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Opinion by Tad – Pipelines vs Roads
We believe that a dedication to sport is a good thing for human development, and we believe that human development continues when racers are adults, and compete at elite levels. While we’re proud of...
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Fluoro Free Future
The ski racing world is facing big changes with the inevitability of fluoro-free racing for most skiers in the very near future. The removal of fluoro products from the race preparation catalog...
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Fluoro Free Testing
When we first planned to dedicated resources to fluoro free testing, we figured we would be working with existing “Non-Fluor” products – waxes characterized chiefly by what they aren’t, and presented...
View ArticleFluoro Free Product Review (with Amy)
We’ve been too busy in the shop for me to find time to write-up the articles I’ve got in mind for a brand-by-brand review of the fluoro-free products we’ve been testing. We’re continuing to learn about...
View ArticleBirkie Wax (don’t panic)
The American Birkebeiner is a phenomenon. As an event it clearly transcends the category of “ski race”. It is a major moving force in the lives of thousands of people, and in the ski market. Like other...
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Tad Gets Nostalgic
For several months in 2016 & 2017, Tad Elliott lived with us. I remember it as a particularly idyllic time. I’ve assumed that’s because I was high as a kite on narcotic painkillers for most of it,...
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Tad is a Tool
Tad Elliott has apparently been in a process of self-reflection. Is it possible that self awareness is something we could all use more of…? Nah. I don’t see it. Here’s Tad: I don’t know how this...
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Noah Hoffman Does Important Stuff
I got to know Noah when he was a teenager, and he joined the Stratton Mountain School team (Amy was a coach of the team at that point) for a competition trip to Canadian National Championships in Mont...
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New Skis for 2020
Last week, before blasting out for one last summer hurrah hiking and biking in the White Mountains, Amy and I sat down to preview our ski selection system for this season. If you find my writing too...
View ArticleFischer Review – Preview 2020
Fischer has made no changes to their product line for the coming season, as we roll into the scheduled second year of the Speedmax 3D model run. In recent years we have seen incremental improvements...
View ArticleSalomon Review – Preview 2020
Salomon has been the brand with the most rapid growth in sales for us over the past couple of years. Some of this is thanks to the introduction of new ski designs, and some is likely thanks to some...
View ArticleMadshus Redline 3.0 Introduction
Madshus Redline 3.0 If it seems like it was just yesterday that we started talking about the new Madshus 2.0 models, it’s because it was only two years ago. And if it seems like we’ve written a ton...
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Nerd Alert – Madshus Redline 3.0 Production Engineering
December testing, under the lights, with Connor Green With the introduction of Redline 3.0 Madshus has changed a handful of things about their flagship skis, including the material layup, the groove...
View ArticleFluoro Free Compliance
We’ve gotten a lot of questions from coaches about how to make sure that existing equipment is compliant with new fluoro free regulations. I decided to shoot a video with Amy, and I wrote an awesome...
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Here’s What’s Happening
Yesterday we saw the first snow of the season on the ground here in southern Vermont. The ski season is coming quickly now. With respect to racing opportunities there is still a lot we don’t know. But...
View ArticleWaxing Paradigms
I wrote this as an email to Sean Macy – one of the coaches for the Dublin XC program – in answer to a question about fluoro free top-coats. I’ve shared it at least a half dozen times since, instead of...
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New Wax & Tools Info 2021-22
A couple of weeks ago we sent out our annual preview of new products to team coaches. It’s pretty long, but it’s useful information, and I figure it’s worth sharing with the broader skiing public...
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How We Pick Your Skis
From the department of recycled marketing material… We’re getting ready for the second ski selection trip to Europe of 2022 – a welcome return to in-person selection in ski factories after two years...
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Price Increase!
Effective immediately – our retail price for grinding is being raised to $100 per pair. Batch volume discounting applies to this new pricing basis, and all team pricing will go up as well. Details at...
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