Third Nordic Fall Fest and Ski Swap Brick Wheels, Traverse City, Mich. Sunday, Oct. 21 , 9 AM-6 PM Need a little snow fix? Longingly looking at your waxing bench already? You are in luck this weekend, Brick Wheels is [...]
Gear Preview 2012: One Way
March 14, 2012 By Audrey Mangan
FasterSkier caught up with One Way’s nordic brand manager, Robert Lazzaroni, at the US Junior National Championship to find out what is new for this summer and next winter. He walks us through their new line which will for the [...]
Gear Preview 2012: Atomic
February 22, 2012 By Audrey Mangan
Our final stop on our SIA Show tour brought us to the Atomic booth, where we met up with Rick Halling. He talked to us about the new camber construction of their classic skis and the changes to their World [...]
Gear Preview 2012: Alpina
February 17, 2012 By Audrey Mangan
We continued on our SIA Show tour over at the Alpina booth, where we met up with Steve Kvinlaugh who talked to us about their responsibility to bring more younger skiers into the sport of cross country skiing and what [...]
Gear Preview 2012: Madshus
February 17, 2012 By Audrey Mangan
Our next stop at the SIA Show was with Madshus where their Marketing Manager Connor Folley walked us through what was new with their 2012 line. He talked to us about their new nano line of boots and their evolving [...]
Gear Preview 2012: Swix
Our next stop at the SIA Snow Show was at Swix USA, where we got a look at new features on next year’s carbon-composite poles, new formulations in Swix’s klister line, and tried on their new gloves.
Departure for West: Boulder Nordic Sport (with Video)
November 21, 2011 By Audrey Mangan
FasterSkier Podcast: Tech Roundtable Part 2
November 14, 2011 By Topher Sabot, Editor
FasterSkier Podcast: Tech Roundtable Part 1
October 10, 2011 By Topher Sabot, Editor
FasterSkier Podcasts: Ask the Ski Techs
September 12, 2011 By Audrey Mangan
Norway Finds Fast Skis and Controversy with Gallium Wax
Gallium wax is apparently so powerful that wax coaches are willing to go to court to keep it from other teams. These days, Japan’s wax coach is threatening to sue Norway’s chief wax coach for letting the secret out.
19 Miles of Cable and One Espresso Machine: Biathlon, from Trail to TV
If you want to know about how biathlon travels from the trails onto television, the first thing you need to know about is cable. In Fort Kent, the site of Maine’s second biathlon World Cup in as many weeks, the [...]
Timing Snafus Slow SuperTour Results, But Officials Say Accuracy Uncompromised
November 26, 2010 By Nathaniel Herz
Thursday’s weather in West Yellowstone was a big improvement from earlier this week, but race timers still found themselves in a perfect storm during the season opening SuperTour races. Coaches and athletes were in the dark all afternoon Thursday, when [...]
La Nina – Does it Affect Grinds and Skis?
While it might be tempting to grind your skis based on the long-term weather forecast, which calls for a cold, wet and stormy La Nina season with lots of snow dumps, experience is the best guide.
How to Fit Atomic Race Skis
Rick Halling is the Nordic Director for Atomic USA Two things are going on when a ski shop measures the flex of a race ski for a customer. One, they are looking at the stiffness of the ski and [...]
Changes in Ownership at Langrenn.com
September 27, 2010 By Inge Scheve
Rottefella revolution
The Norwegian biathlon web site Strafferunden.no got their hands on the new Rottefella binding set to launch officially in over a week.
Fischer Launches Ski Pole With Zippered Grips
September 5, 2010 By Inge Scheve
The Golden Skis
September 3, 2010 By Inge Scheve
Van Wijk Grooms His Way to Olympic Glory
August 24, 2010 By Kieran Jones
While the majority of cross country ski fans last February were plumping pillows on couches, clearing work schedules, and getting Andy Newell’s name embroidered onto a foam finger, Dirk Van Wijk was gearing up to make sure the cross-country race [...]
