SOLDA Ski Wax: Volume Discounts And Great Savings On Package Deals  Have The Fastest Skis At The Lowest Cost — Isn't That What Waxing Is About? SOLDA Volume Discounts, Training Waxes, PowerJets, Fluor Carbon and ROTO Brush Package Deals. SOLDA Glide wax from Italy is available from TorbjornSport, www.torbjornsport.com . Look for monthly specials, volume discounts and news frequently posted and updated on TorrbjornSport for SOLDA Glide Wax and PRO-SKI Rollerskis, training camps, books,...
The Yellowstone Ski Festival November 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2004 West Yellowstone, Montana We are skiing in West Yellowstone! The trails were rolled for the first time on October 24 and if we keep getting snow, the trails will be in great shape for the Yellowstone Ski Festival. www.yellowstoneskifestival.com or contact: Jamie Greene, Yellowstone Ski Festival Coordinator The West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce PO Box 458 West Yellowstone, MT 59758 406-646-9427
The Yellowstone Ski Festival is only a few weeks away, and the locals are already skiing the Rendezvous trails. Chris Axelson sent us this report and photos: “Last night we drove down to West Yellowstone [from Bozeman] hoping for a good snowfall. Bingo! Ten inches of snow. The skiing was great on Sunday and there was plenty of it, thanks to the Pisten Bully getting to all the popular loops on the Rendezvous Trail System.”...
There is still more than a week until Halloween, but a number of places around North America are already reporting good ski conditions. As is usually the case, Alaska has some of the best early season skiing this year. John Estle in Fairbanks, Alaska reported to FasterSkier.com on Thursday that they have about 6 kilometers of trails groomed at Birch Hill. Fairbanks received 4-6 inches of snow earlier this week, and light snow is in...
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The Yellowstone Ski Festival November 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2004 West Yellowstone, Montana Why attend the Yellowstone Ski Festival? Here are ten reasons to make your plans now: West Yellowstone’s reliable early season snow Beautifully groomed trails Nordic ski clinics for children, beginner, intermediate and advanced skiers Expert instructors Demo the latest in Nordic equipment from all the major manufacturers The Rendezvous Trail system is just a short ski from your door An...
As a cross country skier I have had a chance to see and experience beautiful places around the World both summer and winter. World famous Smith Rock outside Redmond, Oregon is very high up on my list of places I recommend friends to visit at least once. Justin and Beckie running up the trail to the top Smith Rock offers the type of beauty that strikes you as truly magnificent and doing a workout there...
SOLDA Ski Wax is making head waves in Europe following a busy spring and summer with extensive testing of Cross-Country and alpine waxes as well as water repellent products for sail boats, kayaks and canoes. Gabriella Paruzzi On-going glacier testing of several new products still in testing phases as well of products currently available to the public has been very successful. The test results have convinced many of Italy’s top Cross-Country skiers to become affiliated...
The 2004/2005 SOLDA Glide waxes and tools can now be viewed and ordered online at Last years top sellers were the PowerJets- MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM! POWERJET 4 was new last season. We hope you tried it — it works!  We love it when the snow changes from very cold to medium cold Range: 25 F… — 8 F (-4C … -13C), humidity: 30% – 100% Ideal final “touch†in almost all snow...
Iceland’s glaciers can become an alternative training site for those who want early summer and fall skiing reports Swedish Skidsport.com. Ramsau and Val Senales high altitude glaciers have for years been where European skiers have traveled to get on-snow training in the summer and fall. Two glaciers on Iceland might become an alternative to that next season. A lot lower altitude might be very attractive to some teams. Austria’s Nordic combined team had 15 skiers...
CENTRIX Fischer announces a complete new series of performance boots called CENTRIX. These state-of-the-art boots were developed for demanding racers and athletes to maximize their skating and classic performance. WHY CENTRIX? Fischer's overall design goal with Centrix is to maximize power generated by the skier to the ski. The key to this concept is fit. Energy can only be transferred into forward movement on cross-country skis if your feet are securely supported inside the boot....
2004/05 Fischer Product Review: Year of the Boot With the 2004/05 introduction of the new Centrix boot program, Fischer has leapt to the forefront of Cross Country boot construction. Designed from the sole up for modern racing technique centrix boots are available in skate, classic, pursuit, and combi models. Centrix boots perfectly complement Fischer's race-winning skis. Dealers will have a complete selection of Centrix boots by the first week of October. With Centrix, Fischer is...
Have you best xc ski season ever. Do your fall interval, speed and distance training on PRO-SKI rollerskis. It pays off. The World’s fittest long distance and World Cup skiers are doing their dryland training on PRO-SKI Rollerskis. This includes the entire Norwegian National Team and many top North Americans such as Olympic Gold Medal winner Beckie Scott. Get on PRO-SKI rollerskis this fall and train on the choice of Swedish Vasaloppet winners Anders Aukland, Oscar...
The Val Senales glacier, in Italy at 3200 meters altitude, offers year-round cross country skiing. Top teams from around the World are using the popular site for summer and fall training and testing. Ski companies are often found testing new products or materials. Silvio Fauner on Val Senales glacier SOLDA' Ski Wax provided wax service to the entire group.  The Val Senales Glacier is 3.200 meters high. There is an impressive gondola that is...
A few weeks ago, we reported that Vuokatti, Finland was planning on being able to offer regular terrain skiing starting in mid-September.
Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer, but in some parts of the country it also gave us our first glimpse of winter. The mountains near Anchorage, Alaska were white when skiers woke up on Saturday morning. Termination dust, as it is called in Alaska (signifying the termination of summer) was spread across the peaks of the Chugach Mountains. Aspen, Colorado, which I happened to be visiting at the time, also had snow...
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Vuokatti has grown to become a popular training center for Finish biathlon and cross country skiers. At the moment you’ll find German, Russian, Chinese and Finish national team skiers at training camp in Vuokatti. Much of the reason for this is the ski tunnel that makes it possible to ski year-round.
You don’t bike in Denmark to experience mountains and grueling hills. Being flat as a pancake and with an enormous network of bike-trails makes it a great place for easy and relaxing biking. Go there on your own or bring the family, Denmark is known to many as the World’s number-one bike country. Commuters don’t drive to the train station, they bike. I didn’t see any car parking lots close to the downtown Copenhagen railroad...
The third set of my vacation photos from Norway are from are short bike ride up and around the two nearby small towns of Stathelle and Brevik. We stayed on the bike path using the “new road†on the way up, and rode the old coastal road on the way back. The ride took us across the old bridge to Brevik and I’m excited that even this has a bike and walking lane separated with...