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 - Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) took us through their West Yellowstone prep on Saturday afternoon, the day before they began the 800+ mile drive to Montana. With a 40-pair test fleet, drawers full of...
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 - Part 2 of the FasterSkier Tech Roundtable. In what may be a first in the North American skiing, FasterSkier brought together four of the best ski technicians around for a ro...
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 - In what may be a first in the North American skiing, FasterSkier brought together four of the best ski technicians around for a roundtable discussion on a variety of issues. ...
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 - Got a burning ski-related question? Now's your chance to ask the experts. Tomorrow, September 13, FasterSkier is bringing together Patrick Moore, Mark Waechter, Nathan Schult...
Norway's Men at the 2011 World Championships - Gallium Wax was part of the recipe for their fast skis in Holmenkollen. (Photo illustration courtesy of Go-Ski Norway)
 - 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’... 10 Comments
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 - FasterSkier takes a look at the mechanics of how the broadcast of the northern Maine World Cup races makes its way from trails to television. Nineteen miles of cable, $12 mil... 8 Comments
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 - 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 Sup...
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 - 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, experien... 3 Comments
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 - Atomic's Rick Halling gives a thorough lesson on fitting Atomic race skis properly.  The process relies on a new sticker containing detailed information on each pair of skis. 6 Comments
 - LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY - Langrenn.com is now owned by Nilsen Support, while former co-owner and managing editor Trond Harald Sand and reporter Ivar Haugen formally left the comp...
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 - The Norwegian biathlon web site Strafferunden.no got their hands on the new Rottefella binding set to launch officially in over a week. 3 Comments
 - Ski poles with… zippers! Coming to a location near you.
 - NORWAY – Terje Olav Seim waxed Thomas Alsgaard’s golden pair for the 30K at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. Nobody has ever skied faster on cross-country skis, says the...
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 - Whistler Olympic Park's Chief of Course describes where he learned to groom, how he ended up at the Olympics, and what secret weapons the course crew used when conditions got...
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 - NORWAY - For the Norwegian national team, ski testing in Torsby is the ticket to medals at the 2011 World Championships in Holmenkollen.
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 - Joran Elias is back at it, bringing statistical analysis to the US Ski Team nomination debate.  Elias has attempted to recreate the age/performance graphs that Chris Grover ... 10 Comments
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 - The Italian legend Maurilio De Zolt and  Norwegian great Hilde Pedersen are excellent examples of cross country ski racers who continued to excel at the international leve... 7 Comments
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 - Kris Freeman recently commented on his FasterSkier.com blog, "I am a serious contender for the most volatile and inconsistent skier on the world cup", in reference to his dis... 14 Comments
 - A combination of relatively extreme weather and the ability to switch skis mid-race led to an interesting wax day in the women’s 30km classic.  Wax techs were kept busy du... 3 Comments
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 - Waxing today was pretty simple especially as we have some superb glide waxes for the cold. If it is cold, the starting point is LF Moly/Blue mix as a base followed by HF Blue...
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