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06Jul 2019 by DS News Team

Ebba Andersson Gets Sixten Jernberg Award

At 21 Ebba Andersson got many an accolade for her performances - and now she gets one of Swedish skiing' most prestigious awards ( if not the most prestigious) The Sixten Jernberg Prize is a Swedish peculiarity, honoring the athlete with the best performance in internal competitions, regardless of his/ her performance internationally. Therefore the list of winners is a mixture of world famous names - Stina Nilsson won it in 2015, Charlotte Kalla in 2007, Thomas Wassberg and Gunde Svan have also made during their respective careers - and those who shined in Sweden in only.

05Jul 2019 by DS News Team

Skiers, July Shirtless Edition

Leaders, Newsfeed, Training & Outfitting

Yeah, because it's very hot to wear anything covering a torso. But also because the elite skiers these days have bodies so well conditioned that Myron of Eleutherae would beg them to pose for one of his sculptures were he to live today. Remember, the ancient Greeks honored the athletic body as a symbol of extreme discipline, tenacity and overall civilizational superiority. Living twenty five centuries after talking about superiority of any kind would be uncouth, of course... So, how about calling them a "source of inspiration / object of emulation" for the rest of us? These are the skiers' bodies honed and shaped by hundreds of hours of extreme physical hard work [caption id="attachment_12019" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ivan Kirillov[/caption] [caption id="attachment_12017" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Evgeny Belov[/caption] [caption id="attachment_12014" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Andrey…

03Jul 2019 by DS News Team

Trimtex Makes Leap Into Top League By Signing Frida Karlsson

Gear News, Newsfeed

Let's not mince words: Frida Karlsson is a personality the xcskiing world badly needed - and now got. A combination of the Swede's fierceness on the track and a disarming smile of a teenager ( yes, she's still 19 as of this writing) will bring the august sport of narrow planks on snow millions of fans both now - and in a foreseeable future. Or, to make it more modern sounding, she's the hottest influencer in the sport since Johannes Klaebo started to show what he's capable of a couple of years ago. Whoever had a foresight to sign a contract with Ms. Karlsson before she burst into the scene is to be applauded for his/her business acumen. Today we talk to one of them - meet Ole Kristian Augland,…

02Jul 2019 by DS News Team

Johannes Klaebo Shows Rollerskis He Uses In Training – And He Co-Developped Them

Gear News, Newsfeed

First of, we have to admit that we love when skiers present products bearing their names. Virtually any products. One can't hide in the winter forest ignoring the current trends - and those are that great athletes cooperate with equipment manufactures or , indeed, launch their own brands. From Olivier Bernhard/On Running to Michael Jordan/Air Jordan by Nike ( just to name but a few big names) - that's how the world rolls these days. So, when a skier gives her/his name to a product - it's already a win for great sport of skiing ( cue Daehlie, Ulvang and Johaug). But if he actually participated in designing one, utilizing all that experience of long hours spent training and competing - that's true gold. As in "Klaebo Gold Edition" Full…

28Jun 2019 by DS News Team

Natalia Nepryaeva, Part 2: I Live Effing Fantastic Life!

Leaders, Newsfeed

...Here's Part 2 of out conversation with Natalia Nepryaeva. "Conversation" is an instrumental word here - it was part interview, part open talk about the skiing world and those who live & compete in it. As most open conversations, it kinda lacked that structural rigidity expected of formal interview, was going back and forth on several subjects. Anyhow, it was fun and here's a gist of it : [caption id="attachment_11975" align="alignnone" width="1920"] I live effing fantastic life! ( for the Russian language experts among you - Natalia is using the word "охренненная" in her native tongue - effing is the best translation we could come up with ))) . I do like the popularity that comes with victories, I do like that growing attention to myself. And it's not…

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