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Season Recap #2 – Report Card on New Ski Models
2013-14 was an exciting season for new products. Last Spring we wrote a series of previews of the Speedmax model from Fischer and the REDline model from Madshus. We’ve now had a full season of feedback...
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Season Recap # 3 – The Winter According to Amy
Supervising the junior girls start at US Nationals. Seeing that it is the start of the training season for Nordic skiers, it seems like a good time to recap some of my highlights from this past year...
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Goodbyes
When somebody you love dies it’s easy to find yourself in a mindset where it feels as though it’s something that’s happening to you. When it hits twice in fairly quick succession, you can really start...
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Firstbeat EPOC
Heart rate monitors are a nearly universal tool in endurance athletics. I’ve owned more of them than I can recall, and have been all over the spectrum of adherence, from religiously following training...
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Reviews / Previews – Midsummer Ski Notes
When ski companies produce a model and support it with marketing material they provide a very general outline of what the ski actually is. They focus on specifically marketable factors, like new...
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Salomon Pilot Carbon Skate Bindings
We’ve just unpacked our first shipment of Salomon bindings for the season, and had to take some photos of the new Pilot Carbon Skate bindings. We’ve worked with these on World Cup skis for the past two...
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Ski Selection According to Amy
I’ve written a lot (maybe too much) over the years about ski selection. Since we returned to Vermont, Amy has been an equal partner in ski selection. This year she has handled the ski picks and...
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Ski Request Form
It’s been a while since we had a functional ski request form on the website. The old web-based form attracted huge numbers of junk responses, and exposed various security issues in the website that at...
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New Grind Menu
Here’s our new grind menu. Those of you with good sleuthing skills will probably detect through your powers of observation that it’s the same as our old grind menu. What gives? What happened to all the...
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Magic Skis
We’ve all had those days on classic skis where everything works just right; the kick is easy, the glide is free, and we feel for a few minutes at a time like some kind of World Cup Superhero. Some of...
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November 2 Testing
Erik Mundahl made our first test of the season in AK yesterday, and sent us this report: Girdwood Nordic Ski Club Trails: Girdwood, Alaska – No testing was planned for the weekend given the generally...
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New Waxes We’re Excited About
Every year there are new waxes that hit the market, and it can be difficult to figure out what’s hype, and what’s really a step forward in performance. We don’t have any answers about what new stuff...
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High-Temp Powder Iron & How To Not Destroy Your Skis
A blurry photo of Davide Mosele Introducing the Star Digital Pro 190C Iron Davide Mosele, the son of the founder of the Star wax company, and the head engineer and product developer, has a degree in...
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November 8 Testing
Nov 8 Grind & Wax Test Fairbanks AK If you want good help, you need to find a good helper. If you want good wax testing help, you need to find a helper who is about 80% wax nerd, and about 30% just...
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West Yellowstone Paraffin Test
Amy arrived in West Yellowstone yesterday, and headed out on the trails to test Vauhti paraffins today. They’ve been in an active weather system out there with quite warm air, but lots of new snow. The...
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West Yellowstone Powders and Topcoats
Amy has submitted today’s test results from West Yellowstone, where she’s been testing powders and topcoats. She didn’t test a huge number of products, instead trying to nail down some application...
View ArticleWest Yellowstone Follow-Up from Amy
You can always learn new things when you put the time and effort into ski testing and wax testing. This week in West Yellowstone was a good case in point. This week we only focused on skate skis...
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Rikert Day 1, and Sunday Wax Recommendation
Today was the first NENSA Eastern Cup of the season, and it’s impossible to imagine a better kick-off. The crew at Rikert did a phenomenal job putting the course into shape. It’s a really challenging...
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US Nationals – First Testing in Houghton
Amy and Erik Mundahl have set up shop and started testing out in Houghton for US nationals. In this first round of testing they’re just trying to get the lay of the land, and get a handle on some of...
View ArticleCraftsbury Marathon Waxing and Grinding Schedule
The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is about to host a remarkable series of races over the next two weekends, including Masters Nationals, The Craftsbury Marathon, two Super Tour weekends, Dartmouth...
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