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Monday, 23 March 2009
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| Hoffman's High Hemologin Values ADK Skier 22:52:23 |
| | 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 mentioned
this. I know he finished in the top 3 recently in a World Cup event.
It reminds me of 1999 when the Austrians with Hoffman and Botvinow
beat the Norwegians in the World Championship Relay. I smelled a rat
then and at Salt Lake too. Hoffman and Botwinow won Olympic Medals
there I believe in the 30km Free. This prevented Bjorndalen the
Biathlete from medaling along with another Norwegian.
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| Stockholm-Falun scoring system and the WC season victors - did it
work? Guest 19:59:50 |
| | Kowalczyk overcame Majdic to win the overall WC title because she got
the 200 bonus points for the Stockholm-Falun series. Not that Kowalczyk
- and in the men's case, Cologna - didn't perform deservingly, but is
that really a fair way to do things? Is crowning an overall champion
for the week meaningful, or does it distort the season-long competition
and its rhythms? It does seem to me that the bonus system rewards that
which has already been accounted for in scoring of the individual
races, while at the same time punishing those whom for whatever reason
were unable or preferred not to complete the entire series. Is this
carrot - the bonus pts - necessary to entice as many as possible to
compete and to keep the final results interesting, or is it just an
gimmick to market the sport to the public, irrespective of its effects
on the skiers? I think it's fair to ask if it even worked on its own
logic, considering that the victors were virtually decided before the
last race.
Gene
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| Worn Rotefella Boots Neil 17:03:08 |
| | Dear All,
just back from an excellent trip to Norway. One problem, in heavy snow,
very difficult to turn in, I had a problem with my boots coming out of my
bindings. I use a pair of leather boots of I suspect traditional Norwegian
welt construction and traditional 3 pin Rotefella binding.
My question is, how can I tell if the 3 holes in the toe of the boot are
worn. The rubber part has been enlarged towards the tip of the shoe and the
metal part underneath seems to becoming elliptical. Could this be the
problem?
Tomorrow, I will see if I can clean out the holes. They may be trapping
dirt.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Neil
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| sintered bases, radioactive wax etc Runcyclexcski@Yahoo.Com 16:05:58 |
| | Were there any experiments done to actually show how much scineted
bases absorb wax and how deep the wax pentetrates? Like, melt wax, add
same radioactive label to the wax, and see how much label is retained
after scraping, brushing, skiing (yeah, California, radioactive snow,
you will like that) and may be how deeply the wax penetrates? And/or
microscope imaging to estimate the size of voids between P-tex
particles? Different base materials etc (extruded versus sintered)?
Just curious.
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| Teichman A Really Slow Starter. ADK Skier 10:19:12 |
| | 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 rankings. I
find it amazing this guy can decide to put the hammer down, close the
gap and win a 3.3km prologe after such a slow start. That shows a lot
of confidence.
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Sunday, 22 March 2009
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| Casual nowax skiing technique? Sand away some grip-zone? Jeff Potter 01:14:33 |
| | Are there any special points about getting best performance out of
recreational-type (wider) nowax skis in a casual setting? Any trick to
get them to glide better?
A guy emailed me saying that he finds he has to weight the heel to get
them to move out---if he keeps weight over his whole foot the ski
won't glide much.
Is the paper test still appropriate for nowax skis? Should the grip
area be off the floor when half body weight is applied?
Has anyone tried sanding off some excess nowax grip zone if it goes
beyond the kick zone suggested by the paper test or seems to be
dragging the glide?
--JP
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Saturday, 21 March 2009
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| Alternative to Burton snowboard ZebX 14:13:45 |
| | Hi,
I am looking for a board.
Custom-X look like good product for me, 180cm, 90kg, freeride, 8 years of
practice.
Some people talked to me there is very good alternative to Burton
costless.
Does somebody have test Burton model and similare product in another
brand ?
Thanks
Sylvain
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Friday, 20 March 2009
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| BC skiing/camping curing a snow storm Runcyclexcski@Yahoo.Com 18:56:45 |
| | Excited about my 1st BC ski trip to the Sierras last months, my
buddies and myself are going again - this time for 4 days. Skiing from
Mammoth lakes to June lake. Mostly between 9000 and 12000 at all
times.
