Nordic skating, long skating, backcountry skating, wild skating,
långfärdsskridsko...  Skip to; Safety gear, Skates, bindings and
boots or Technique. Writing about cross country skiing, I
said that the feeling of cross-country skiing was like walking
on a moving-walkway at an airport, a feeling of speed that is
totally disproportionate to the amount of effort you're putting
into the activity. And it's great, I love it! What could be
better? Well, how about, instead of the heady thrill of walking
on a walkway at the airport, and enjoying the slightly
heightened speed, imagine instead having the hoverboard from
'Back to the Future II'. Imagine just effortlessly swooping over
the ground, the wind whistling in your ears, the landscape
blurring by, the slightest shift in your bodyweight sending you
swerving away on a new path. Imagine being able to cover 50 km a
day, or up to a 100 if you're good and conditions are right.
Does that sound like a dream? It should, because nordic skating
is like a dream. (Nordic-skat