Junior World Champion Marte Mæhlum Johansen (NOR) shares her favorite roller ski workout. Marte Mæhlum Johansen won the skiathlon at the FIS Junior Nordic World Championships in Soldier Hollow, Utah, in February, and is the Norwegian national champion in the 5km skate. The 20-year-old loves interval sessions at home in Toten, Norway. This is her […]
Passion for Perfection: The Daily Grind
- Aug 2 2017
Starting with the 2017/18 season, Madshus will offer our proprietary World Cup grinds to everyone. But what are these grinds and why do grinds matter? Meet the head of the grinding department: Roger Dahl. Dahl has been involved in grinding skis since the first stone grinders came on the market in the mid- to late […]
Ready for World Cup-Level Racing in July
- Jul 23 2017
The Blink ski festival in Sandnes (NOR) opens on Wednesday and is now the largest summer ski festival in the world. Each year, more than a 100 of the top World Cup level skiers and biathletes take part in the BLINK events, including Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Krista Pärmäkoski, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Heidi Weng, Øystein Pettersen […]
Summer Skiing
- Jul 16 2017
Dreaming of winter? Check out where its winter o’clock in the summer! There is snow to be had all over the world – here are some options: Austria Ramsau am Dachstein – world famous glacier and the gold standard of summer skiing for the World Cup elite. The two trails at 2.900 meters altitude are […]
Inside the factory: Making use of summer
- Jul 1 2017
The snow may be melted, but the Madshus test crew never stops testing. Check out how they pick the perfect skis. This time of the year, Peter Blom and his fellow Madshus test-crew members are testing and selecting over 1000 pairs of skis for the upcoming World Cup season. “We have been testing extensively since […]
Pettersen leads the Birkie Triple
- Jun 18 2017
Øystein Pettersen (NOR) debuted in the Birkebeiner running race earning himself the overall lead in the Birkebeiner Triple. The Birkie Triple consists of all three Birkebeiner events: the 54km ski race in March, the half marathon trail run in June and the 84km mountain bike race in August. Finishing the trail run on June 10 […]
Inside the factory: Testing
- Jun 4 2017
Making the best skis in the world is no coincidence. Before a product ships, there are years of research and development, testing and retesting. How do we test our products, and what do we test? Take a trip with the Madshus test crew. Right now, in the early summer, they are super busy getting everything […]
This is Ski Classics 2018
- May 28 2017
The marathon race series just announced the event schedule for the upcoming season. Season 8 of the long-distance ski championship consists of 11 events from the end of November through mid-April. (See complete schedule below) The 2018 Ski Classics season There are several changes for the 2018 season, starting with a new format for the […]
Summer Maintenance for Skis
- May 21 2017
Clean, wax and summer prep your skis and in a few simple steps. You have probably put away your skis for the season, but did you prepare them for a summer in storage and a new winter? Taking good care of your skis not only make them fast, it also makes them last longer. Glide […]
Plan Like the Pros
- May 14 2017
Winter starts now: Where will 2017-18 take you? Make a plan today! For a lot of World Cup and elite skiers, the 2017/18 season starts on May 1. Most of them spent the weeks prior to May 1 evaluating the 2016/17 season and determining new goals for the 2017/18 season. But a goal without a […]
