookies' top favorite and outright Golden Boy of…

27Jan 2018 by DS News Team

Secret Of Why Norway Is So Strong In Skiing Is Revealed

Newsfeed, Training & Outfitting

As 21 year old Johannes Klaebo was busy crushing his opponents in sprint freestyle finals in Seefeld this weekend, just a few hundred meters from the stadium Agnete was polishing her freestyle skiing skills too. And it's a really big question who's got more spectators – so good was Agnete with her moves, so determined and ready to win. Agnete is 5 and, like Johannes, she is also from Trondheim, Norway [caption id="attachment_6568" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Agnete's and her 3 year old brother's skis are cooling off. A little boy prefers classic style as he finds it more prudent to ski along the tracks. [/caption] There will be no pictures of Agnete in this story because filming & posting pictures of children should be left to their parents should they so…

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