It has truly been one of those winters for the books. All last summer I remember people talking in town about how it was going to be bigger than the winter of '66 or some such year, with record snowfalls, cold, and invading Yetis. I always take such po...
It has truly been one of those winters for the books. All last summer I remember people talking in town about how it was going to be bigger than the winter of '66 or some such year, with record snowfalls, cold, and invading Yetis. I always take such po...
It has truly been one of those winters for the books. All last summer I remember people talking in town about how it was going to be bigger than the winter of '66 or some such year, with record snowfalls, cold, and invading Yetis. I always take such po...
It has truly been one of those winters for the books. All last summer I remember people talking in town about how it was going to be bigger than the winter of '66 or some such year, with record snowfalls, cold, and invading Yetis. I always take such po...
Summer Ski Storage While many of you will be skiing for 1-2 more months, some of you are putting your skis away for the season now. Taking the time to prep them properly for summer storage will allow the skis to be race-ready next fall. Fresh Base Stonegrinding We encourage you to have your race skis stoneground to expose fresh base material before prepping them with summer storage wax. Exposing fresh base material allows...
Normal Wells, NT / Canmore, AB – Fast and Female will be hosting its second Northern Youth Empowerment Weekend in the Northwest Territories on April 8, 9, and 10, 2011. Following a successful event held in Yellowknife in 2010, the Fast and Female team is traveling to Norman Wells this year for a stimulating weekend aimed at aboriginal girls in cross-country skiing between the ages of 9 to 19 years old. This once-in-a-lifetime camp will...
Although ski wax is designed for skiing, there are some who use it for activities that are completely different. Here are the steps for our waxing process: 1. Bring canoe indoors and let warm up 2. Brush to clean off dirt and leftover wax 3. Crayon on an antistatic base layer 4. Hand cork with a synthetic cork 5. Crayon on HF Yellow 6. Heat in with a torch 7. Crayon JetStream Yellow 8. Hand...
The GMVS Numerical Assessment of Radness is off-the-charts lately. We have perfect mid-winter conditions, and there is a layer of crust underneath the powder which makes off-piste skiing really good, too. Devlin and Hans found a nice jump on the way do...
The GMVS Numerical Assessment of Radness is off-the-charts lately. We have perfect mid-winter conditions, and there is a layer of crust underneath the powder which makes off-piste skiing really good, too. Devlin and Hans found a nice jump on the way do...
Margaret skiing with her "Birkie Pack" a couple days before the event.If you ski the Norwegian Birkebeiner from the 20th wave, don't plan to ski it fast. If you're in a hurry it will be 'hurry up and wait'.However, if you're able to enjoy ...
Margaret skiing with her "Birkie Pack" a couple days before the event.If you ski the Norwegian Birkebeiner from the 20th wave, don't plan to ski it fast. If you're in a hurry it will be 'hurry up and wait'.However, if you're able to enjoy ...
Margaret skiing with her "Birkie Pack" a couple days before the event.If you ski the Norwegian Birkebeiner from the 20th wave, don't plan to ski it fast. If you're in a hurry it will be 'hurry up and wait'.However, if you're able to enjoy ...
Margaret skiing with her "Birkie Pack" a couple days before the event.If you ski the Norwegian Birkebeiner from the 20th wave, don't plan to ski it fast. If you're in a hurry it will be 'hurry up and wait'.However, if you're able to enjoy ...
The skier everybody loves (to hate) says that he might race the 70km Marcialonga and 90km Vasaloppet in 2012. Without a major championships, these classic-technique long distance races seem like a good challenge - especially since both can be won with ...
The skier everybody loves (to hate) says that he might race the 70km Marcialonga and 90km Vasaloppet in 2012. Without a major championships, these classic-technique long distance races seem like a good challenge - especially since both can be won with ...
The skier everybody loves (to hate) says that he might race the 70km Marcialonga and 90km Vasaloppet in 2012. Without a major championships, these classic-technique long distance races seem like a good challenge - especially since both can be won with ...
The skier everybody loves (to hate) says that he might race the 70km Marcialonga and 90km Vasaloppet in 2012. Without a major championships, these classic-technique long distance races seem like a good challenge - especially since both can be won with ...
I am not a crier. I would say that on average, I cry perhaps two or three times a year. I’m sure that in my 23 years of life here, there have been some years when I didn’t cry at all (they were probably in high school). But so far in 2011, I have already cried [...]
A twenty-year-old junior ski racer from Norway.The second-place finisher in the general classification of the 2011 season finale at Falun.(Great Nordic Xplained race recap here.)The guy who, in moving up from eighth to second in the finale GC, posted t...
A twenty-year-old junior ski racer from Norway.The second-place finisher in the general classification of the 2011 season finale at Falun.(Great Nordic Xplained race recap here.)The guy who, in moving up from eighth to second in the finale GC, posted t...