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(Photo: David Norris) I’m David Norris and I am a professional skier and part-time bookkeeper. I grew up in Fairbanks, AK and skied NCAAs for Montana State University where I graduated with a degree in accounting in 2014. I currently live in Anchorage and ski for the Alaska Pacific University...

Suggestions on dressing for cold weather and best practices for cross country ski racing apparel. Cold weather is always a shock to the system when the weather has been drizzly all fall and into winter. Even after cross country ski racing for 31 years I have to take extra time...

When the goal is to get skis to glide faster, wax is often the focus and ski selection and structure are overlooked. Waxing is the easiest way to change the condition a given ski will function but is in fact the last and least effective solution. Changing the wax will...

The purpose of a suspension system on a bicycle is to give the rider more traction and therefore more control while riding and to improve overall rider comfort by absorbing bumps. During a typical ride a bike’s suspension system will cycle through its travel hundreds if not thousands of times....