Спасибо за обзор🎉👍🇷🇺

Hi Erik, this is one of my favorite nordic ski racing videos. Your come from behind victory right at the finish line was so exciting. Great footage with the Go Pro and terrific music choices. I skied the Owl Creek Trail last winter along with the Terminator trail and it was amazing. I hope to do the Owl Creek Chase next year when I move out there permanently. Keep up the great work! Best, Ken

Thanks so much for the video. It's very helpful!

@erik what about pierre gignoux Skate Pro

Great reviews, Thank you! I'm a Swenor Skate guy, because it was the only model Gear West recommended at the time, and I have never rolled on anything different so it is hard for me to take my own opinion seriously, thus I am really thankful for this video to help me weigh pros and cons as I'll be needing new skis someday.

What you said at the end about how to start slowing down with the T stop when you are already going fast down the hill seems key! I’ve always struggled with what to do when I’m already going too fast for the other techniques to be very effective

I have a wide foot. You mentioned Salomon as having wide widths. What model do you recommend? Thanks

Show us your surface conditions sometime. It's the most surface condition sensitive sport out there. Glass asphalt makes small hardwheels and super rigid shafts pretty great. Pavement condition and knowledge is so darn key to keeping one's skin. Well, my skin at least. I only do about 400mi/year, but lately much more on local smooth gravel/dirt with 150mm tires on some German import rollerskis. They are a true cadillac ride on pavement in a not great way for form discipline. They are much much safer for average people though. I still use some old Swenor 100mm hard wheels and some Pursuit 109mm hard wheels for bad pavement. Almost all of the pavement here is poor, with occasional chasms.

Good review, Rn I am skating in roossignol xium wc and they are pretty solid. Also using them for roller skiing and I already have small holes on sides😢 ( even tho I put tape on them) Anyways I just bought classic alpina pro boots and Im very excited to try them, hope they will be better than my older rossis

Thx for the ino! I'm almost 200 lbs, and have been using the Swenor skate elite - 1000 miles this summer. So far so good. only two crashes - both my fault (e.g., jammed pole into a crack).

when i practiced the tstop, well known from inliner, in a trainig camp for beginners the coach became angry cause its too dangerous with rollski he scolded

In Europe roller skiing is more popular than in USA. Rollerskiing, calssical and skate style, is one of the best overall training for heart health. It's like road velo biking or swiming, no damage to the joints - knees, back, ankles etc. Running is more damaging, than roller skiing. Very recommended after 50, even after 60.

Thanks for the review! How much do you weigh, and how do the reviewed skating skis compare in terms of wheel size and wheelbase?

Erik, had a long productive talk with your dad tonight. Look forward to connecting with you. I was on the US Team with him years ago... Special jumper

Any preferences between the IDT Skate Elite versus the regular skate model?

Excellent...that should save me from passionately kissing a bus at full speed...Merci.

Good stuff here! I’m new to the sport (and love it++), what water belt do you use on summer? Thanks!

Nice review, do you have any favorite softwar for your planning and your dealy training, thank's

Thanks for this !

you have to try the Rundle sport roller skis I love them and I have never heard of them bending or breaking

Are the IDT pre-drilled for bindings?

Let's go!

Where can you even get IDT's? Last time I checked there wasn't a US rep, or a shop bringing them in. (there was, but they sold out and didn't restock 😢). I think you can buy direct from them on their site though? So, I am aging rapidly, and just this year my feet started giving me problems... I have noticed that my Marwe aluminum classic skis REALLY have a lot of road vibration that does my feet no favors. Hence the reason that a lot of masters probably really like composite roller skis that dampen some of that harsh, road feel. I skate train on Hjul's which are pretty comfy and have a lot of flex to them, but will probably move on from the Marwe aluminum classics. Bummer to hear about the fork issues on swenors, maybe why people that train alot only use the all aluminum models...

So simple😅 I sure would love to fly like that!

Eeeeyahhh 😂

Incredible! Great jump!!!

