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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Under $20

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...

Fischer and Swix Bring World-Class Talent to CCSAA Annual Conference

http://xcski.org/OlympicSkiClinics_Insert.php.   “We are very excited to grant our friends at the CCSAA conference unique access to these World Cup athletes,” said Peter Ashley, vice president, Nordic Division, Fischer Skis U.S. “Exposure to this level of athlete is rare off the race circuit, and now junior racers and conference attendees alike will enjoy time with them as they share tips on technique and recount recent season highlights and record wins.”   Fischer Skis dominated the...

Summer Ski Storage While many of you will be skiing for 1-2 more months, some of you are putting your skis away for the season now. Taking the time to prep them properly for summer storage will allow the skis to be race-ready next fall.   Fresh Base Stonegrinding We encourage you to have your race skis stoneground to expose fresh base material before prepping them with summer storage wax. Exposing fresh base material allows...

Most Nordic World Champions Win on Swix Triac Poles

The Winning Margin at the 2011 FIS World Ski Championship in Holmenkollen 8 out of 10 Individual Gold Medals, 19 out of 30 Total Gold Medals and 51 out of 90 Total Medals were won on Triac Poles. Ladies sprint F Name Nation Poles 1. Marit Bjørgen NOR SWIX 2. Arianna Follis ITA SWIX 3. Petra Majdic SLO One-Way Mens sprint F Name Nation Poles 1. Marcus Hellner SWE SWIX 2. Petter Northug NOR SWIX...

A Week in Norway: Fischer and Swix Dealer Trip to World Championships

As a reward to the dealers who were able to sell the most Swix Triac poles and Fischer RCS Carbonlite boots a contest was organized; to the winners a trip to Norway.  First a few days in Lillehammer then down to Oslo for the World Championships. Come on New Jersey On Monday the nine dealers from all over the United States were supposed to converge in Newark to catch the same flight to Oslo, Norway....

FORECAST Today- Mostly Sunny throughout the day with a forecasted high of 25ºF. Tonight- Mostly Cloudy with a low of 4ºF.  Calm wind. Friday Feb. 25th- Mostly Cloudy with a 20% chance of snow showers.  Forecasted high of 14ºF.  North wind of 5 mph. Friday Night- Mostly Cloudy with a 20% of snow showers.  Forecasted low of -4ºF.  Calm wind. Saturday Feb. 26th- Mostly Cloudy with 20% of snow showers.  Forecasted high of 16ºF.  Southwest...

TUESDAY, FEB. 22ND 10PM Stay Tuned with Updates at Birkie Expo, SwixRacing.us, & Facebook/SwixNordic FORECAST Thursday Feb. 24th- Mostly Sunny throughout the day with a forecasted high of 28ºF. Thursday Night- Mostly Cloudy with a low of 8ºF.  North wind between 5-10 mph. Friday Feb. 25th- Cloudy with a 20% chance of snow showers.  Forecasted high of 19ºF. Friday Night- Mostly Cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers.  Forecasted low of -4ºF. Saturday Feb....

It is nearing the end of February and that can mean only one thing, it’s Birkie time again!  The 2011 American Birkebeiner is shaping up to be a very exciting and fast race for every racer and participant.  Part of the excitement and perhaps anguish leading up to the race can be related to skis and waxing.  How should I prepare my skis?  What waxes do I need?  What wax tools do I need?  What...

Swix: A Perfect Pole for Every Skier

Ski poles are perhaps the most overlooked aspect of a cross-country ski racer’s equipment. People comment on their ski’s or boot’s weight but too often disregard the extra grams on their ski pole choice.   While your skis and boots glide across the snow over the majority of a race course,  your poles only go forward if you are lifting, swinging or carrying them.   For many people their technique is hindered by their ability to...

Glide Waxes: Minimizing Dry and Wet Friction The purpose of glide wax is to reduce the friction between ski and snow. This friction approaches pure dry friction at extremely cold temperatures and approaches pure wet friction at extremely warm temperatures but is always at some intricate and every changing combination of both dry and wet friction. The ideal wax compound for each snow condition must feature a perfect mixture dry friction “hard wax” snow crystal...

Swix – A perfect wax and tool, for each snow condition. Ski Team Starter Wax Box – The Necessities T00785  Cross Country Profile Travel Kit Ideal portable/traveling ski profile system.  Create your own ski bench anywhere. T73110 “T73” Performance Waxing Iron 8mm plate provides stable and accurate iron temperatures.  Adjust temperature setting from 100ºC to 165ºC, covers the complete Swix Cera Nova wax line. I0067  I67 Base Cleaner Keep your ski bases and sidewalls clean...

The US National Championships in Rumford, Maine moved into the freestyle skiing on Thursday, with the Distance Skate events taking place for the male and female competitors.  Due to low snow conditions, both events were switched from the scheduled mass start format to an interval start format.  However, the distances, 30km for men and 20km for women were kept the same and the 2.7km course held up very well for all the racers. With 3...

Swix – A perfect wax for each snow condition, even dirt. The USSA National Championship classic sprint race in Rumford, Maine lived up to expectations as an exciting and challenging event.  The organizing committee did an amazing job given the prevailing weather conditions over the past week and Sunday’s race was fair for all the racers competing. The weather forecasts were as predicted for Sunday with warm air temperatures and wet corn snow crystals.  Track...

Swix Structure Selection

The Norwegian XC-team has introduced a color coding system to select corresponding skis and structure of the glide zone: Green (-5 °C and colder) Fine Blue (0 °C to -5 °C) Medium/Fine White (0 °C to+3 °C -moist): Medium/Coarse Red (+1 °C to +10 °C -wet) Coarse

Structure Basics: Structure is a term used to describe patterns cut into the base to reduce base contact on the snow and to release surface tension from water films caused by base friction. These structure pat – terns are most often produced by stone grinding machines at the factory during production or by shops that specialize in the stone grinding process. It is also possible to produce structures using hand tools. For a period of time...

2010 FasterSkier Holiday Gift Guide – Under $20

This product is available here. Olympic Flag Skinny Skis – MSRP $4.95 They’re back! The favorite Olympic Flag Skinny Skis Scraper is a 6mm Plexi Blade. Best seller Jamaica, Sweden, Norway, and USA. Swix Pencil Groove Scraper – $4.99 It is inevitable that wax will find its way into the groove of your skis. Proper removal necessitates the groove scraper, and this handy pencil version, which easily slides into wax boxes, is ideal. No extra...