Once again the FasterSkier staff has weighed in on their favorite gift ideas for the 2011 holiday season. Today’s installment of the Holiday Gift Guide features items priced from $20 to $50. Previous 2011 Holiday Gift Guide Suggestions: Sauce Headwear and Gear West. 08: Rubber Encased Dumbbells. Price: starting from ~$25.00. It’s winter so the days are short and it is hard enough to find time to get out for a long ski, let alone...
L.L. Bean. 09: Bag Balm. Price: starting from $5.00. Yup, we’re recommending you rub something that was created for the treatment of dry, cracked cow udders all over your face. Bag Balm works great to keep your face warm and frostbite-free! Keep a 10-ounce box of this in your ski bag for whenever sub-zero temperatures strike, plus it will give you a jolly glisten as you cruise down the trails. Available at most pharmacy/drug stores or online...
Boulder, CO — Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) is excited to welcome former Super Tour champion, David Chamberlain, to its staff. Chamberlain recently signed on as Race Service Director for BNS after moving to Boulder from Maine where he was coaching the Junior Development Team at the Maine Winter Sports Center. A Maine native, Chamberlain skied for Bates College from 1994-1998, earning All-American honors twice during his collegiate career. After college, David continued to race, skiing for...
Madshus Invests in New Technology Roger, Nathan and Patrick went to Norway in June to test Madshus skis, boots and poles on snow at Sognefjell. The BNS crew got to test out some of Madshus’s new ideas for wet skis that we expect to see in production down the road. For this season, skis and boots remain mostly unchanged with some minor tweaks from last year. Madhsus’s pole offering for this season, however, is dramatically...
Changes Coming Fast at the New Boulder Location Our old location closed at the beginning of June and we opened for business at the new store July 10. It’s huge. With a split-level arrangement, the new store is nearly three times as large as our former location-including the old sheds and storage containers out back. Moving is never easy, but the new store will make it well worth it. There is still a great deal...
Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) turned five years old on April 14th and to celebrate that anniversary as well as prepare for the upcoming move of our Boulder store in June, we are blowing out skis and clothing so we don’t have to move them. The sale is limited to stock on hand, so hurry to our online shop to get amazing deals while we have stock left. 50% off clothing Fischer Carbonlite Classic $399 Fischer...
bouldernordic.com or by calling 720.227.9400. Wax & Ski Service Clinics This year BNS will be at the on-snow demo area to answer questions and give advice on wax, equipment, stone grinding and any of your other skiing needs. Please look for the SkiGo/Holmenkol tent and stop by to see us. We will be at the tent 9-11am and 2-4pm Tuesday-Saturday. Additionally, BNS will offer clinics inside our tent at the outdoor demo area from 2:00-2:45...
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...
Wax Sales and Professional Race Wax Service in Cable Feb 24-27. BNS will be at the American Birkebeiner Feb 24-27th with a full service team providing wax sales and brand-neutral race waxing service. Treat yourself to a full race wax application by our pro service team so you can relax and focus on your race, or just drop by our temporary shop in Cable to find out what wax is running fastest and stock up...
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...
Boulder Nordic Sport Announces New Stone Grinding Menu, Minnesota Ski Drop-off Location, West Yellowstone Ski Festival Grind Service and 2009-2010 Prize Giveaways. Simple Menu of three grinds each for classical and skating techniques. Thefull menu details 35 structures and includes an expansive structure primer. The new menus are available for download at www.bouldernordicsport.com or by calling 720.227.9400. BNS will once again bring a full-service stone-grinding ski shop to the West Yellowstone Ski Festival November 21-28, 2009....
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.
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...
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...
Boulder Nordic Sport is having a huge sale featuring up to 40% off. The sale ends today (December 31st). * 40% off all bags & packs * 30% off all clothing * 20% off all boots, 30% on Rossignol Xium and Fischer Carbonlite boots * 30% off Swix T73 Iron, 15% off on all irons Shop at https://www.bouldernordicsport.com/shop/
