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Southern Maine Biathlon Club Wins Skadi Nordic Contest

Skadi Nordic is proud to be a supporter of the Southern Maine Biathlon Club (SMBC). Skadi Nordic will be providing a set of the Skadi Nordic product line to each athlete on the team as a reminder that those who are passionate about and committed to what they do will succeed. Despite its inauguration only three short years ago, SMBC has drawn on the existing infrastructure and support of Maine Winter Sports Center (SMBC), the...

Oneway’s New DS 10 Pole and New Team Members

Rossignol is proud to be the exclusive distributor of Oneway in North America. Over the past 3 years the two brands have forged a stong partnership with both product and competitive teams. Rossignol / Oneway are excited to introduct the new DS10 pole. The new DS 10 pole has a 100% carbon super light shaft with a new titanium coated carbon insert making the pole stiff and ultra light weight. The rabbit strap allows for...

www.swenorsports.com and get ready for winter! American star Kris Freeman and Gold Medallist Billy Demong are amongst the growing throng of North American skiers who are making Swenor rollerski their choice.  Freeman’s high mileage training days are legendary. Kris states, “These wheels are durable, no more wasted time with wrenches constantly changing wheels. Demong says, “Swenor’s shafts save my feet and lower legs. They make rough pavement feel like perfect corduroy snow.” Visit www.swenorsports.com and...

Five of Seven U.S. Ski Team Cross-Country Racers Choose Fischer Skis

AUBURN, N.H. – Fischer Skis announced today that five of the seven U.S. Ski Team cross-country athletes will race on Fischer skis for the next two years. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska), Andrew Newell (Shaftsbury, Vt.) and Kris Freeman (Andover, N.H.) have used Fischer Skis throughout their entire international competitive careers on the World Cup circuit and at World Championship and Olympic events. Newcomers Morgan Arritola (Ketchum, Idaho) and Simeon Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.) both competed at...

Toferer to Visit Twin Cities, Duluth and Ely

The 2010 Olympics served as concrete proof that Roman Toferer of Atomic is unequalled when it comes to picking skis and making them go fast.  The man from the little village of Eben, Austria proved to be a virtual miracle worker on the trails at Whister.  If you watched Claudia Nystad take Gold it was obvious her skis were running at speeds far greater than her competition.  The Teutonic blonde looked like something out of...

SkiErg Performance Series offers coaches and athletes a new tool for evaluating the effectiveness of their training. The SkiErg, with its accurate Performance Monitor (PM), offers a testing tool that is ski-specific, controlled and comparable. The Performance Monitor allows scores to be compared from one machine to another, at any altitude, in any conditions, because it self-calibrates. Training on the SkiErg is not exactly like skiing on snow, but it is a good approximation; it...

All New X-ium Skate Package: Lightest Weight Race Package Rossignol Has Ever Made

Rossignol’s 2010-2011 X-ium Skate package, including X-ium NIS Skating WCS Ski, XCelerator Skate NIS Binding, X-ium WC Skate Boot, and Oneway’s DS 10 pole, is all new and is now the lightest weight race package Rossignol has ever offered. The weight of the ski, boot and binding package has decreased by 210 grams. The X-ium ski is slightly shorter for better maneuverability and lighter weight. The new X-ium boot has a new cover lace that...

Mammut Sells Toko to Swix Sport

The Swiss Mammut Sports Group AG will sell the Toko brand, including all of its activities and products, to a new subsidiary of the Norwegian company Swix Sport AS, effective September 1, 2010. By taking this step, Mammut Sports Group AG is underlining its intention of focusing on the outdoor sports market and its main brand MAMMUT. “MAMMUT’s rapid growth over recent years and the challenges of its future worldwide expansion require all our efforts...

WebSkis.com, the US distributor for Pro-Ski Rollerskis and Solda ski wax, is offering a drawing for a pair of Pro-Ski S5E skate rollerskis. To be eligible for this opportunity all you need to  do is become a Facebook friend of WebSkis before August 1, 2010. On August 2, the folks at WebSkis will do the drawing and post the winner on the WebSkis Facebook page and the WebSkis website. The ProSki S5E skate rollerski was...

Wilmington, MA  –  Swix Sport USA, the world leader in ski and snowboard accessories has entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Sport Import AS of Norway to become the exclusive distributor of Swenor brand roller skis and accessories for the U.S. market. Like Swix, Swenor will also be a supplier to the U.S. Ski Team. “The Swenor category will further assist us in accomplishing our “strategic goal” of becoming the premier snow sport accessory...

Sweden’s Anna Haag on the 2015 World Championships

This year’s annual International Ski Federation (FIS) Congress included the selection for the 2015 Nordic World Championships. Held in Turkey, the finalists included Sweden, Finland, Poland and Germany. Sweden was smart. They brought along some of their top athletes to be part of the presentation to bring Worlds to Falun. Nothing like hearing it straight from an athlete’s mouth. It definitely worked, because Sweden beat their key rivals to become the hosts for 2015. Key in that presentation was Olympic...

Mt. Borah Custom Nordic Hires National Sales Manager

Coon Valley, WI– Mt. Borah Custom Nordic, based out of Coon Valley, Wisconsin has hired John Dyste as their national manager. According to Chris Jackson, Mt. Borah’s owner, “We are incredibly excited about having John join our team, we could not have asked for a better fit. John’s extensive experience within the Nordic community on both the retail level and the team level will greatly assist Mt. Borah in reaching our custom Nordic apparel sales...

Webskis.com Announces New C2 Flex Rollerski

Pro-Ski rollerskis have been around for quite some time.  The first rollerskis that were used extensively were developed in Italy in the 1930’s. When dedicated Nordic skiers first started to experiment with rollerskis they were homemade or limited production training tools that were not ideal. By the 1970’s most serious athletes, both juniors and national team level skiers in Europe, were on rollers in the summer. As the training tools evolved, became lighter and had...

Sauce Headwear Kicks Off the Spring with a Free Logo Promotion

Sauce Headquarters, Canmore, AB & Bozeman, MT – Sauce, the headwear provider for many ski teams and clubs across North America, is offering a free logo promotion on all custom orders placed before June 30th. Founded Canadian x-c skiers, Sauce Headwear has gone against the grain of conventional winter headwear, combining function, comfort and style, into four essential pieces for the winter/cold weather athlete. “I know that the winter is a long season, and people...

BNS Announces Summer Ski Selection, New Stone Grinding Menu, and New Zealand Ski Camp

Ski Selection begins June 1 BNS once again begins hand-selecting skis for customers in June, 2010 and is now taking orders for fall delivery.  Using the unique knowledge and experience gained working with athletes, testing skis and working ski service at World Cups and Olympics, Zach Caldwell and Nathan Schultz lead the ski selection process for BNS each year.  Through the painstaking process of evaluating every pair of skis by hand, Schultz and Caldwell pick...