For 2013-14 several ski companies will be releasing clear-base skis to the market. Fischer, Madshus, and Rossignol all have clear-base skate skis coming that target wet snow conditions, and Madshus and Rossi are also offering clear-base classic klister skis. These base materials have been in use at a World Cup level with increasing frequency in [...]

The introduction of the new Madshus REDline skis got quite a lot of attention this past winter, as Madshus athletes seemed to be racing on them pretty much as soon as they hit the ground. The skis, along with the new Super Nano boots, are a new line of premium products that Madshus has brought [...]

At the 2010 Olympics Fischer showed up with a new skate ski construction that they were calling “HM”. The HM skis were recognizable because the sidewall went straight off the edge of the ski, instead of resolving in a little lip at the intersection with the base. These skis immediately started showing up in races, [...]

In spite of the fact that our website has been down more often than not in the past month, and the other fact that I’m more interested in riding the bike that my brother built me than I am in fixing websites, our loyal and intelligent customers have still figured out how to send us [...]

Forecast for the Birkie: Low in the mid teens with high temps climbing to the upper twenties or near freezing. There is snow likely on Thursday into Friday, so we’re expecting new snow conditions. Our Vauhti wax recommendation: Paraffin: Start with a Vauhti LF green layer followed by Vauhti HF blue Powder: HFC15 Topcoat: HFC15 [...]

It’s February, and the mad dash toward championship events is underway. Our schedule gets a little bit complicated from here on out. This post will tell you everything you need to know in order to keep sending us your business.

The Craftsbury Marathon is tomorrow, and while Craftsbury got the same hellacious thaw and torrential rain as the rest of the East on Wednesday night and Thursday, they appear to have weathered it better than most. Now it’s time to figure out the wax for Kris Freeman who will be doing the marathon as his [...]

It’s almost February, so we’re only about two months behind our self-imposed Dec 1 deadline for “launching” our ski service tools division. Well, better late than never. We’re floating things out now, and making up for our tardy entry to the market with this very slick infomercial on our brush program. We have these brushes [...]

Kick Waxing – Early season testing lessons. The snow we received right after Christmas here in the East gave us some good opportunity to work with some new drywaxes, and the subsequent thaw got us into the klisters. So we’ve got some observations to pass along.

Video from yesterday afternoon’s press conference in Putney.