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US Nationals Report (a bit late)
Erik Mundahl worked with Amy on ski service at US Nationals last month in Houghton Michigan. At my request he dutifully filed a full report in elegant prose, promptly on January 14th. I thought that I...
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Bimodal Distributions in Kick Waxing
Photo by John Lazenbylazenbyphoto.com In the past month we’ve had lots of opportunity to wax classic skis in cold new snow, and we’ve seen some interesting and sometimes confusing results. Over the...
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Amy’s Big Ski Test
by Amy Caldwell I spent the morning skiing intervals on 4 different ski models in order to see how they stacked up against one another at threshold plus. I would like to say that the testing was really...
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Birkie Wax Kit
We’ve put together a “do it yourself” Birkie wax package for 2015. You can buy it at our online store at http://shop.caldwellsport.com/2015-birkie-race-wax-kit/. It’s a tricky thing to do considering...
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Birkie Test 2-13
It’s a little early to be publicizing this as a real “Birkie test”, but it’s a test on the Birkie trail. So we’re going with it. Jeff Tumbleson got out on some matched skis this morning to test some...
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OK – it’s past time to finalize a Birkie recommendation, with apologies for being a bit late. We’ve just finished the pre-race team meeting for the pursuit races here in Falun, and for those events...
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Big Skate Ski Test
On Friday our friend Mike Wynn drove over from Glens Falls to ski with us. Mike is one of the best ski testers we’ve worked with, so we decided to take the opportunity to put together a test. The...
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Exel X-Curve Pole Test
If you are enough of an equipment nerd to read the articles on this site, then you’ve probably noticed the Exel Curve ski pole in videos and pictures this season. It’s easy to spot with its...
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Firstbeat Recovery Index
Over the past year we’ve been working with the Firstbeat system to track training and assess recovery. We started this project in order to work with Kris Freeman and Tad Elliott. Kris is a type-1...
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Yesterday we sent out our Annual Report direct email to friends and customers. We don’t use direct emails often; last year we sent out two. We generally use the emails to share our industry...
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2015-16 Grind Menu
For 2015-16 we will offer a vastly simplified menu of grinds. If you’ve observed my grind menus over the past thirteen years you’ll recognize that this is new territory for me. I figure it’s worth...
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Ski Picking Time
Amy is on a quick visit with family in Minnesota, so my first day and a half at Madshus are on my own. Fortunately, these guys feed me and let me pick skis even when Amy isn’t here, and work is...
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Notes on Next Year’s Skis
Race ski design is constantly evolving based on testing and feedback at the highest levels of competition. We’re all accustomed to seeing a cosmetic change every couple of years, and of course we’re...
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Late Summer Ski Picking – Salomon & Ski Trab
Don’t look now, but Summer is over. We can tell because we’re about to head off on our final ski picking trip of the season. When we return it’ll be September, and we’ll be shifting gears heavily...
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Race-day ski picks; how to make better decisions
Testing & Selecting Skis for Racing We get different feedback and learn different lessons at on-snow demos with customers than working high-level race service. Different, but every bit as valuable....
View ArticleExaggeration & Interpretation
This post is not about skis or wax. A big part of our involvement with the sport is our work with athletes. Since most of our customers and readers are also skiers, I figured I’d share a bit of...
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Exciting Things ’15/’16 – New Fischer Speedmax
Every year there are new things on the market, but it’s not always obvious what’s really a change, and what’s just a new paint-job. We’ve been surprised and excited to find some very meaningful changes...
View ArticleRace Practice with Kris, Noah, & Tad
I took a field trip to visit “Bird Camp” yesterday, over at Kris and Amber’s place in Campton NH. The shortest possible explanation of Bird camp; when he was a junior Kris picked up the nickname...
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Remembering Tom
Early this morning we learned that our friend Tom Troutner had died at his house in Boulder earlier this month. It’s been a long day of shock and sadness for us as we remember a co-worker, a friend,...
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Sorting out the Caldwells – Video
We know that many of you are confused about all the different Caldwells out there, where they all might have come from, and how they’re connected. We had a bunch of them in one place yesterday, and we...
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