You’ve been training this fall to get the most from your skiing, so make sure your skis aren’t a limiter. Prepare all of your skis to run their best with a fresh grind and hotbox service. At Nordic Ultratune, a grind batch starts every Thursday and those skis are ready for shipping on the following Monday …
For over 10 years, I've done the daily "wax of the day" (WOTD) report for Methow Trails (it was MVSTA when I started). Their web situation has varied over time and it's a little difficult for me to add content to their report these days. Also, their mobile app is …
During the early part of ski season we are all a bit sore and achy. Using the ski muscles, and going from zero to hero the first week on snow, can leave you in a world of hurt. Here are a couple of foam roll routines that I find useful. Start easy with …
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Atomic has an adjustable classic ski binding that's new for the 2019/2020 season. It's called the Shift binding and it has fore and aft adjustment. See the video clip, below. The fore and aft adjustment is particularly useful on skin skis, where the grip isn't adjustable. On a waxable ski, of course, you …
October is well underway, and activity at Nordic Ultratune is steaming right along. Stone grinding has ramped up to a pretty normal schedule (after a quieter, less tightly scheduled summer). Get your skis in soon to make sure they're ready for an early snow season! New skis are rolling in, though some are a …
A few inches of new snow overnight. And the groomer went past the house at 5 a.m. And the clouds cleared. And the sun rose while climbing the Winthrop Trail. The trees, heavily laden, shown in the low angle rays. And cougar tracks on the edge of the trail were …
Wax of the Day has been updated daily during the ski season for about 10 years in the Methow Valley. However, with the mobile app for Methow Trails, there's no WOTD info. But now you can get the Wax of the Day through a dedicated site, so bookmark the link. The WOTD posts …
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas. Hopefully you'll find some extra time to spend with the people you care about. And if there's snow where you are, then I hope that you get out out and play in the coming days!
Definitely the most buzz in the shop this season has been around the new Madshus RedLine 2.0 skis, and to a lesser extent the MOVE Switch on the Madshus Intelligrip skis. Right now Nordic Ultratune has less than 30 pairs of the RedLine 2.0 skis remaining in stock. That's not a lot, but …
Tracy Ross sent this great shot from SilverStar, BC, today (Dec 12th). Conditions look adequate at least... Tracy got a new pair of the Rossignol S2 Premium skate skis from Nordic Ultratune, with the UV-2 grind. He says they're running great in the new snow at SilverStar and Sovereign Lake. Meanwhile, …
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