It seems that conditions in Rumford will be old transformed snow with old powder mixed in. The snow will be heavily machined and old. Overnight temps will be around 10F and highs around freezing and warmer at the end of the week. Be sure to have plenty of HF Moly, HF Red, HF Yellow, JetStream Red, and JetStream Yellow on hand for the week! The Classic Sprint on Sunday looks to be an interesting day...
This month, Fischer Skis U.S. kicks off the Fischer Select Athlete of the Month program to spotlight the superior talent of notable, up and coming cross country ski racers. This month’s featured athlete is 23-year-old Sylvan Ellefson of Vail, Colorado. Sylvan placed tenth in this year’s American Birkie 52km Freestyle. Below are insights on Sylvan’s training and lifestyle. Name: Sylvan Ellefson Age: 23 Home town: Vail, CO Team: SSCV Team HomeGrown Years skiing: 9 Years...
The Norwegian XC-team has introduced a color coding system to select corresponding skis and structure of the glide zone: Green (-5 °C and colder) Fine Blue (0 °C to -5 °C) Medium/Fine White (0 °C to+3 °C -moist): Medium/Coarse Red (+1 °C to +10 °C -wet) Coarse
Thermo WS Gore – Our best overall glove. This is a super warm, yet not bulky glove made with the finest materials for an optimal warmth to bulk ratio. Despite the glove’s warmth, it is super breathable and can be worn comfortably in warmer weather as well. Features: Windstopper fleece on back of hand, Clarino palms with silicone “grip”, box fingers, and cuff pull tab. Champion – Lightweight Racing Glove. This glove is made with...
In its 24-year existence, the Tour of Anchorage cross-country ski race, hosted by the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage, has grown from just a few hundred participants to almost 2,000 ski- enthusiasts—making it one of the largest ski races in North America. This year’s event, slated for March 6th, will start at the foot of the Chugach Mountains and wind through beautiful birch and aspen forests, around the University of Anchorage campus, through Anchorage’s midtown...
Structure Basics: Structure is a term used to describe patterns cut into the base to reduce base contact on the snow and to release surface tension from water films caused by base friction. These structure pat – terns are most often produced by stone grinding machines at the factory during production or by shops that specialize in the stone grinding process. It is also possible to produce structures using hand tools. For a period of time...
The Central Cross Country Ski Association (CXC) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Athlete Development Program. Beginning in the spring of 2011, CXC will be offering full support to America’s top junior skiers through the addition of an Elite Development Team. Selected junior skiersThose selected juniors for the Elite Development Team will train side-by-side with CXC’s top senior athletes throughout the year at camps held around the United States, and will continue to...
The word-of-mouth marketing by the clients of previous xc camps has certainly helped achieve record numbers on the trails, noted Bond. On the weekend of December 4 and 5, there were more than 400 Nordic skiers on the trails, enjoying the fresh snow and sunny skies. Bond said it’s what garners Silver Star such high praise in Nordic circles. The resort has been voted the number one Nordic destination in North America by the USA...
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AUBURN, N.H., and Minneapolis, Minn. — Fischer Skis U.S. is proud to announce a two-year commitment as a sponsor of the City of Lakes Loppet. The City of Lakes Loppet takes place in Minneapolis, Minn., on February 5-6, 2011, embracing a festival format and adding tours, vendor expos, snow sculpture contests and still more events around snow. John Munger, director of the Loppet celebrated the new partnership saying, “We are excited to work with Fischer...
We came out with a new Structurite last year. Click West Yellowstone: After the Ski Festival Every year in November, the North American Nordic world converges in Montana for the annual West Yellowstone Ski Festival. It is a week full of training, waxing, racing, clinics, expos, and friends. But what happens after the festival is over? The CXC Team spent another week in town after the festival to find out. First, we traded in our...
SportHill founder and CEO Jim Hill announced today that SportHill, Inc, an Eugene, Oregon based performance apparel manufacturer, will again host and sponsor the Crescent Lake Challenge free style cross country ski race and citizen tour on January 16, 2011. 2010 was the first year that a event like this had been staged around Crescent Lake. Seventy five participants skied the 22-kilometer course with the men’s overall winner Eric Martin of Bend covering the distance...
Chris Hall, director of US Racing Services for Swix states, “Waxing for the West Yellowstone USSA SuperTour events was straightforward but not West Yellowstone normal. As we do for each race we tested a matrix of CH, LF, and HF base gliders based on temp and humidity. Once we had chosen the base wax we re-waxed and zeroed the test skis with the chosen base and tested if Cera-F over-layers increased the speed. A final...
here for the wax clinic schedule. here for more information on how the wax tips are created. If we do not have solid information on an event (including weather, current conditions, expected time of grooming, how many loops, start time of course, etc), we will either not submit anything or we will delay submission of the wax tip. For this reason, sometimes information on a race will not be sent out in the eBlast that...
The Yellowstone Ski Festival means many things to many people. The five-day cross-country ski festival can be a time to brush off the storage wax and ski for the first time each season. It can be a chance for professional racers to earn valuable points towards the World Cup. It can be an opportunity to demo new gear before the holiday season. It can be a new Thanksgiving tradition for you and yours. The Yellowstone...
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AUBURN, N.H. — Fischer Skis announced today it has launched the first Nordic skis with a natural basalt core for remarkable effects on ski weight and performance. Available on four ski models, Fischer’s new Air Core Basalight technology significantly reduces weight to deliver a superior cross country skiing experience. Furthermore, replacing conventional fiberglass with volcanic basalt fibers supports the environment. Fischer’s Air Core Basalight technology is now available on the new CRS Vasa Skate and...
