Nordic

26Jun 2020 by DS News Team

2020 – Year Of Carbon Fiber Rollerskis? More Great CF Models Than Ever But Not Everyone Is Convinced

Fischer just unveiled the pair the Austrian company calls " world's lightest classic rollerskis" https://youtu.be/w-MmYzf0X6g Which means they are at least a little bit lighter than the Swix model that hit the market last year, somewhat ahead of the pack. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnr8yzHhtO/?igshid=1bkrho69l59t8 "The pack" because never before was the market so saturated with the true carbon fiber monocoque rollerskis offers: Established players roll out their first CF models https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYpPAEJkDV/?igshid=fe2e361269n4 New players are entering the market - obviously, sensing some business opportunities. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7_Gn9J6YV/?igshid=1fwcr5ehpedwc The end of metal alloy rollerskis is nay? Not so fast,says Morten Iversbakken, the marketing manager of IDT Sports. Everyone remembers, of course, that the Norwegian company sponsors by far the most top teams/ individual skiers in the world of xcskiing (but not biathlon - that's still largely the…

24Jun 2020 by DS News Team

Johaug As Role Model Outside Tracks Too

Money & Finance, Newsfeed

Therese Johaug is reigning over her opponents not only on ski tracks - but in financial races too. The latest accounting report from Setra AS shows that the company earnings are up 17 per cent last year from NOK 6.22 million to NOK 7.26 million, pre-tax. ( 1mln NOK is roughly 93k euros) You, naturally, remember, that Setra AS is the firm through which the Olympic champion channels her earnings outside the ski tracks e.g. dividends, advertising and appearance fees etc. etc. - ski-related income such as the World Cup podium money are separate. [caption id="attachment_16039" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Two of the most successful skiers ever, both on and outside the tracks, have much business to discuss [/caption] To put it bluntly, the world's best skier of the last seasons effectively…

11Jun 2020 by DS News Team

Johaug Sets World’s Best Time On 10k. In Athletics

Newsfeed

She's done it! Therese Johaug's 10000m run was billed as the headline event at the Impossible Games in Olso ( normally known as the Bislett Games) The reigning FIS World Cup winner did not disappoint: running alone on the empty stadium she stopped the clock at 31.40.69. That's the best result in the world this year so far - well, with not many athletics competitions happening at the times of Coronavirus. That's also better than qualifying time for the Athletics World Championships (31.50), but worse than the one for the Olympics (31.25). In comparison, the great Norwegian Ingrid Kristianssen once set her then-world record at the same stadium: 30:13.74 . That was in 1986. The current WR is held by Almaz Ayana: 29:17.45 One important note: all the records at…

05Jun 2020 by DS News Team

Rollerski Market Appears To Be Growing Like Flowers After Rain

Gear News, Money & Finance, Newsfeed

We talked to many a rollerski maker in the last week or so - and they all sounded busy. It appears that the rollerski industry is living through boom period like never before. Sounds strange in these trying times? Not when you get to think about it. [caption id="attachment_15956" align="alignnone" width="1920"] " The consumer here in the USA has money. Our government has pumped a ton of money into the economy, and people aren't spending it at restaurants and bars, so they have money left to spend. ", says Clayton Keim, founder & CEO of RollerskiShop.com, maker of Pursuit rollerskis[/caption] Keim says sales figures this year so far exceed his projections - especially in top segment where he offers Pursuit skis. So much so, that at the times where many…

02Jun 2020 by DS News Team

Klaebo Signs Largest Commercial Deal In His Career

Newsfeed

" Uno X Norge AS and Johannes Høsflot Klaebo have entered into a collaboration aimed at promoting innovation, knowledge sharing and a culture of achievement", according to the just-issued press release. Uno X is not exactly a household name for Klaebo fans the world over but is big at the champion's home : it's a nationwide chain of self-service fuel stations. It also owns Norway's first pro-cycling team. As it is (regrettably in our concidered opinion) common in xcskiing, the sides do not disclose the financial terms of the agreement that will go till 2025. But Haakon Klaebo, Johannes' father and manager describes it as " by far the largest commercial deal that Johannes has ever signed".

Tag: Nordic