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Gear
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Gear
Skate Boots | 2024 Gear Guide
For light weight, good fit and strong performance while skating, try out one of these new 2024 models. Fischer Carbonlite Skate$500 | fischerskis.com | 1,080g/pair (42; unisex) | 950g/pair (38; women’s) One step down from Fischer’s World Cup–level Speedmax Skate but built on the same two-piece outsole, the Carbonlite Skate has several redesigned features, most […]
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Gear
Classic Boots | 2024 Gear Guide
This year’s selection of new boots for kick and glide are small but mighty. Salomon S/Max Carbon$400 | salomon.com | 720g/pair (42) For an experienced skier who wants race-quality features but not the svelte fit of a World Cup boot, the S/Max Carbon delivers. New last winter (but not in time to test them), it’s […]
Competition & news
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Competition
What Happened with the Minneapolis World Cup Broadcast Coverage?
Popcorn in hand, many of us sat down last Saturday to watch the Stifel Loppet Cup (a.k.a. the Minneapolis World Cup) on Outside Watch—the livestream service offered a free broadcast of the first domestic World Cup in 23 years. Within minutes, the questions were flying (and perhaps the popcorn). “Is skiing always on Outside now?…
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Destinations
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Destination
Leavenworth, Washington, Offers Winter Recreation with a Twist of German Kitsch
When Seattle’s incessant winter rains and dank skies sop my soul, dampen my disposition and sodden my socks, the quickest cure for my seasonal blahs is an overnight getaway to the snow zone. If time allows, my wife and I drive the five hours to the Methow Valley, with its hundreds of kilometers of groomed […]
Tips & techniques
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Tips & Techniques
Tech Tools to Boost Your Training
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Tips & Techniques
So You Want to Learn to Rollerski?
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Tips & Techniques
Race Techniques for Everyday Skiers
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Tips & Techniques
Why Go with an Instructor?