But... there are 2 feet of new snow predicted during one of the days.
Sunny and warm in between. Since this involves 3 people flying in from
different parts of the country, we are reluctant to cancel and are
still game. Are we insane or is it doable? We could just wait out the
storm in the tent.
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Thursday, 19 March 2009
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| chevron structures Lo Dup 13:05:55 |
| | Where's the science behind chevron structures ?
A "diagonal" structure has certainly an effect to create water
droplets and broke them into smaller droplets to glide onto.
But I don't imagine a ski acting like a wheel and evacuating water all
base long. Evacuating water is perhaps not desirable at all..
What about the new Swix T405 rolling (expensive) tool ? does it
produce real "diagonal" structure/imprint or are they common straight
lines with a back offset, giving a diagonal look.
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| Rollerski Binding Placement Highpeaksnordic 04:53:58 |
| | All -
The skiable snow is melting rapidly and I'm already thinking about
summer training. I wanted to see if anyone here has experimented with
different binding placements on rollerskis. I always thought that
bindings were mounted just like skis - at the balance point. Jenex,
however, recommends mounting skate bindings with the heel as close to
the rear wheel as possible.
Any one have any other (skate or classic) experience?
- Bob
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| Narrow, metal edge, waxless, 157 cm X-country skis? Aes 01:50:40 |
| | One of my wife's Fischer Adventure Revolution 157 cm cross country skis
has lost an edge. She's very fond of that particular model and size
(even though what we mostly do is just shuffle along on groomed trails
or backcountry forest roads -- no downhill turns), but it's no longer
made, and eBay listings are thin to nonexistent.
Anyone have a pointer to a narrow, metal edge, waxless, 157 cm X-country
ski of any brand, new or used?
Thanks.
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| Winona Forest Tourathon ADK Skier 00:58:43 |
| | 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 site for
next years race. Hopefully it wasn't a double pole fest and allowed
some striding.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009
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| Battery powered XC skis with air suction for traction? Sms 01:09:59 |
| | On Sunday on Glacier Point Road in Yosemite, there was a guy skiing
along and his skis were making strange noises. It was like he was
playing a video game while skiing. He pointed to his skis and said that
they had a powered traction device which created some sort of vacuum on
uphills (for traction) and reversed it for gliding, pushing air out
through ports in the bottom, and that was the source of the annoying noice.
I searched on-line and couldn't find anything about this. One thing
about him was that he was _really_ slow, so whatever the thing on his
skis was, it didn't seem to help with speed. Maybe it was something he
constructed himself.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009
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| FS. Naxo nx11 Alpine Touring Binding. BNIB. Powderhound100@Gmail.Com 21:35:13 |
| | I got some naxo's cheap at a deal last year for my brother, hoping he
would get into backcountry skiing. He is lazy and would rather just
ski in the resort, so I have these up for sale. They are brand new in
box, have never been used. They are size large (320-354mm) These are
great bindings to use for backcountry, or slackcountry when your just
going out of bounds a little bit. I can pass them on to you for $250.
These retail for almost $400.
Naxo are positioning the nx11 as an all mountain binding aimed at the
Freerando market. In reality this means that it weights 100 grammes
less than the Naxo nx21 and has one less DIN setting, the highest
being 12 (note: the official DIN standard for ski bindings stops at
12). It features a downhill lock mode to stop it switching into tour
mode and weighs a claimed 2150 grammes per pair including brakes. The
40mm above the ski ride height gives better edging in steeps and when
carving.
-powderhound100@gmail.com
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| Trondheim !! spoiler Jeff and Stephanie Kalember 10:37:44 |
| | Alex Harvey on the podium !!! 20 yr. old in a 50k stacked race gets the
bronze just behind Tobias Angerer, also a big win for Jauhojarvi !
If a 20 yr old is doing this well in a 50k ... imagine the olympic
possibilities next year .....
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| transparent bases Lo Dup 10:15:29 |
| | Are transparent bases used in world cup events ?
if yes, is there any ski brand selling them ?
