2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: Over $300

Go big or go home.  It is rumored Santa trains on a SkiErg, and delivers gifts on a pair of hole-skis!  The final installment of FasterSkier’s Holiday Gift Guide has products valued over $300.

In case you missed them do not forget to check out other great gift suggestions from earlier this week;

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: Under $20

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: $20 – $50

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: $50 – $100

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: $100 – $300

Stay in Silver Star’s New FireLight Lodge at the Brewers Pond

MSRP: $77 CDN per person per day.

Step outside your door to the best ski in and ski out location for Nordic skiing at Silver Star Mountain.

Package includes Studio room and Nordic day pass.

Valid Mid-week from January 3 to February 4, 2010. 2 night, 2 day minimum. Price is per person per day, midweek only Sunday to Thursday. Taxes additional, based on double occupancy, subject to availability and new bookings only. Offer open to residents of Canada and the Pacific North West only.

Please quote booking code 3I at time of booking.

For more information on FireLight Lodge, please follow this link: http://www.skisilverstar.com/pdfs/firelightinfo.pdf

For more information on this package or to make a reservation please contact us at:

Silver Star Holidays at 1-800-663-4431 direct at (250) 558-6083 or email info@skisilverstar.com

***The same package could be offered on the weekend from $85 per person per day. Again from January 3 to February 4, 2010. 2 night, 2 day minimum. Price is per person per day, Taxes additional, based on double occupancy, subject to availability and new bookings only. Offer open to residents of Canada and the Pacific North West only.

Pro-Ski Roadline Tech Rollerskis with Speed Reducers

MSRP: $335 + $80 to $100 for bindings installed

One of the best selling classic rollerski and the choice of the entire Norwegian National Team for classic ski training. The wheels on this ski have been designed to provide the closest experience you can get to being on-snow. Offers exceptional vibration absorption. Used by many elite skiers. Speed Reducer Optional.

FasterSkier found these to be excellent skis during our summer of testing rollerskis.  Read the review.

This product is available here.

Thule Ascent 1100

MSRP: $339

This box is long enough for the xc skis or any other the gear that won’t fit in the car. It mounts quickly and opens on both sides so you don’t have to walk around to get your boards out.

Dimensions: 88.5×25.5×12.4

This product is available here.

Fischer Carbonlite Skate NNN Boot

MSRP: $339.99

If you can’t ski in the World Cup, you might as well ski on the same boot used by World Cup skiers.  Fischer’s Carbonlite Skate boost are becoming one of the most popular options on the market.

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Madshus Nano SKC Mens Skate Ski Boots

MSRP: $449.95

This state-of-the-art skating boot platform has been upgraded from the well known and respected Hyper SKC to the all-new soft shell constructions. This boot is exceptionally lightweight with high torsional stiffness and now 100% breathable and water resistant.

This product is available here.

T71 World Cup Waxing Iron

MSRP: $319.99

This is the ultimate waxing iron. Swix’s newest and best.

The Swix T71 Iron Features: 20 mm thick plate, 700 Watt, Temperature range from 80C to 180C.  Don’t skimp on an iron – one temperature spike and your $500 race skis are fried…

This product is available here.

Salomon S-Lab Skate Pro Ski Boots

MSRP: $449.95

The S-Lab Skate Pro is the ultimate in precision feel and performance. With micro-adjustable fit combined with enveloping carbon cradle and cuff you now get more direct power transmission and quicker reaction times.  Light and fast.

This product is available here.

Madshus Nanosonic Carbon NIS 186 Skate Ski

MSRP: $599.95

Madshus is proud to offer the Nanosonic 186 Skate Ski this 2009/2010 season! This ski is designated to address World Cup conditions, and is suited for top racers or any racer with solid technique. The 186 is a marriage of the very popular sidecut profile of the Madhsus Soft Condition skate ski, and a stiffer shovel.

This ski has been available to World Cup skiers for several years now, and has the potential to be the best Madshus skate ski available.

This product is available here.

Rossignol X-ium Skating WCS NIS Skis

MSRP: $599.95

New for the Olympic year, the Rossignol X-ium Skating WCS NIS Ski has thicker wood side walls, full carbon deck all the way to the tip, and offers better torsion box and greater edging than the X-Ium NIS2 Skate Skis.  And they are orange!

This product is available here.

Fischer RCS Carbonlite Hole Plus Skate Skis

MSRP: $649.95

Fischer’s most technologically advanced skate ski just got a little more exciting. The all new Fischer RCS Carbonlite Hole Plus Skate Skis are the latest technology from the Austrian Fischer Factory. It’s all about swing weight with the hole ski. With less material in the tip you exert far less energy there by creating much great efficiency. Each pair is still perfectly matched using Fischer’s CFC system.

In general, the Carbonlites’ reduction in weight is accomplished with an internal construction called Air Core Carbonlite. The use of T300 1K Carbon Fiber in the tip and tail improved ski swing weight significantly. The Carbonlites are pre-waxed to prevent base oxidation and to make the skis faster out of the box. Diamond Tuning lays in the proper structure for each base type.

This product is available at Boulder Nordic Sport, Finn Sisu, Free Heel and Wheel, Gear West, High Peaks Cyclery, Nordic Ultratune, Ski Rack, Skinny Skis and WebSkis.

The Concept2 SkiErg

MSRP for the PM3 (wall-mounted version): $730 plus shipping, optional floor stand: $200 plus shipping.

Concept2 is excited to offer Nordic skiers a new way to train without snow: the Concept2 SkiErg. Similar to the Concept2 Indoor Rower, the SkiErg is designed to help athletes build strength and endurance in a sport-specific motion. Although no machine can duplicate all the subtleties of Nordic skiing, the SkiErg enables you to train using the motion that is essential to all techniques of skate and classic skiing. It’s a convenient and safe alternative to roller-skiing, a nice option when the weather is bad or you’re short on time.

The SkiErg, within months of release, has become very popular with college teams, clubs and ski schools, as well as elite athletes.  Ideal for testing and supplementary training, the SkiErg is the first really useful indoor ski simulator.

Order: 800.245.5676.

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