Birkebeiner

Fireside: Dale Niggeman – Racer, Tinkerer, Inventor

by Cross Country Skier
October 24, 2005July 27, 2015

“I never thought CAT skis would turn into a mass market product. My biggest motivation was for myself,” laughed Dale Niggeman. While the invention of CAT skis started as a personal quest for self-improvement, today… Read More »Fireside: Dale Niggeman – Racer, Tinkerer, Inventor

Karl Andresen: A Birkie Original

by Cross Country Skier
January 10, 2003August 16, 2022

For most participants, the American Birkebeiner is a race against time. When the cannon sounds and they kick off toward toward Hayward, Wis., they are thinking: Will I move up a wave? Will better skis,… Read More »Karl Andresen: A Birkie Original