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19Apr 2017 by WMaster
Night Ski Racing Is King

Night Ski Racing Is King

Travel & Mass Sport
The outgoing season o 2016/17 was the year when the popularity of night/dark racing has exploded. It's not like the nordic racing enthusiasts the world over didn't figure out how to put their silvas and petzls to good use before, but the future historians would likely name the last season as the one when night skiing became a true sport. Because the last year two of the most popular cross country skiing festivals in the world both were nocturnal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1BD5WWv8YA First Vasalappet franchise gave birth to NattVassan, arguably the most challenging Judge for yourself – instead of the usual for Vasaloppet's checkpoint per every 10 kilometers, only one, halfway through the 90 kilometer course was organized ( with a few more basic feedstations along the way). Instead, all the participants were…
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17Apr 2017 by WMaster
Ski Programme Shutdown Causes Outrage

Ski Programme Shutdown Causes Outrage

Money & Finance, Newsfeed
Nordic skiers of New Mexico don't mince their words. "...We are the University of New Mexico Ski Team, and we desperately need your help... This is the message on Change.org that outlines the cause for the decades-long programme abrupt shutdown: the UNM ought to urgently find money to  pay a basketball coach a nice round sum of one million dollar for early contract termination. Yeah, that's what college basketball coaches get in the U.S. - and the only way the money could be found,  allegedly,  is by chopping off the skiing program, that was run since 1968 and that provides funding for two dozen young athletes and two full time coaches. The terminated xc skiers refuse to go down quietly, however, and have launched an appeal, demanding a reversal of…
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15Apr 2017 by WMaster
Rollerski with LED Lights

Rollerski with LED Lights

Gear News, Newsfeed
Ever had the feeling that your gear is functional and cool, but misses that sleek, modern touch? An Italian manufacturer, Ski Skett, knows how to help. This coming season, the good people from  Sandrigo, Vicenza are bringing to the market a rollerski model featuring "LED lights integrated into the fork". As you would expect, the new rollers are for the classic style – imagine the light beams going wild, were you to integrate the lights into the skating ones! The model is named "Marcialonga", and, apart from the slightly geeky looking LEDs, features rubber wheels, waterproof bearings, a leg brake and a frame made of "aeronautical alloy" - which, presumably, stands for what most people call "aluminium". Ski Skett promotes “Marcialonga” as a model for longer runs. The unspoken message of the product is that "nothing prepares you for the rigors of the Cascata climb…
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