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23Oct 2020 by DS News Team

Gloves Are For Losers: Brits On Cutting Edge Of Science

Have you noticed?! We did. And ought to share with you as we strive to keep you informed and , well, entertained. [caption id="attachment_17201" align="alignnone" width="889"] "Gloves are for loosers" says Team GB leader ( there are three of them - and all are leaders, keeping it simple) James Clugnet[/caption] The top-secret British research has recently established that running on skis without gloves adds some 5 to 7% to dexterity while reducing airflow around skier's trunk by a vast, yet to be measured margin. [caption id="attachment_17199" align="alignnone" width="894"] Note how gloveless motion flow contributes to Andrew Musgrave's interval speed - while enhancing his facial expressions for the camera ( fringe benefit the scientists are currently puzzled by)[/caption] There are also indications that gloveless skiing actively contributes to metabolic processes and…

02Oct 2020 by DS News Team

Zakopane Junior World Championships 2021 Cancelled, FIS Looks For Alternatives

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" The Polish Ski Association requested FIS to postpone the Nordic JWSC 2021 in Zakopane to 2022, due to stricter national health regulations. FIS is committed to find alternative solutions in order to ensure JWSC competitions in the upcoming season 2020/21 " reads the international federation's latest press release. The Polish meet-up was in trouble from the start, location changed several times - and is now officially gone from the 2021 roster. Will the FIS be able to find a replacement on such a short notice? We think so - the Juniors lacks the most complicated part: broadcast television with its very specific production requests. Without television to worry about any reasonably large xcski place could step in & save the show. Whether anyone shall be willing i these crazy…

18Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Injected Carbon Fiber VS Traditional One. Salomon And Alpina Disagree

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When Salomon Nordic rolled out their latest S / Lab Carbon Skate boots last year, there were some questioning looks: where are carbon fiber cuffs? They are there - except that are made very differently. Traditional carbon fiber is woven, laid up, and then “glued” together with resin that needs to be cured - a time/effort consuming process that requires considerable skill. The result is amazing, however: anything & everything where the cost is no object is being produced that way, from uber-fancy icepicks to intercontinental ballistic missiles. With injected carbon the process is far simpler and consist of the short, “chopped” carbon fiber strands being mixed with other thermoplastics at certain temperatures. The resulting product ( cuffs in our example) is significantly cheaper. But is as good as the…

13Aug 2020 by DS News Team

Alpina Starts Offering Top Rollerski Boots For Sale

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How's your summer training going? Still sweating in those fancy winter boots of yours? Good news for you: then: Alpina starts offering full-carbon rollerski boots to all willing & able to stomach their price tag. They are incredibly light - being essentially a stripped-down version of Elite 3.0 with a breathable uppers. They were in existence since last season but were limited to a very few elite athletes in skiing and biathlon, on request. Allegedly, only some ten pairs were produced so far- you now have a chance to become a #11 if you contact Alpina directly - product that niche and that fancy would only be produced on order, Alpina says.

12Aug 2020 by DS News Team

SRB Rollerskis: When Only Best Is Good Enough

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Wenn nur das Beste gut genug ist / When Only Best Is Good Enough. That's from the promo booklet of the top-of-the-line SR1 Skate rollerskis, but might as well be used as the motto for the whole company: SRB assures with a quality of production that stems from 135 years of expertise in toolmaking and impressive level of investment into manufacturing. [caption id="attachment_16528" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Arno Barthelmes & Co. GmbH first products were tuning forks - precision resonators, widely used in medical and musical industry - hence the company logo[/caption] [caption id="attachment_16526" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Toni Escher, product manager SRB: We are the German brand and we concentrate on the German-speaking markets. The German national team in xcskiing and biathlon use our rollerskis – but so also do the Czech national…

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