The Swiss Mammut Sports Group AG will sell the Toko brand, including all of its activities and products, to a new subsidiary of the Norwegian company Swix Sport AS, effective September 1, 2010. By taking this step, Mammut Sports Group AG is underlining its intention of focusing on the outdoor sports market and its main brand MAMMUT. “MAMMUT’s rapid growth over recent years and the challenges of its future worldwide expansion require all our efforts...
It was a lovely morning for skate skiing again today at Alta, Utah. When we arrived at 8a, the temp was 19F, the sun was bright, there was no wind and we had fresh corduroy.There is at least a four foot base on the Alta transfer tow, so snow will be ar...
It was a lovely morning for skate skiing again today at Alta, Utah. When we arrived at 8a, the temp was 19F, the sun was bright, there was no wind and we had fresh corduroy.There is at least a four foot base on the Alta transfer tow, so snow will be ar...
Hi Folks,Here is the story of my participation in the National 50K Champs on Wednesday March 24:Well, I finished. Given my lack of fitness, that’s saying something. For the final 5K I looked like a severely inebriated man who in his drunken haze de...
Hi Folks,Here is the story of my participation in the National 50K Champs on Wednesday March 24:Well, I finished. Given my lack of fitness, that’s saying something. For the final 5K I looked like a severely inebriated man who in his drunken haze de...
The US Ski Mountaineering Championship was held at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on Saturday, March 20. A record field of 82 participants attacked a new, longer course. The resort had not seen much new snow in recent weeks before the race, providing...
The US Ski Mountaineering Championship was held at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on Saturday, March 20. A record field of 82 participants attacked a new, longer course. The resort had not seen much new snow in recent weeks before the race, providing...
Classic technique for 90K, 57,000 registered skiers. Welcome to the 2010 Vasaloppet week. Getting fresh kick wax is not a very fast process, though. Skiers hand over their skis and wait while Toko technicians do the work. Whatever is on the ski is removed and a new layer is heated in. All free, all done right. The yellow coveralls made for a distinctive team. We will have to work on Ian to get these for...
The Oppet Spar can be a tour or a race, depending upon your approach. Several U.S. skiers who were in the region for the Masters World Cup stayed a few extra days to experience the Sunday Oppet Spar, along with a little more than 8,000 other skiers. There is endless sport drink, water, blueberry soup, bullion, coffee and bread at the feed stations. Yes, you will get sick of them all. I can’t imagine a...
Sweden's Vasaloppet is considered the largest Nordic race in the world. The big deal is the 90K classic mass start at the end of the week. But there are several races over the week leading up to that, including the world's largest female-only race, a t...
Sweden's Vasaloppet is considered the largest Nordic race in the world. The big deal is the 90K classic mass start at the end of the week. But there are several races over the week leading up to that, including the world's largest female-only race, a t...
Sprint racing can be a tough balancing act, between tempo, technique, pace, and power application. As the sprint courses have grown in distance and time, not only on an international level but also domestically, controlling your tempo has become more and more crucial to laying down the fastest time of the day. People automatically associate sprint racing with moving everything at top speed to try and maximize speed, however, if you focus more on big...
Classic technique for 90K, 57,000 registered skiers. Welcome to the 2010 Vasaloppet week.A lot of folks need wax help. Toko is the wax supplier, providing assistance to anyone who needs it, from the start line through every feed station.Getting fresh k...
Classic technique for 90K, 57,000 registered skiers. Welcome to the 2010 Vasaloppet week.A lot of folks need wax help. Toko is the wax supplier, providing assistance to anyone who needs it, from the start line through every feed station.Getting fresh k...
Hello from Canillo, Andorra.The US Ski Mountaineering Team is looking forward to tomorrow's rest day in the middle of these championships. The team of 8 men, 5 women and 1 junior has completed the vertical race and the senior individual race.Each of th...
Hello from Canillo, Andorra.The US Ski Mountaineering Team is looking forward to tomorrow's rest day in the middle of these championships. The team of 8 men, 5 women and 1 junior has completed the vertical race and the senior individual race.Each of th...
Tomorrow we will leave Whistler for Vancouver. Therefore, this will be the last blog of the 2010 Olympic Games. In summary, it remains to be said that the organizers have provided us with a really decent games. They were well organized with motivated and friendly volunteers who always made one feel more than welcome. The Olympic Games are something special for every athlete and participation alone is an experience which remains unforgettable. Regarding the results,...
Today I dedicate my blog to two sports that so far we have reported on very little. Snowboard and Nordic combined. Today was the last competition in the Nordic combined. The American team had very high ambitions to win the team competition yesterday conducted. In their eyes winning the silver medal was a disappointment. This shows what the team has for high ambitions. They were here on a clear mission for gold. Today, the dream...
A few days ago I was planning to post about how great it was to be following the Olympics from Sweden. We are 7 hours ahead of Vancouver, so everything xc ski race is live in the evening, from around 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. No commercials and complete start-to-finish video feed. Multiple channels, so if an important Swedish curling match is on one channel, the other is free to broadcast more nordic skiing. Could...
Today was a crazy weather day as expected. The snowfall occurred as predicted. The Women’s Giant Slalom was on the progam. Luckily, it didn’t snow so much that it had to be cancelled totally. The conditions on the slope deteriorated before the second run unfortunately and fog moved in which delayed the second run until tomorrow. As with the men yesterday the top layer products used were those for warm and wet conditions. In the...