Anyone Here Cross Country Ski?

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  • Toestr
    Certified Post Whore
    • Jul 2020
    • 2871
    • Poland, Onterrible
    #1

    Anyone Here Cross Country Ski?

    I'm looking to get into it. I competed in biathlon a few years ago in Cadets. I came into it from a shooting background so I spent much of my time teaching the ski background people how to shoot, and I outsourced fitting my equipment etc to them.

    So now that I'm looking at getting into it I'm not really sure where to begin for equipment. I'm looking at doing skate skiing, but most of the informational videos I find are on classic. When I do find skate videos it's usually technique, which I'm pretty familiar with. Where should I start? Any good resources for sizing?

    Also looking at possibly skiing at a neighbour's place, so it would mostly be ungroomed, with maybe a few snow mobile trails. I've only been able to find information about classic skiing on ungroomed trails. Is it possible to also skate ski on ungroomed trails?

    Anything else I should look into? Any help would be appreciated.

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    • Memornix
      That old guy with a pump
      • Jul 2020
      • 953
      • Maryland
      #2
      Just here to say I literally ski off cliffs but cross country skiing freaks me out. I am more likely to hurt myself on the skinny skis over flat ground than skiing backwards downhill through the trees.

      That's just my experience
      "but we all have electros and you guys only have pumps, this wont be fair"

      (chuckling quietly) "we know"

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        • Toestr
          Certified Post Whore
          • Jul 2020
          • 2871
          • Poland, Onterrible
          #3
          Originally posted by Memornix
          Just here to say I literally ski off cliffs but cross country skiing freaks me out. I am more likely to hurt myself on the skinny skis over flat ground than skiing backwards downhill through the trees.

          That's just my experience
          Well that's strange.

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            • Memornix
              #3.1
              Memornix commented
              01-25-2022, 11:58 AM
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              My wife frequently laughs at me because I can downhill ski or mountain bike the entire mountain but trip while walking down the sidewalk. Not sure what it is about the cross-country skis but I just can't stay upright on the darn things.
              • NONOBLITUS
                #3.2
                NONOBLITUS commented
                01-25-2022, 12:04 PM
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                Memornix , Same here. I’ll be 50 this October and still skateboard in parks and ramps ,Play Hockey pretty well still but trip over my own two feet walking into the kitchen. Guess we use up the dexterity doing one thing and then it’s gone.
              • NONOBLITUS
                💀Ragnastock President 💀
                • Jul 2020
                • 1964
                • Connecticut
                #4
                I went a few times years ago in Vermont. We were snow boarding at a mountain and saw they had a golf course that they rented cross country gear at. So we gave it a try and had a blast to where I went back just to cross country ski there. Maybe contact your local mountain and see if they offer something like that.

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                  • gabe
                    Thirst Trappin
                    • Jul 2020
                    • 1070
                    • Alaska
                    #5
                    I skate ski sometimes in the winter. To be honest I really don't like the crowds at the ski trails so I've started just riding fatbikes in the winter instead. Skis are definitely a leg workout though.

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                      • pintbuster
                        I like shrouds
                        • Jan 2022
                        • 294
                        • PA
                        #6
                        closest I have to experience is watching my buddies mom on a nordic track when I was 14.
                        I never thought it snowed enough by me to make it a worthwhile investment.

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