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Oct, 2011
It's that time of the year again when ski clubs acoss the country are
holding, or about to hold, their annual ski swaps. It's a great chance to
meet old ski buddies while checking out ski gear. It's also a great
opportunity to welcome some new people into the nordic skiing by showing
them how they can get some good equipment in good shape at a decent price
even though a few hundred K's of trail have gone by.
Skigo has finally named its new wax for the 2011/12 season: C110.
This is for all types of snow -10° to -20°C. It aims to improve
the position between C105 and C380. Though it's worth noting Skigo
was doing very well already in this range (witness the number of teams
at the 2011 WJrCh/U23 Trials using Skigo gliders day after day).
We'll have more information once the wax arrives and we have a chance
to test it at some races. Here's hoping for a cold race!
As a bit of trivia, this is not the same wax that was tested for the
Vancouver Olympics with the code name "C110" -- that wax became the
C44/7 update.
Sept, 2011
The weather service have made their computer forecasts and the Farmer's
Almanac has consulted something for a slightly different forecast. By
all accounts northern Europe is going to have a another great winter for
snow and for temperatures. This will be the 3rd in a row and is something
that hasn't happened in a long time. This is really good for skiers in
Canada & the US, not because you can go there and have some really
great skiing, but because it will mean a increase in the number of skiers.
How can that be good for North America? It means the skiing industry
(skis, poles, waxes, etc.) will do better which means a healthier variety
of gear for you over the long term.
Weather in Canada is, of course, not looking to be uniform. Predictions are
to have a warmer and less snowy winter than "average". Alberta is supposed
to be colder, but that just might be the continuation of this past summer ;-)
The varability on the Canadaian forecast looks to be pretty wide right
now and isn't worth a serious discussion or much fretting. We'll come back
to this topic in a couple month when the data is more solid.
In the meantime: just get ready to ski lots :-)
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