Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 6th 09, 02:10 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,002
Last Day At Lapland Lake
Did 3.5 hours at Lapland Lake today. It was tons of fun. Still 1 foot
base on most of the trails. The Karhu Polku Trail is still one of the
best classic trails in the country. The owners said today...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 2nd 09, 11:07 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,218
Composite Shafts Versus Aluminum
On Apr 2, 3:23*am, wrote:
The question is about rollerski shafts, it seems.
yes, indeed. My bad
Yes were talking about roller ski shafts and skate wheels e.g. 24mm...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 1st 09, 08:36 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,218
Composite Shafts Versus Aluminum
Has anyone noticed a significant difference in dampening when using
composite versus aluminum roller ski shafts. Been looking at the Jenex
and Swenor skate models.
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 1st 09, 11:47 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,208
zero/multi waxless skis
On Mar 31, 10:12*pm, "Norski" wrote:
Hi Randy,
* * 'Softer' closing flex? *'Softer' half-weight? *Softer than what? It is
almost a meaningless term.
* * The Zeros...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 24th 09, 07:38 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,938
Hoffman's High Hemologin Values
On Mar 24, 3:32*am, Lustig wrote:
On Mar 23, 9:11*pm, Terje Mathisen "terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"
wrote:
The real problem wasn't a high hemo value, but the wrong...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 23rd 09, 06:52 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,938
Hoffman's High Hemologin Values
On Mar 23, 3:11*pm, Terje Mathisen "terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"
wrote:
ADK Skier wrote:
Does any of our Scandinavian friends know about Christian Hoffman
being recently banned from racing...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 23rd 09, 02:49 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,938
Hoffman's High Hemologin Values
Does any of our Scandinavian friends know about Christian Hoffman
being recently banned from racing for 14 days because of high
hemoglobin values. I was reading Jenex's website and they...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 22nd 09, 09:21 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,042
Teichman A Really Slow Starter.
On Mar 22, 3:18*pm, Terje Mathisen "terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"
wrote:
ADK Skier wrote:
I was watching the Womens 5x5 pursuit today on Universal Sports. In
the classic leg every one was...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 22nd 09, 10:10 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,042
Teichman A Really Slow Starter.
On Mar 22, 1:00*am, wrote:
ADK Skier wrote:
I was watching the Womens 5x5 pursuit today on Universal Sports. In
the classic leg every one was slipping...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 21st 09, 10:25 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,042
Teichman A Really Slow Starter.
On Mar 21, 2:37*pm, Terje Mathisen "terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"
wrote:
ADK Skier wrote:
I was checking out the results from Falun on the FIS site. In the
3.3km prologe Teichman was down...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 20th 09, 07:18 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,042
Teichman A Really Slow Starter.
I was checking out the results from Falun on the FIS site. In the
3.3km prologe Teichman was down just under 20 seconds at the 1.2km
mark to Markus Hellner. At this point he was way down the...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 18th 09, 08:58 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,167
Winona Forest Tourathon
Can anyone who did this years Tourathon tell us how flat the 10+ race
loop was. It's great they are trying to turn things around for the
Tourathon. Also I was interested to know if this will be the...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 14th 09, 09:17 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,531
The NY BREIA Trails-Out Of This World!
NY skiers if you're burned out on Mohonk, Lake Placid, Prospect, or
Garnet Hill you have to check out the BREIA Trails in Boonville, NY. 4
trail systems and vistas which are mind boggling. The view...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 14th 09, 09:11 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,153
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 9th 09, 12:56 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,638
Tug Hill Tourathon
On Mar 8, 9:14*pm, Mitch wrote:
Well to start with it's no longer a 50k event.
-Mitch
On Mar 8, 3:25 pm, ADK Skier wrote:
Tug Hill...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 8th 09, 06:25 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,638
Tug Hill Tourathon
Tug Hill Tourathon's web site says they will have better grooming next
weeked for the event. Does anyone know if they picked up a snow cat
with a power tiller. With the melt down we have and the...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
February 27th 09, 04:25 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,266
40 Ski Marathons?
On Feb 27, 9:07*am, Jay W wrote:
I should add mine up sometime.
-18 Birkies
-Probably 6 long Pepsi's before I figured out there's a short race
-A few long Seeley...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
February 24th 09, 12:10 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,590
Daehlie and the Famous 1994 Winter Olympics Relay
Seeing the pics of Daehlie skiing the Birkie brought back memories of
my favorite Winter Olympics and race in Norway in 1994. I did some
searches of other stand out athletes from those same games for...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
February 20th 09, 02:45 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,023
Swix Steel Brush Or Not?
On Feb 20, 9:31*am, highpeaksnordic wrote:
On Feb 19, 10:39*pm, "m.wynn" wrote:
I brushed the concrete floor in my basement for about 30...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
February 19th 09, 09:19 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,023
Swix Steel Brush Or Not?
I was reading Swix's wax recommendation for the Birkie. The writing
says the Swix Steel Brush will open up structure and the pores of the
base. They suggest a softer copper brush (Toko) will not have...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
February 16th 09, 10:50 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,250
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
February 9th 09, 10:43 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 18
Views: 43,021
How to remove Salomon SNS Profil binding?
On Feb 9, 4:07*pm, jeff potter wrote:
I have a set of skis with the Salomon SNS Profil manual bindings on
them. Skate model.
What's a good way to remove them?
I...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
January 25th 09, 10:59 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,053
Scary Waxing Recommendations
On Jan 25, 6:43*pm, ADK Skier wrote:
John's previous post about wax smoking made me want to share some
risky waxing recommendations I received from real wax technicians. A
...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
January 25th 09, 10:43 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,053
Scary Waxing Recommendations
John's previous post about wax smoking made me want to share some
risky waxing recommendations I received from real wax technicians. A
Swix wax technician detailed how the base material needs to...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
January 18th 09, 11:19 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,042
How to fix classic skiing foot-flex injury?
On Jan 17, 7:02*pm, wrote:
Was it Oddvar Bra who said that if the forefoot wasn't sore after
classical skiing, there was something wrong with the technique? *That's
one...
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