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More than a foot of new snow in the last few days. Groomed Rendezvous, the Biathlon Range, Washburn, and the Sprint Loop this evening. Machine groomed powder……in April. More grooming to come this weekend. Winter never dies in West Yellowstone!!!
Swix Sport would like to thank and congratulate all racers, coaches and wax technicians for a fantastic season. It was a great one for us too! • Top 5 Women Overall use Swix Ski Poles • Top Distance and Top Sprint Women use Swix Ski Poles • Top 4 Men Overall use Swix Ski Poles • Top Distance and Top Sprint Men use Swix Ski Poles
Here is a PDF with all the details and program application. If interested, this emailed application should be sent to ira.edwards@rossignol.com by May 1, 2010. Title the email: “Rossignol RED-WHITE-BLUE Application for (your name).” You will be notified that your email was received within one week. DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR EMAIL WAS RECEIVED. If you do not receive receipt notice, have your coach or parent forward the application via email. Each applicant will receive a notification of...
Waxing for 57,000
FasterSkierMarch 11, 2010
Classic technique for 90K, 57,000 registered skiers. Welcome to the 2010 Vasaloppet week. Getting fresh kick wax is not a very fast process, though. Skiers hand over their skis and wait while Toko technicians do the work. Whatever is on the ski is removed and a new layer is heated in. All free, all done right. The yellow coveralls made for a distinctive team. We will have to work on Ian to get these for...
Vasaloppet Oppet Spar
FasterSkierMarch 11, 2010
The Oppet Spar can be a tour or a race, depending upon your approach. Several U.S. skiers who were in the region for the Masters World Cup stayed a few extra days to experience the Sunday Oppet Spar, along with a little more than 8,000 other skiers. There is endless sport drink, water, blueberry soup, bullion, coffee and bread at the feed stations. Yes, you will get sick of them all. I can’t imagine a...
Last Chance to Registar for the New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon
FasterSkierMarch 10, 2010
Register and find out who is already signed up.
Manager Outdoor Clothing Store Gear West Ski & Run has a managerial opening for their new store, The Buckhorn, an outdoor clothing store in Long Lake MN. Located 20 w of Mpls, the Buckhorn was started 1 1/2 years ago and features 2/3 womens clothing, 1/3 men and sells 15% hardgoods. This could be a great opportunitiy for an enthusiastic person to manage and operate a fledling young store (under the guidance of Gear West,...
Sprint racing can be a tough balancing act, between tempo, technique, pace, and power application. As the sprint courses have grown in distance and time, not only on an international level but also domestically, controlling your tempo has become more and more crucial to laying down the fastest time of the day. People automatically associate sprint racing with moving everything at top speed to try and maximize speed, however, if you focus more on big...
Final Tech’s Point of View
FasterSkierFebruary 27, 2010
Tomorrow we will leave Whistler for Vancouver. Therefore, this will be the last blog of the 2010 Olympic Games. In summary, it remains to be said that the organizers have provided us with a really decent games. They were well organized with motivated and friendly volunteers who always made one feel more than welcome. The Olympic Games are something special for every athlete and participation alone is an experience which remains unforgettable. Regarding the results,...
Today I dedicate my blog to two sports that so far we have reported on very little. Snowboard and Nordic combined. Today was the last competition in the Nordic combined. The American team had very high ambitions to win the team competition yesterday conducted. In their eyes winning the silver medal was a disappointment. This shows what the team has for high ambitions. They were here on a clear mission for gold. Today, the dream...
FRAME TECHNOLOGY Frame Technology is Fischer‘s innovative concept for progressive foot support. This grid of technical PU is injected directly onto the outer boot to provide the exact combination of support and flex for optimal power transfer. WORLD CUP CARBON CROSSLINK The perfect link to the boot: Crosslinks made of extremely lightweight and strong carbon fiber fix the WC Carbon Cuff in place and thus play a major part in the high torsional stiffness. Thanks...
Today was a crazy weather day as expected. The snowfall occurred as predicted. The Women’s Giant Slalom was on the progam. Luckily, it didn’t snow so much that it had to be cancelled totally. The conditions on the slope deteriorated before the second run unfortunately and fog moved in which delayed the second run until tomorrow. As with the men yesterday the top layer products used were those for warm and wet conditions. In the...
SWIX Triac 1.0 Race Pole Gear West has received one of the first extensive allotments of the fantastic new racing pole from SWIX. The Triac 1.0 Race Pole is the latest in pole technology from SWIX. The Triac 1.0 Pole has been extensively tested on the Ski and Biathlon World Cup and has been seen on many of the medalists in The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Skiers wanting the latest in race pole technology...
Swix: American Birkebeiner Preliminary Wax Recommendation
FasterSkierFebruary 24, 2010
IMPORTANT RACE WAXING CONSIDERATIONS Forecast Friday night cold and partly cloudy. 0% chance of snow. Low 4F / -15C. 1-3mph NE wind. Saturday partly cloudy. High of 32F / 0C. Temps around 14F / -10C by 9:00 a.m., and 25F / -4C by noon. Humidity near 80% overnight, and dropping through the day. 5-7 mph N wind. 0% chance of snow. Course Conditions Track has firm base. Snow is moderately abrasive due to the sharp...
The weather is back to more how it was at the beginning of the games: unstable and cloudy with rain and sleet. Meteotest from Bern had forecasted the light afternoon snowfall. Right at 1pm it started just as forecasted. The Bern weather forecasts have been spot on for us at Toko and the teams are given us a lot of praise for our assistance. The Men’s Giant Slalom in slightly softer snow conditions than in...
Cable to Hayward, WI Saturday, February 27 23K/50K Skate or 23K/54K Classic Classic start at 8 A.M., first Skate wave at 8:25 A.M. Wave 10 starts at 10 A.M. Forecast/Conditions: Low of 7F overnight and a high of 28 on race day. Snow will stay cold through noon. There is a lot of debris (twigs and pine needles, etc.) on the course, especially between OO and Mosquito Brook. Glidewax: Apply LF Blue/LF Moly mixed 1:1, scrape...
The last week of the Games have begun. With wonderful weather again there were three events decided in the Whistler Nordic Park today. The jumpers competed in the team jump (on the big jump). In the cross-country stadium next door was the team sprint in the free technique (skating) in the men’s and ladies. There have been some interesting results which are in contrast to the previous season so far. For example, the German ladies...