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  • Storing Cross Country Skis for Summer
    March 12, 2024

    Storing Cross Country Skis for Summer

    When you've decided you've skied your last ski of the season (or Mother Nature has decided for you) it's important to take a few easy steps to look after your equipment. Here are the 3 things you should do.
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  • Caring for your new cross country skis
    October 28, 2022

    Caring for your new cross country skis

    Your new skis will last many years when cared for properly. If you avoid skiing on debris, regularly wax your glide zones and keep your skins clean you will maximize the lifespan of your skis. Glide zone maintenance This applies...

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  • cross country ski racers poling
    January 23, 2020

    Cross country pole sizing

    Decades ago cross country ski poles used to be sized under the armpit. Since skate skiing became a thing in the 1980's the effect of pole length on ski technique has gotten a lot more attention.  Correctly sized poles is...

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  • Cross country skiing at night
    December 6, 2019

    Cross country skiing at night

    Have you cross country skied in the dark? If you live above the 52nd parallel like we do, you may find yourself skiing more often in darkness than you do in daylight hours, especially in December and January. But even if...

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  • Why don't skis glide in cold weather?
    February 15, 2019

    Why don't skis glide in cold weather?

    Why do you have to work so hard to ski when it's cold out? We've all felt it, especially living here in Saskatchewan where the polar vortex dips down to give us a taste of arctic frigidity every so often....

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  • SASK xc ski events you may not have heard of
    January 23, 2019

    SASK xc ski events you may not have heard of

    During the month of February you can keep yourself busy every weekend at a local cross country ski event.  There are some bigger loppets during the winter such as the Prince Albert Loppet and the Don Allen Saskaloppet, but in between there are...

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  • The story behind the Swix Gunde hat
    September 28, 2018

    The story behind the Swix Gunde hat

    Recognize this toque?  This is the Gunde Hat, by Swix.  It was launched in 1974 and became one of the most recognizable toques in the world of cross country skiing.  You still see it at almost every major ski event in the...

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