For many years, I've been running in the summer and skiing in the winter. I am currently sidelined with yet another running injury. This seems to happen every year now, regardless of PT, mobility, and strength training. I'm starting to consider a future without running, or at least dramatically less running volume.

What is everyone doing for aerobic fitness in the summer? Obviously, I'm especially interested in the non-running activities.

I started xc skiing as an adult and have never rollerskied. I'm considering picking it up, but I'm in my 40s, and I am definitely a little intimidated by the possibility of falling on concrete. I would say that I am an advanced recreational skier, but I'm not sure how steep the learning curve is for roller skiing.

Hey I am preparing for a winter project. I want to learn skiing ,ice climbing and ice skating and try other adrenaline movements this winter in kashmir valley with locals ..

Anyone who can help in planning or wants to join or who can help me to connect with locals ..

I want to do alot of things when im still young, and one of them is trying the Birken (annual Norwegian race for those who dont know what it is), and run a ton of other races in borh running and XC skiing.

And i know, other than to spend hrs on rollerskies or snow skies. The upper body shpuld be trained for strength to create power along with the legs.

So, for weeks i tried to optimize my upper body plan 2x week, and ended up with this plan:

Tuesday:

- Med ball chest toss (3x5)

- Hammer pull ups (2x4)

- Landmine press (2x5 pr arm)

- Tricep pushdown (2x5)

- Lying seal row (2x5)

- Ab rollout (2x6)

Friday:

- Med ball slam (3x5)

- Hammer pull ups (2x4)

- Rotational landmine pres (2x5 pr arm)

- Dips (2x5)

- Renegade + Gorilla row (2x4)

- Paloff press (2x10 pr side)

Is it too much, or can this create the necessary power on double poling or skating for example?
I know its more about the technique, endurance and leg strength than upper body.
But i also want to be stronger there while i can use it.

I'm a recreational xc skier and came across a few interesting paralympic videos of visually impaired skiers and their guides.

I'd be interested in getting involved as a guide and wanted to know how are guides typically recruited (I know there is an interest form the US Ski team has)?

Thank you!

Hej Stockholm! I recently arrived here for a work assignment. As a huge cross-country skiing fan, moving to the Nordics feels like arriving in the absolute holy land!

I was so excited that I managed to stuff my roller skis and boots into my luggage, but unfortunately, my poles couldn't make the trip.

So, I have two questions for the local experts:

1. Where are the best spots, dedicated tracks, or quiet roads for roller skiing?
2. Which physical store in town would you recommend for buying a reliable pair of poles?

I'm itching to hit the pavement. Tack så mycket!

Beginner skier (classic skied once), need some experienced advice on gear.

Picked up a second hand set of Fischer Adventure Classic 177 skis with Salomon SNS bindings and a pair of Madshus NNN CT120s today.

Reading some older posts about upgrading the SNS bindings to fit the NNN, they recommend a pair of Salomon Prolinks as the screw holes are the same and won't require a jig or modding the ski.

I can get (new) a pair of Salomon Pro Classic Prolink XC Bindings for $42 or Salomon Pro Combi Prolink XC Bindings for $63 (Cross Country Ski Bindings | Rhythm Snowsports).

My questions:

1. Am I right in assuming either of these will be a straight swap onto the skis?
2. For the sake of $20, am I better off getting the combi bindings if I want to try skate skiing and just swapping them between skis?
3. Is swapping practical or will this degrade the mounting plate/screw holes to much? (assuming swapping say every other week and not being stupid over torquing hardware)
4. Are the boots ok to use for skate skiing if I do pick up a pair?

Intention with the classic skis is once I get technique down, is to go off track on mellow flat/rolling terrain where taking the splitboard out is kind of silly and snowshoes are too slow.

Edit - forgot to mention the other boots available from the seller were Madshus NC-12, but I couldn't find them online so assumed they were ancient and went with the CT120s.

Hi all, looking for help from the wax-nerd hive mind here. The high school team I work with has an old Swix structure tool with 4 rollers (It's the TP048). One of the metal springs inside the body that helps the tool center on the ski has broken, and I'm trying to salvage the tool.

If anyone has leads on shops that may have a part, ways to jerry rig a fix, or heck, a part sitting on your wax bench you dont need, I'd love the help.

Thanks for helping a low budget high school team in Wyoming!

Hello, I am going to Austria next January an i am planning on doing a 5-7days XC skiing. Two areas keep popping when doing searches: Seefeld and Ramsau and i am at a loss about where to go! Has anybody been to both places and lived to tell the tales any locals willing to sway me one way or the other.

Trail difficulty is not an issue (experienced classic skier), I would like to feel almost alone on the tracks and having my breath taken away by amazing mountain sceneries!. travelling by public transport, i have my own equipment! I am from eastern Canada so do not care about how cold it gets i am actually worried about being too warm!

Any suggestions is welcomed(favorite towns, favorite trails, inns etc), if you have alternatives to the regions mentioned above it is also welcomed! i probably wont be returning so kinda looking for the best of!!!

