Cleaning Your Skins

A guide to cleaning your skimo racing skins. This video was created with Pete Swenson of the US Ski Mountaineering Association with the support of Boulder Nordic Sport.

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Fueling For Long Skimo Races

USSMA Team physician Dr Jason Lippman talks about fueling for long skimo races or long adventures in the mountains. Dr Lippman does want to acknowledge that some athletes are highly fat adapted and require less carb input at aerobic levels but the average athlete will do well focusing mainly on carbs DURING an event. Obviously […]

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Preventing Stress Injuries

USSMA Tech Tip Tuesday! We know you are all getting outside transitioning to summer activities! To help with the transition, Dr Jason Lippman from the USSMA medical team talks about injury prevention in running. He also wants you to know that “bone stress reactions/fractures can also occur in the hip, fibula and foot. The video […]

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Skin Problems

If your race is going to be on a powder day you may want to watch this video! @jonas.does.skimo talks about how to keep your skins sticking.

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Presented by Skintrack.com. An essential skimo transition to get good so you can take the first position into the bootpack. The most important transition in skimo sprint races where 2 seconds can win or loose you a race. Instructional video on how to attach your skis to your backpack fast. The transition usually takes between […]

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