Zach and Amy Caldwell have joined bouldernordic.com. BNS specializes in professional ski service using Tazzari stone-grinding equipment as well as sales and advanced fit of cross-country skis, equipment and technical apparel. BNS carries a full line of wax and professional tuning equipment as well as distributing the Ski*Go and Holmenkol product lines in the US.
Skinny Skis is pleased to be able to present a fantastic selection of factory closeouts from Bjorn Daehlie. As he mentioned, all of the styles in the collection are designed by Nordic skiers for Nordic skiers— although they perform quite well for other activities! Skinny Skis recently purchased an extensive collection of styles which are no longer being distributed in the U.S. It represents some of the most popular jackets and pants by Bjorn Daehlie....
You’re invited you to start your cross country ski season at Silver Star Mountain Resort and join the 2009 Cross Country Ski Camps, November 28 to December 6. We have incredible coaches that work with skiers of all levels, making the sport you love even more enjoyable. Register before November 1 at
this form. If you just want to enter the drawing for the skis, please use the same form. The deadline for the contest is: 12:00 Midnight, EST Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Photo contest winners will be posted in a gallery as soon as possible following the conclusion of the contest. Anyone can participate regardless of whether you are a professional or an amateur. You can submit up to THREE photos per person, maximum! Images will...
The Toko Tech Team has launched a new blog in an effort to establish a resource for the general public to learn about waxing as well as to provide some interesting ski related reading. Toko Tech Team members will post entries when they have a waxing or ski related experience that they’d like to share. The entries will contain some valuable technical information and skiers will have the opportunity to post comments which will be answered...
Knight to Manage Wax Brands, Develop Ski*Go Wax, Glove and Clothing Lines. Roger Knight has joined Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) as the Director of Team and Eastern Operations. He brings the US distribution of Ski*Go Wax, Tools, Gloves, Rollerskis and Skiwear to BNS and will focus on developing the Ski*Go and Holmenkol brands in the US. Knight contributes extensive experience in the cross-country ski industry after working as Nordic Product Manager at Swix USA for...
HAYWARD, WI – Central Cross Country Ski Association (CXC) is pleased to announce Swix Sport USA to be the official ski pole supplier. Starting on, August 1, 2009, CXC Elite Team will rely on the proven technology of Swix to provide them with the lightest and strongest composite ski poles. For more than 25 years, Swix has been the leading innovator in the field of composite ski poles. Top World Cup athletes prefer Swix composite...
There is no question that the Tour de Ski grows in interest and popularity every year. It is also true that the Nordic World Championships are highly prestigious as the Nordic community gathers to watch its best. However, the Olympics are still number one as the event that Nordic athletes and their supporters want to win most. We have to admit that Nordic skiing is one of those sports that only receives truly extensive worldwide...
The Finnish Nordic Sports brand ONE WAY and the Swedish Vasaloppet organization have signed a 5 year cooperation concerning promotion and sponsorship for ONE WAY Nordic Sports footwear. ONE WAY will be the official supplier for all competitions around Vasaloppet including the new summer events in Nordic Walking. Vasaloppet is World wide the most famous and popular ski marathon with more than 60.000 participants during the Vasaloppet week. ONE WAY ´s new OW Nordic Sports...
Direct sales model to lower prices on one of the world’s leading ski wax brands. Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) announced today an agreement with Holmenkol AG of Heimerdingen, Germany to distribute Holmenkol Nordic products in the USA. BNS takes over US distribution from UVEX Sports and will work alongside new Holmenkol distributors Sport Thoma (Alpine) and Montana (Backshop) to bring in the complete line of Holmenkol’s innovative ski waxes, tools and tuning products. BNS will...
Swix Sport USA announced it has reached an agreement with Uvex Sports GmbH to become the exclusive distributor of Uvex winter sports products for the U.S. market starting August 1, 2009. The Uvex winter line including snow sports helmets, goggles and sunglasses will be shipped from the Swix Wilmington MA warehouse beginning August 1, 2009. Swix will also assume all sales and marketing functions for the Uvex winter sports products. Steven Poulin, President of Swix...
You are invited to the 2009 Silver Star Mountain Resort Cross Country Ski Camps! Registration is now open and I wanted to give you the first opportunity to check out the new look of the website. Be sure to check out the updated faculty page and let me know if you have a specific coach you hope to be with for the camps. I’m sure you are enjoying your summer activities to the fullest…hiking, biking,...
Rick Halling is Nordic Race Director for Atomic US. Nordic skiers love our blogs and websites where too often we dwell on the negative. Sometimes our discussions degenerate to the point of whining and always present is the claim that Nordic doesn’t get its fair share of support. A number of times it has been suggested that the US Cross Country Team and US Nordic Combined Team should break away from USSA and form a...
Concept2, the maker of the renowned Concept2 Indoor Rower, has released the SkiErg, a double pole machine modeled on the rowing version. An ergometer (or “erg”) is a device that measures work. That’s what sets the Concept2 SkiErg apart from others: it allows you to accurately assess your output, monitor your progress, and compare your scores with others using the Concept2 Performance Monitor. It’s the same monitor that has been helping rowers train for many years: Immediate, accurate...
Though the battered economy has caused the cancellation of events in other sports, as well as the folding of the Saab/Salomon Factory Team, North America’s biggest ski races appear to be weathering the storm. While it is still early in the year, organizers of the American and Canadian Birkebeiners, City of Lakes Loppet, Craftsbury Marathon, Yellowstone Rendezvous, Noquemanon Ski Marathon, and Mora Vasaloppet all said that their races were proceeding as planned. Many did say,...
Vasaloppet winner Daniel Tynell (SWE) is changing to ONEWAY footwear, textiles and roller skis in training and competition. Daniel Tynell (SWE), winner of the most famous ski marathon race VASALOPPET 2009 and the only racer who won this race 3 times in the history has signed a long term cooperation with the Finnish Nordic Sports brand ONE WAY. Daniel Tynell already used ONE WAY racing poles but will now also use ONE WAY textiles in...
Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) launches two new products for upper-body cross-country ski training today with the Ercolina Upper Body Power Poling Machine and the Vasa Trainer Ergometer. The Ercolina machine is a new design of Italian Mirco Collavina’s famous Ercolina using magnetic resistance to provide poling simulation in a relatively small, portable package. The Vasa Ergometer uses a contained wind turbine for resistance and can measure power output to provide repeatable tests for establishing poling...
Kevin Sweeney is the Swix Racing Service Director. This article first appeared in Ski Post –
Chad Giese races for the Saab-Salomon Factory Team. More information on the Saab-Salomon Factory Team can be found at www.skipost.com We learn the value of hard work very early in life. One of my favorite books to read to my son Anders is called Pancakes Pancakes. The little boy in the book wakes up one morning and asks his mom for pancakes for breakfast. The mom agrees to make them, but first she sends the...