I went out and got some skate skis after classic skiing this year for the first time. I will tell you that it is obviously harder to learn how...

On Sunday Feb 15 and Monday the 16th, 2 brave skiers from the Seattle area decided to do a 24 hour snow 'workout', vaguely (very) like the 24 hours...

Well, I caught the start ... but now I can't even get connected. Must be too many people trying. jw milwaukee

Every year I raise this question after the race, so let's try earlier. The typical Birkie entrant's answer has been that they use the beginning of...

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The race reports are great reading! I notice that I see lots of discussion of wax and skis here. But there's nothing about skis or wax in Pete's...

What a great American Birkebeiner race on Saturday, February 21st. The Hayward, Seely and Cable area got anywhere from 4 to 12 inches of fresh snow...

Hi all, and thanks for all the advice I've gleaned off this group lately. After a 5 year hiatus (3 kids later) I'm getting back into skiing and have...

Having missed Lake Placid Loppet this year I'm looking for another 50km'ish ski event within driving distance of Ottawa. Has anyone done the...

World Biathlon World Champ 2004 XC-Biathlon in Oberhof ~450kbit VBR quality in DivX encoding, with audio in 32kbit mono mp3, English...

After the Birkie this year, it seems the key to fast skis is to work with someone like Zach Caldwell who tests and re-tests waxes and structure. You...

Hel-X seems like a winner. I've heard good things about this, and seen demos of application. While looking at Torbjorn's Solda site, I noticed...

I've been reading up on waxing, and some sites mention some alternatives, like sprays (silicon, pam). Is there any reasonable alternative to...

What about that kick wax tape strip? Anything come of it? Any other amazing things get sorted out this season? Hel-X seems like a winner. What...

World Cup 2004 XC-skiing, Trondheim in VBR ~450kbit quality and DivX encoding, with audio in 32kbit mono mp3,...

Some of the Elite skiers had "FMC" printed or stamped on their bibs. Does anyone know what this means. Matt Liebsch

Near Fatal Ski Incident Kim Lux Feb. 21, 2004 Summary An experienced skier experiences a potentially deadly incident while cross country skiing. ...

Ok, a number of current threads are talking in some form about ski flex and pressure distribution. My skate skis are 14 years old and I'm 35 lbs...

Right now on OLN (9:45pm Thursday 02-26) some very dynamic (albeit truncated) coverage of the men's double pursuit in Oberstdorf. Some good coverage...

My wife said she overheard an announce say that this was the last year for the Korte to start and end at Telemark; that next year it is going to feed...