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Monday, 16 March 2009
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| 2009 Tourathon feedback? Skivol 23:42:51 |
| | The 29th Tourathon was last Saturday 3/14/09. From a volunteer's
perspective it was a great success. I would like to hear from the
skiers with any feedback they care to share. Electronic scoring was a
new addition this year.. did you like that? What about the trail
conditions and course design? Thanks.
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| Fuzzing up your old skates Chris Cole 18:55:54 |
| | Hi all,
Has anyone ever tried making a pair of "classic" skis by scratching the
hell out of the underfoot zone on a pair of firmly flexed skates?
Just curious if one can make their own "fuzzies" for near-zero
conditions from skates. I've yet to find a pair of patterned classics
that actually keep the pattern off the snow when I ski...
Cheers,
Chris
telemark@tpg.com.au
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| Classic sprints in Trondheim: Simply amazing! Terje Mathisen 11:14:52 |
| | I have just watched all the final races from Trondheim, in order to see
if Petter Northug could (for the first time in his life) qualify for the
finals and thereby gains some points in his race to overtake Cologna and
grab the overall world cup trophy.
The swiss racer also hasn't been a classic sprinter, but today he
managed to get the 3rd best qualification time, beaten by Petter by just
0.07 seconds.
I.e. from never getting to the top 30 to 2nd best!
In the quarter finals they both managed to qualify, meeting up in the
semis, where Petter was in the top two and Dario was 0.2 seconds back
but qualified on time.
In the finals Mr Sprint this year, Ola Vigen Hattestad once again showed
his mettle, winning on the final stretch, but Petter was next and the
Dario came 5th.
The difference means that Petter gained 35 points, so about 50 points
separate them before the final events, including a 50k classic mass
start, with 2x25 points for intermediate sprints.
THis will be an exciting finish to the season!
Terje
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- <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no>
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"
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Sunday, 15 March 2009
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| FS: 1972 The Prudential Collection "Great Moments in Canadian Sport" (Nancy Greene) Print J. R. Sinclair 12:44:23 |
| | 1972 The Prudential Collection "Great Moments in Canadian Sport" (Nancy
Greene) Print
I have for sale the 1972 The Prudential Collection "Great Moments in
Canadian Sport" (Nancy Greene) Print.
The print measures 12 3/4" x 16 1/2" with a white border (for matting and
framing), is in full color, and features Olympic skiier, Nancy Greene.
The print features, and states (in the English and French language):
"February 15, 1968 - Canada's diminutive "Tiger" of the slopes, Nancy Greene
caps racing career with a spectacular win in the Giant Slalom at Grenoble,
France. Her Olympic triumphs added two Gold and one Silver medal to many
trophies earned in nine years of international competition." Artist - Bob
Berger
The 1972 The Prudential Collection "Great Moments in Canadian Sports" Nancy
Greene Print is in MINT condition.
Price $35. US plus postage
Please include your "postal mailing address" so I can calculate postage
costs to your destination. Thank you
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| The NY BREIA Trails-Out Of This World! ADK Skier 05:56:14 |
| | 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 of the
Adirodacks and Tug Hill Plateau are to die for. I skied the Jackson
Hill trails today and did 50km. The warming huts are gorgeous
Adirondack Rustic with wood waiting to be burned in the fireplaces.
The place is free and they have two Piston Bulleys. Check out their
web site. There is a rumor they may not groom next season so get out
there. They have a web site. Do a google search for BREIA Trails.
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Saturday, 14 March 2009
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| Gatineau park question Steve 17:40:45 |
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Was wondering why there seems to be a notable absence of trails in the
middle part of park? I'm referring to the area between Meech and
Phillipe - theres another lake in there (name?).
Currently, if I want to incorporate North and South parts of the park
into a ski, seems trail 36 is the only way to do that. There is the old
trail I've taken past McInstry that gets you over to Lusk (arguably the
best 'backwoods' trail in the park) but its a non-skater and gets me a
little far north. I've often wanted to do a loop that incorporates
Herridge and McInstry. (ie. start at P10 - 1 to Mcinstry, down the
escarpment over that lake to Herridge and back along 50/36... that
would make for a very cool skating loop!
My biased opinion, but if they opened that middle section up a bit it
would make the best nordic ski center in the world even better!
Steve
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steve
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