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04Apr 2019 by DS News Team

Rollerski Update – News From Top Producers In Our Short Review

Well, you know what the beginning of April means, right? It's time to visit your shed/balcony/mom's attic – and pull those trusted rollerskis out of their storage bags. If you invested wisely, they might be perfectly ready to roll. Even more, you might even have an emotional attachment of sorts to the particular pair. For everyone else is this short market review. Because while you were happily ( snow-)skiing through the winter, certain good folks who make your summer planks were working hard to come up with new models, services, options – anything to make you rollerskiing life better & brighter. In that vein, let's look at what's new and what's hot: Finnish stalwart Marwe's production philosophy is " if ain't broken – don't fix it". No new models off…

03Feb 2019 by DS News Team

ISPO-2019. New Equipment Highlights. Part 1

Gear News, Newsfeed

ISPO, a world-leading international trade fair for sporting goods and sports fashion, kicked off in Munich on Sunday. Most xcski-related manufacturers have brought their wares to Munich to show them to specialists, retailers, media - and prospective customers. Some - like Fischer Nordic - time their premiers to ISPO, others simply highlight the latest gear & supplements. A few - like Amer Sports' Salomon and Atomic - are skipping ISPO altogether. Over the next few days we shall highlight the most exciting items on display here at Dailyskier.com [caption id="attachment_10121" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Most discussed innovation in xcskiing this year by far: Speedmax 3D with gliding sidewall[/caption] [caption id="attachment_10122" align="aligncenter" width="1760"] liquid for Speedmax 3D gliding sidewall: ultra-high flouro, made by Vauhti and with retail sticker of some $65 in the…

30Jul 2018 by DS News Team

China Goes Serious About XCSkiing, Enlists Marwe To Help ( Among Others)

Leaders, Newsfeed

Hold your breath There will be 1500 ski resorts and ice rinks and 300 million people participating in winter sports in the People's Republic of China by the year of 2025 Aptly named Promotion Plan of Mass Winter Sports and The National Construction Plan of Winter Sports Infrastructure say so. And if it say so - it very likely will become just so. OK, not all - not even the largest chunk of it - will be about cross country skiing. But even if a fraction of 1 trillion yuan or circa 100 000 000 000 Euros ( yep, that's one hundred billion Euros) that the Chinese winter sport market is projected to generate by the year of 2025, will go towards the narrow skis - that will be Huge,…

16Jul 2018 by DS News Team

Feeling Of Skiing – How Marwe Rollerskis Are Made

Gear News, Newsfeed

Marwe Sports needs no long introduction. The company had long established itself as a golden standard in rollerski making, and when it talks of "feeling of skiing" - it's more than a corporate slogan, it's something many a national team, both in xcskiing and biathlon, can attest to. In order to understand how, in our rapidly changing world, Marwe manages to remain such a symbol of quality - and fun - the Daily Skier has traveled to the birthplace of Marwe skis. Well, two places, actually. Because flagship Marwe skis, 620 XC are assembled in two locations. Here's what we found & learned. ...Marwe's marketing manager Paul Fletcher inspects a plywood/Nomex combo core of the future rollerskis at the Peltonen factory in Heinola where all composite platforms are made. Paul…

04Jun 2018 by DS News Team

Meet & Greet Jacob Fantuzzo, Marwe Contest Winner

Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport

Today we are happy to present the entry that won inaugural Marwe/DailySkier contest on the best story about rollerskiing. Our winner is 16, he is from Upstate New York where winters are long, snow is plentiful – and Nordic skiing is popular. Ditto for rollerskiing, especially among young athletes Meet and greet Jacob Fantuzzo and the story of his path to the best summer sport ever – that of rollerskiing, of course! [caption id="attachment_7715" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Jacob in Pittsford Nordic racing suit [/caption] " ...When Coach told us that the beginning of the Nordic season would be mainly roller skiing, we realized we were in a quandary. Many of my teammates, including myself, did not in fact own roller skis so we had to borrow them. This was a skate…

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