29Nov 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Move over, NRK, SVT etc. – new broadcaster steps in

Move over, NRK, SVT etc. – new broadcaster steps in

Money & Finance, Newsfeed
It was a big weekend. For the first time ever in this part of the galaxy the public channels of Norway and Sweden did not show the FIS World Cup races to their viewers. Just to remind you how chess pieces are set now: Pan-Scandinavian Nordic Entertainment Group a.k.a NENT acquired broadcasting rights in three key markets - aforementioned Norway and Sweden plus Finland - and have started on the weekend to broadcast the races on Viaplay platform as well as on television channels it owns: In Norway - for free on TV3 In Sweden you gotta pay to watch Frida and Ebba on TV6, it's no longer free. In Finland there is a transitional deal in place according to which public YLE still shows some races e.g. Ruka this…
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26Nov 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
You know who won in Ruka today. Now meet their significant others

You know who won in Ruka today. Now meet their significant others

Newsfeed, Trivia
Have you seen how convincingly Maja Dahlqvist and Alexander Terentyev won their respective FIS World Cup races on Friday? We don't claim to know how they were preparing for them - for the lack of specific coaching knowledge, clearly. What we do know however, is that both had their significant others present in Ruka, at the starting lane. And that's a significant factor, we are sure. [caption id="attachment_18787" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Maja and Kevin announced their relationship at the Oberstdorf world championships just a few months ago. They seem to be quite inseparable ever since, with Kevin moving to Sweden[/caption] [caption id="attachment_18786" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Anna and Alexander have a been a couple for years, throughout their junior careers. As of this season, Anna joined Alexander in the coaching group led by…
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01Nov 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
You asked: King’s new boots

You asked: King’s new boots

Gear News, Newsfeed
We get more questions about Johannes Klaebo's new boots than about all the other ski-related stuff combined. So we can't avoid the subject and decided to do a post about them. Or two. Or twenty two. Because looks matter - even in cross country skiing where many an industry captain would prefer to talk at le ngth about functionality whereas the rest of the world chooses jordans, yeezys and balenciaga not because they are hyper-functional but because they are fashionable - and also because some cool dude got them first. In this case - at least two cool dudes, as apart from Johannes , Lucas Chanavat was spotted wearing them brand-new Fischer boots too. We, frankly, don't know what makes them different from the previous interation of Speedmax boots apart…
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30Oct 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Biathlon is about to launch Summer World Cup, that xcskiing could only envy

Biathlon is about to launch Summer World Cup, that xcskiing could only envy

Money & Finance, Newsfeed
We are a cross country skiing media resource but when we spot something worth noting in biathlon - we report on that too. In this case not just worth reporting - outright enviable! Because from what we understand, the good folks of biathlon are about to launch what, effectively, amount to a Summer World Cup, featuring the world's best athletes. The IBU already has annual an Summer biathlon world championships but , for variety of reasons , it is not always attended by the leaders. [caption id="attachment_18671" align="alignnone" width="1530"] Arne Idland, sports director of Blink, is satisfied with the way things are developing in Summer biathlon [/caption] The Blink Skifesvalen, the Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival and the City Biathlon Wiesbaden are different. Creme de la creme of the planet's biathlon…
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