Classic

In this video, David Lawrence describes and shows you a unique drill for better grip and balance during classic nordic skiing (or diagonal stride). You can read more about this tip and watch other videos at http://www.xcskiacademy.com.

The publication produced by the American Cross Country Skiers (AXCS) entitled "XC World Digest" collects great training and technique articles from Europe and elsewhere, providing digestible, descriptive, translated pieces of cross country skiing content to sink your Nordic teeth into. Membership comes with numerous benefits, including a print publication that's well worth the price of joining. Below represents my highlights from this issue, curated and interpreted by me, including all of my baises and idiosyncrasies. Hope you find some value!

David Lawrence shares a secret concept to help you get bomber grip diagonal striding uphill on classic skis.

Watch the 3 primary skills of double poling and listen to how the 3 skills blend together to create strong, powerful, fast and efficient double pole technique for nordic/cross country polling

This first tip in a series of 3 tips to improve your uphill diagonal classic skiing. The idea? Learn to ski slapping your tails, then making your feet land side-by-side, finally make your offside ski land in-front-of the "kicking" ski. Finally, in this simple drill, learn how to drive your ski and not transfer your weight too early.

In this quick video tip, David Lawrence shows you four key elements to cross country skiing, diagonal stride.