Boulder Nordic Sport staff Zach Caldwell, Amy Caldwell and Nathan Schultz will be doing race service work at the Olympics in February, and so BNS will suspend customer grinding operations from February 14-28th. The deadline for skis to arrive in the shop for the last pre-olympic batch is Monday, February 8th. All skis that arrive on Monday, Feb 8 or before will be shipped Feb 15. All skis that arrive in the shop between Feb...
LONG LAKE, Minnesota – Triac. The pole is set to arrive February 1 and demand is expected to be high. The SWIX Triac is the same pole top athletes have been using on the Nordic World Cup and will also be used by athletes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA. With the Triac will take their skiing to a new level. Gear West has established a waiting list for the...
Stay in our Village Hotel “The Bulldog Hotel” and enjoy World Class Nordic skiing from only CDN $60 per person per day. Package includes standard hotel room and Nordic day pass. Valid Mid-week from January 3 to February 4, 2010. 2 night, 2 day minimum. Price is per person per day, midweek Sunday to Thursday. Taxes additional, based on double occupancy, subject to availability and new bookings only. Offer open to residents of Canada and...
Midway through the season, Steinbock Racing is charging ahead at full-throttle. The Steinbock crew has had some great results thus far, and big plans are in store for the rest of the season. Chris Cook has raced every SuperTour venue thus far. After a successful weekend in the Methow Valley, Cook is now the proud owner of the SuperTour overall leader’s bib. The Methow saw some interesting conditions for the weekend of racing, and a...
HELSINKI/ Finland – ONE WAY, The Authentic Nordic Sports Brand, will be the official partner of the upcoming Nordic JR World Championships in Hinterzarten/Germany. ONE WAY is the exclusive supplier for textiles and technical footwear for more than 1000 volunteers and officials. “ The JR World Championships with the best Nordic athletes from all over the World is a perfect platform to be in contact with the future hero’s in Nordic sports. Many athletes will...
CXC had a successful national championships. Out of the 4 races, CXC skiers (including Caitlin Compton who CXC was waxing for) had a total of 9 top 5 finishes. Below are CXC coach Bryan Fish’s comments on waxing for the week. US Nationals on an Olympic year generated added excitement. Add the fact that the US Olympic slots have initially been set at eight and you have a situation where the smaller details become increasingly...
HELSINKI/ Finland – ONE WAY is launching the latest development in their Carbon cross country ski pole collection: the new DIAMOND STORM 10MAX “extra hot” ONE WAY, the Authentic Nordic Sports Brand from Finland, has been in the last years probably the trend provider No 1 in Nordic Sports. The young and very modern company has created new ways of marketing and surprised with new standards in cross country products. Today ONE WAY has launched the new premium innovation...
Participants in Concept2’s 10th Annual Holiday Challenge not only rowed or skied thousands of meters during the holiday season, they raised over $27,000 for healthy food organizations while doing it. Every year, Concept2, the leading manufacturer of rowing machines, hosts a Holiday Challenge, asking its customers worldwide to row either 100K or 200K between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year, Concept2 invited skiers to join the Challenge by logging their concept2.com.
Many times numbers and photos do the best job of summarizing an event. 86% – 20 of 24 podium positions (first, second, third place) athletes raced with Swix Star CT1 poles. 100% – Winners of each race (senior men and women) raced with Swix Star CT1 poles 2 – Number of new Swix Triac poles that arrived in Anchorage for Kikkan and Kris to test. Also the position USA’s Tim Burke placed at the Oberhof...
The future is triangular The Swix Triac 1.0 introduces many new innovations and technical improvements. The strap has increased thumb support providing 100 % power transfer to the handle and less energy loss, in addition, a new strap retention system allows better adjustments to different hand sizes. The shaft has a new triangular shaped carbon composite construction. By using triangle geometry instead of a circle, less material is needed, and weight is saved. Improved stiffness...
The conditions made for some great skiing conditions. It was fast and the snow was easy to kick on. Wax selection was not so important today as pretty much every product out there performed well. Far more important (as very often is the case when classic waxing) was how well the wax was applied and with what strategy. Glide was at a premium especially as the last 1/2 of the sprint course was pretty much...
This 2-DVD set is a cross country ski-specific presentation from experts in the field.
It was 27-28F and snowing during both events. Shortly before the finish of the men’s race, it stopped. The snow was pretty dry for Anchorage at this temperature and the tracks were not glazing. Our waxes of the day were for glide: LF Moly followed by HF Red covered by JetStream Red. For kick: a thin coat of BaseWax Green covered by Carbon Grip Red. In these non abrasive conditions, ironed in Carbon Grip Blue...
The wax today was LF Moly followed by HF Blue/Red mix followed by JetStream Blue/Red mix. Mixing the two JetStreams is uncomplicated. Either rub one block on and then the other block and rotocork them in together or sprinkle one powder on and sprinkle the other powder on and iron them in together quickly followed by rotocorking them. JetStream Moly was also really good. Notice that the winners of both races were in third place...
According to numerous online sources, the number one New Year’s resolution is to get in shape, lose weight, and lead a healthier lifestyle. Stay on track (literally and figuratively) by registering for the 2010 Yellowstone Rendezvous Race today! Spend the next two months sticking to your guns and training for the marathon ski race held annually in West Yellowstone, Montana. Registration for the 50k, 25k, 10k, 5k, and 2k races are currently available online at...
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 followed by JetStream Blue. This is what we at Toko call “Old Faithful” as it is always fantastic. If the snow is cold and slow, XCold needs to be mixed with the HF Blue. If it is extremely slow, it can...
XCold Application XCold powder is one of Toko’s standout products. It really is an essential part of any competitive skier’s wax box. Here is information on when and how to use it: XCold is not just a hardener. It has a special function. It makes the skis dramatically more slippery at slower speeds (in other words, they acelerate starting from a slower speed). The term that I like to use for this is that it...
SuperTour Overall Standings (12/7/2009) Swix Athletes are currently top three in the overall SuperTour Standings. Congratulations to Holly & Garrott on their World Cup selection and congratulations to Swix Partnership Teams Alaska Pacific University (Swix wax & poles) and CXC Vertical Limit (Swix poles). Women 1. Holly Brooks / APU –SWIX WAX & SWIX POLES 2. Laura Valaas / APU – SWIX WAX & SWIX POLES 3. Becca Rorabaugh APU – SWIX WAX & SWIX...
JetStream Application There are three main application methods for Nordic racing. They are: Sprints and races up to 5k 1. Rub the JS on the ski lightly 2. Polish with Thermo Pad 3. Repeat Best way 1. Rub the JS on trying to get as much on as possible 2. Rotocork 3. Repeat step 1 right over rotocorked JS 4. Rotocork 5. Brush out with nylon polishing brush 6. Polish with Thermo Pad For long...
Rossignol’s Nordic Team is proving their strength right out of the gate. After the first couple weeks of races Chris Cook is 2nd overall in the Supertour, Aino Kaisa Saarinen is 1st overall in the World Cup, and Tim Burke is 2nd in Biathlon World Cup. Chris Cook (Steinbock Racing Team) kept his podium streak alive in Bozeman, MT last weekend finishing 3rd in the 15km classic. That is his third podium finish this season...