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Scandanavian Nordic sports magazines?
Anyone know of any? Website links? I see there's Langrenn.com. Do any
have english versions? I'd like to see a magazine (or site) that shows the whole range of Nordic sport and culture. I remember when I was a ski racer back in the mid-80's a pal loaned me a pile of Scandi XC ski mags...they blew me away. I wonder if seeing such things would still be impressive. I suppose it's a bit like how we used to not be able to get any bike racing news here in the US so the buffs would subscribe to Mirroir. Now I know we can get XC race news today online quite easily but I'm wondering if the Scandi media still cover a certain aspect that Nor Am media/websites tend to neglect. Maybe the wider Nordic picture. ? For instance, I remember thinking it was cool that the Scandi XC mags included Jumping right in equally with XC. What else could they include? Maybe the Nordic Skating or Sparks. Maybe a more cultured/serious approach to Touring. ? I don't know. I haven't seen such mags in eons. If anyone had a pile they could loan or sell to me -- if they seemed to fit this bill -- that might also be cool. Thanks, JP |
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Scandanavian Nordic sports magazines?
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, jeff potter wrote:
Anyone know of any? Website links? I see there's Langrenn.com. Do any have english versions? I'd like to see a magazine (or site) that shows the whole range of Nordic sport and culture. There are magazines about competitive sports and there are magazines about "Friluftsliv" (non-competitive outdoor recreation). I am more interested in the latter. The official magazine of Oslo's Skiforeningen is "Snow & Ski" but it deals with 4 season friluftsliv. I have 2 winter issues. The first I bought from a newsstand. The second was sent by an internet friend , he is one of the leaders in their turskøyting group (ie nordic-skating). Joining Skiforeningen would be worth it just to get their magazine, but I'm not sure about the fees for overseas memberships- maybe Terje knows? I bought a Swedish cycling magazine "Cykla" which deals mainly with "motionslopp" cycling (like non-competitive "century rides" in the US). But it had a interesting "culture" item about "saltgurka" (salted-gherkins)- the official snack of Vätternrundan! http://www.cykla.com/ Outside Magazine has a Swedish version, but it is basically the same as the American version, and not about typical nordic friluftsliv. In spite of the name similarity and the ads for "Outside", the "net-zine" Utsidan is not connected to "Outside". They have interesting forums about most friluftsliv activities. http://www.utsidan.se "Acceptable languages for posting are Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and English but expect the replies to be in Swedish!" The BIG names in the Swedish skating scene are on their skating forum: http://www.utsidan.se/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=12 HINT: if you learn to read Norwegian "Bokmål" you should have little problem reading Swedish and Danish as well. Reading Norwegian "nynorsk" is a bit more difficult for me. And the book "Norwegian in 3 Months" really worked! Actually in less than 3 months I was familiar with most aspects of grammar. Building a vocabulary takes longer, even in one's native language. -- David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada WWW pages: http://www.dermott.ca/index.html |
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Scandanavian Nordic sports magazines?
Thanks, David!
Yeah, I'd want to look into the Wholesome Activity side of things. About learning foreign languages... I'd think that once you get the basic grammar down and the 100-300 words of common conversation then you're good to go. Add the 100 words that pertain to your particular interest area and you're rockin'. PS... Ya know, I'm starting to wonder if all sport/racing is the same. Are the articles and images of XC ski racing (and podiums, athletes, outfits) all that much different than the pics of any sport? The equipment might be a bit different but the approaches and attitudes toward it all are perhaps identical except for a few words. --JP |
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Scandanavian Nordic sports magazines?
PS... I'd like to get a stash of this kind of "friluftliv" magazine. I
don't care if they're a bit old. I don't mind if a mag has some racing in it but maybe total racing would be a bit dull -- unless it manages to be cultural at the same time. I'd think a Scandi mag might be able to pull this off, but who knows. I remember seeing an Austrian bike racing tabloid years ago (pre-Net) that had, jaw dropping to me, an article or two in each issue about racing heritage and profiles famous races and racers from days of yore. It fit right in, of course, and gave me sporting uplift. ...And wasn't anything I'd ever seen in VeloNews, et al. I think some UK bike mags regularly include heritage articles today. ...Has any US bike (or outdoor) mag thought to get up to speed in that way? Well, I guess Dirt Rag is now running "flashback" articles from the 80's. --JP |
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Scandanavian Nordic sports magazines?
About learning foreign languages... I'd think that once you get the
basic grammar down and the 100-300 words of common conversation then you're good to go. Add the 100 words that pertain to your particular interest area and you're rockin'. pps... Whups, that would be 100 words to cover the RACING aspect of an interest area. I recall picking up enough French to understand a bike racing report in Miroir... "I went hard. I felt good. The pace was high from the start. It was windy. There was a crash." I remember being so excited when I first moved to Boulder, CO, and saw that there was major and regular local/regional bike race coverage. But the standard was to interview the winner right after the finish...to beat a press deadline maybe. This method got the SAME DARN QUOTES for every single race. It was terrible. "Whew, I'm tired. I gave it my best. Today was our day, thanks to good teamwork." PS... Ya know, I'm starting to wonder if all sport/racing is the same. |
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