Equipment
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Gear Reviews
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Ski Review
Tue, Mar 16, 2010
- By Mark Waechter, Nordic Ultratune
The 2010/2011 Nanosonic is all new. Only the name remains the same. The Madshus ski has a completely new shape - the entire design is changed.
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Ski Review
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
- By Mark Waechter, Nordic Ultratune
Rossignol has reshaped the profile of the ski, making it wedge-shaped, with the heel a little lower than the toe. The intent is to help keep the weight back on the foot to improve performance.
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Review
Thu, Mar 4, 2010
- By Mark Waechter
More than any other single piece of equipment that I've seen for the coming (2010/2011) season, I'm really stoked to see the updated NNN/NIS bindings.
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Gear Preview
Wed, Jan 27, 2010
- By Swix
Triangular shaft, interchangeable baskets that screw on to the shaft with a nut, better strap. Has Swix built a better pole? See the video.
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Ski Poles
Wed, Jan 20, 2010
- By One Way
The shaft is built with 4 different kinds of High Modulus Diamond carbon fabrics and a unique layer construction with more than 11 different layers.
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Wed, Jan 6, 2010
- By Rob Sleamaker
I wanted to let you know about some big news for Vasa. The Vasa Kayak Ergometer was just named to The Gear Junkie's Top 10 Gear of the Year list.
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Thu, Dec 3, 2009
- By Mark Waechter
I was perusing some European patent documents today, and saw that Salomon has recently applied for a patent that would incorporate some great ideas that have been available only on the NNN/NIS bindings up until now.
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Thu, Nov 12, 2009
- By Bob Frye
Here's rating and recommendations for a few of the new skating cross country skis from Salomon, Rossignol, Fischer, and Atomic.
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Tue, Nov 10, 2009
- By Dick Fultz
First off there is room for individual preference when it comes to pole length. So if you like your pole length don't let someone tell you it is too short or too long.
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Mon, Nov 9, 2009
- By Peter Foley
The Human Powered Trail Groomer, HPTG3 for short, is a unit that skiers can pull behind them as they snowshoe along a trail or across a local field creating a skate lane. he groomer creates a better skate lane easier than homemade devices.
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Thu, Oct 29, 2009
- By CXC Skiing
CXC Skiing has produced a 3-DVD set of cross country ski-specific presentations from experts in the fireld.
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Review
Wed, Oct 7, 2009
- By Mike Muha
Anyone interested in improving their technique - including experienced racers who want to know the latest in technique innovations - should run (not walk) to the CXC web site and get this DVD.
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Fri, Sep 25, 2009
- By CXC Skiing
This DVD features a collection of cross country ski technique progressions from the CXC Academy web based training program. Technique drills are broken down into dryland, rollerski, and on snow, and are easy to locate throughout the DVD menu.
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Video
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
- By Hagen Tober
The Canadian Olympic Biathlon team are putting new roller skis to the acid test - 1,000 kilometers through the Rocky Mountains. Arno Barthelmes has come along. The entrepeneur from eastern Germany developed and built the sports equipment.
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Fri, Jun 26, 2009
- By Meredith Haff
Concept2, the leading manufacturer of racing oars and rowing machines, offers Nordic skiers a new way to train without snow: the Concept2 SkiErg.
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