I built this app as a way to time my athletes up in northern Minnesota. It's great for impromptu timing during practice. I have a friend who's also used it to time kids mtb races out at our local trails. If you use it, let me know what you think, and how I can make it better. It's mostly free. There are a few features that are locked behind a pro pay wall. https://clockedtimer.app/

hi all! I’m new to skiing but I just got some skis from a buddy and I was wondering if this binding is fixable. it looks like the little rubber piece is just missing?

Hi everyone,

I'd like to do the Birkie this winter! And I live in Dallas (Texas), which means no snow training. Just rollerskiing.

I bought rollerskis 6 months ago and was horrible at first, struggling to average 7mph. But I've figured it out and my technique is much stronger now; I'm skiing 9-10 miles at almost 10mph moving average. I can cruise on good pavement faster than that, but we have a lot of gibbled-up concrete here where it's almost impossible to get any bite with ski poles. I haven't tried to push past 160 BPM for HR as my technique will break down and the consequences for a fall aren't pleasant.

As for cross training, I'll get 70-100 miles a week on my road bike and I sail a physical boat 1-2X a week. Sailing is by the far the most intense workout if the wind is up.

Questions: how does rollerskiing translate to on-snow skiing in terms of fitness? It's going to be a change, sure, but I want to ensure I have the fitness necessary to comfortably ski the entire distance. It's tough to go more than 10 miles right now due to the heat index; hydration requirements are insane. I need 80-100 ounces of hydration for a one-hour ski in 90 degree heat index.

I can ski longer once "fall" hits (fall really being only 90 degrees with 58% humidity until about November). Do I ramp it up to 15, 20, 25, 30 miles eventually? Or do I need more or less, as there isn't a 1:1 conversion ratio for snow skiing to roller skiing?

Sorry for the photo quality. Norm Wilson was one of the best avalanche experts at the time at Alpine Meadows. He lived in a house on the old Donner pass highway that you had to ski to in the winter time. This is a 4 day Backcountry ski avalanche course he taught right out of his house in the Donner summit area.

I recently scored some Karhu 10th Mountain skis on marketplace for $50.

The skis had 14 years of use, but were in immaculate condition for their age. My own setup that is only a few years old has more dings in it.

The existing binding on it is a 3-pin, and currently I do not have a 3-pin boot.

Instead I have Xplore Boots, NNNBC Boots, and NNN Boots, but no 3-pin boot.

I'm thinking I should look into getting a either a lightly used set of 3-pin boots, or a cheaper set of new 3-pin boots. I don't want to spend anymore than $150 on it considering I wasn't planning on acquiring a whole new setup this year.

The alternative option I have currently is to remove the 3-pin binding and replace with a spare set of NNNBC bindings that I have, But I don't want to do that because eventually I do want to have a 3-pin setup.

Any recommendations on boots I should look for, and boots to avoid?

It seems that there are not many discussions about SkateX. But, I pulled the trigger on some bindings and lightly used Madshus Redline SkateX boots for a good price and I got my roller skis set up.

I really like how connected it feels. It is closer to roller blading, and it is definitely a little faster. I have done about 10 sessions so far, and I think 5 seconds per mile is about what my average speed increase is compared to prior.

BUT, even though I came from Redline boots of the same size in NNN, I am really struggling with hot spots on my feet. I have to stop after 20 minutes and take my feet out of the boots for a few minutes. I have heat molded the new boots 3 times… and I think it helped a bit but not nearly enough. I’m not sure if it’s due to the cleat position, or the stiffer sole, or that I just need to heat mold more. I never had to heat mold my prior Redline boots.

If anyone has experience with this, I would appreciate it.

Snow camping beautiful California sunshine 1993

1993 Dewey point Yosemite wonderful overlook right across from El capitan. It's a few miles round trip. Not too bad, a few tricky hills. Unfortunately the trail can be kind of destroyed by people snowshoeing and walking. If you hit it when the snow level is a thousand feet it's powder. Quality is not so good. It's a photo of a photo

Ciao a tutti, ho 27 anni e sto pensando di ricominciare con lo sci di fondo questo inverno.

L'ho praticato solo da bambino con risultati scarsi perché avevo difficoltà nelle salite, non riuscivo ad applicare bene la tecnica corretta e quindi non riuscivo mai a salire decentemente.

Ora però mi è tornata voglia di riprovarci e mi chiedevo quanto possa essere difficile imparare seriamente le varie tecniche. So pattinare su ghiaccio abbastanza bene, questo potrebbe essere utile ad imparare la tecnica pattinata oppure sono movimenti completamente diversi?

Inoltre per arrivare all'inverno preparato che tipo di allenamento consigliereste di fare?

Ad oggi pratico soprattutto corsa con salite su strada o sterrato e penso di essere in una buona forma fisica (71kg per 180cm).

Non so nemmeno quanto siano affollate e/o di moda le piste da sci di fondo, quindi nel caso fosse praticato da molte persone mi sentirei un po' a disagio ad imparare da adulto in mezzo a gente già esperta.

Ogni consiglio è ben accetto! Grazie!

P.S. sci alpino non è un opzione perché non l'ho mai fatto e ho troppo paura di farmi male con le discese così ripide.

What are people's thoughts on pre-ski application of liquid top coat only for skate skis? Non-competitive skier here. Is there a reason to be ironing layer after layer of glide wax? Instead of hot waxing, what if a hot iron never touched your bases? Thoughts?