Really good points. I think we're already seeing the effects of good skis vs. better skis in the first week. And old equipment has got to be a huge concern - Ragnhild Mowinckel (Ragmo) got DQ'd at the first alpine race for Flouros - they traced it to used roto brush from what I understand.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
I saw that. Really cool to see FIS is sticking to their guns on the new rules (too bad for Ragnhild 😂)
@danstars1
9 ай бұрын
It will be interesting to see which of the big teams works out the waxes best unfortunately the smaller budget/staffed nations will always suffer as they can't do the same amount of testing before the race.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
Could also be an opportunity for a smaller staff to nail the wax and give their team a huge advantage. "glass half full" 😉
@ronpflugrath2712
9 ай бұрын
Ice on skis sucks.
@biankakoettlitz6979
9 ай бұрын
Here's something new , that I didn't considered: The Athlete himself. In an interview on NRK in Norwegian, JTB said that he hadn't enough muscles in his upper body like his brother or Nawrath.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
I think he is just joking about how he has to be stronger to compete. I don't think there is any correlation between upper body strength and non-fluored skis. 😅
@biankakoettlitz6979
9 ай бұрын
@@BrianHalligan-USA Maybe, but the skis were allright with 5of7Norwegian guys and I didn't think, that the waxing team tries something new with JTB during an important race, not as with Strømsheim during the relay. Well ,now it's.interested: Who must stay home?for Hochfilzen. In an article it says that Christiansen and Sturla should go. I don't hope, it's Sørum, who had 4misses but had place 10 . Awesome 😃
@steveeb9567
9 ай бұрын
I think it was the Italians that make 'the breakthrough' with 'Cera F'. It took awhile for the other countries to figure out what the secret sauce was so there were some crazy results. I remember one year the California Gold Rush (usually wet conditions, being California) was won by a relatively unknown skier that just glided away from the favorites.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
It was an Italian who put the pieces together to bring Fluor into the ski waxes.
@danwarren8010
9 ай бұрын
Time for a video on what new wax tech is hitting the snow.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
Probably is. Not sure why I didn't make that connection myself 😅
@Divedown_25
9 ай бұрын
great video and explanation. I remember the old Rode, Rex, Swix from my skiing youth in the 70s. Never got good at skiing so I just did not compete but practiced for the fun of it.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
Waxing can be cathartic. The structure, the process, the order and at the end, the reward of a shiny-fast pair of skis. I've often heard to it described as an art.
@micpri
9 ай бұрын
Excellent, sir! Really clearly presented, and the illustrations were appropriate and enlightening. Couple of comments from last weekend at Östersund: (1) In really cold conditions, everybody's wax game was looking good, especially Germany (big team), France (big team), Norway and the host country, Sweden. Even Italy, Austria and Switzerland appeared to me to be pretty brisk in the tracks.(2) Johannes Tingnes Bø, after his unusually low placing in the sprint & pursuit, commented to NRK (Norwegian state broadcasters) that he needs to strengthen his upper body to compensate for the fluor-ban. Keep up the excellent coverage! (Idea for future video: what's up with the Chinese, Russian and Belorussian biathletes? Have all the countries on the wrong side of the EU formed their own league? Have *they* banned fluor?)
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the insight on JTB. It will be interesting to see how he rebounds next week. As for Russian/Belarus, I've actually been thinking about doing an update video on them because I've been following their "Commonwealth Cup" and the results have been pretty interesting. I have no idea if they have banned Fluor though... China, I really have no idea what up with them. They are probably more a victim of weird funding. They are competing on the IBU cup again and trying to earn points to get back to the W.C. so I'm sure we'll see them on the WC again soon.
@DarklordZagarna
9 ай бұрын
Okay you cannot convince me that this guy is not Will Buikema under an assumed name. Their voices aren't just similar, they're literally identical.
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
Lol idk about the voice but Ill take it as a compliment to be compared to Will Buikema. I'm a big fan of his work.
@Heldarion
6 ай бұрын
Do you think France and Norway figured anything out for this world championship? French women were absolutely flying (but to be fair, they were already before the champs) and so were Norwegian men.
@andyeunson270
9 ай бұрын
I think some people don’t understand how fast fluro waxes are. Several years ago we billeted a young alpine racer and I used some of her yellow LF. It was eye opening. I also bought some used ski cross skis from one of our national team skiers, Georgia Simerling. For the first time in my life I was gliding faster than my wife. Boy was she pissed. I have some HF waxes and a small hunk of Cera F. I swear I can glide uphill with a light tailwind. I have a xc ski friend who believes structure is much more important than wax. I always glide faster than him. It may be that Mowinkle’s problem was an old roto brush but I’m sceptical.
@HoopsOnYouTube
8 ай бұрын
Interesting
@BrianHalligan-USA
8 ай бұрын
Very
@BrianHalligan-USA
9 ай бұрын
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