WAY TO FLY!! 🚀

I have a pair of Pursuit Fork-Flex. They are the only pair I’ve owned, and I can ski on them pretty well for a beginner. So, according to this video, I should be an Olympian with a better pair. Looking forward to it one day.

Ok, great reviews of the rollerskis and all (truly thorough - thank you), but more importantly… I need more information on the really attractive and knowledgeable dude making this video and review.

So good…thanks for putting this up

Very interesting. Thanks

This is an important video. You are going to save lives 👍

A crash course on how not to crash 😂

Erik, Thanks for doing this video, I appreciate you starting with your top choice then working through the well articulated comparative analysis. You asked for requests about other XC gear. I have heard it said "What pickle ball is to tennis, touring skates are to roller skiing." As a non-elite, non-athlete, I am non-insulted by that. I believe it was Andre Agassi who said, "Pickleball is where tennis players go to die." There may be another corollary with touring skates, but I've decided to not think too much about it. I have roller skied the the Great Lakes (Mackanac Island, TYG no cars), the Netherlands (Maarken Island, TYG almost no cars) , and even Washington DC (HMG white-lining the cherry blossom gridlock) on my trusty Skike V9s. My guess is that even an elite XCer would be hard-pressed to do that on hi-fi trainers without getting skinned, or worse. So I would be keenly interested in the elite XC athlete's opinion about touring roller skis, get a comparative evaluation that supports a wider strike zone of people with wheels and poles; maybe hop some curbs, frighten some dogs, white-line some traffic, but with the elite skill set baked in ("The Stig" in a reasonably priced car). The more popular brands are PowerSlide, Skike, and the new high-end carbon fiber stuff by FLOIG. I am sharing pavement with dog walkers, over-achieving pelotons, kids with training wheels and sparkly tassels, blind turns, storm grates, lawn mowers, pebbles, sand, critters, etc. My interest in your evaluation comes from an experience that is inversely proportional to yours. I don't carry any of the burdens of an elite Nordic athlete doing summer training, but I roller ski, all year long, every day if I can, on Skikes. Skikes are not designed to hi-fi simulate snow XC, but they have save-your-flippin-life breaks on each rear wheel and they are extremely durable. Bent forks? Nope. They can be fitted with solid rubber wheels for tracks, pneumatic tires for multipurpose paved trails, and balloon tires for gravel, you can fit the axels with reverse lock bearings, which helps with rollback at steep trail intersections, or just regular intersections with cars, trucks, busses, lions and tigers and bears, Oh my. Good snow XC technique translates to good cross-skating on Skikes, V1-A, V2, V2-A, free skate, dopplestockstoss, bomb the hills. Watching and applying snow XC training videos significantly improves roller skiing, but I am not sure that beyond fitness, Skikes would make you a better snow XC competitor, especially if you need to reproduce the boot-binding experience. I roller skied for two years on Skikes, the first year on "beginner" Skike V07s then I moved up to V9-150s (heal lift). I lost 40 pounds. This March I was actually fit enough to go snow XCing for the first time in about 30 years, I would say about 85% of the Skike muscle memory translated to snow XC skate ski (non-elite) technique, but by golly I could XC, and the snow skis felt light as feathers, dare I say flimsy. It took me several hours to fully trust the edges and find the elusive "flat ski". The remaining 15% of my muscle memory was confused, you guessed it, about breaking! A tree would jump out in front of me and my legs would look for my trusty Skike breaks! When that didn't work I would eventually snow plow in a full panic, I even telemarked once without crashing. The snow conditions changed every 15 minutes, which as beautiful as the mountains of Utah are, had me jonesin' for tires on tarmac... That is all. Highest Regards, Jim

You have way more experience this is only my 2nd season on roller skis so these are my new guy experiences …Last year I was just trying to get the technique down and I started on v2 125s with pneumatic wheels. I do really like those too even if they are maybe an older style if you are below 160 lbs or thereabouts. With 90lbs in the wheels they are actually faster than the Pursuits with I think #2 wheels. I have the Pursuit Flex ones now as my main skis but I would love to try the IDT or the Marwes. I have no basis of comparison since they are my first road skis. I did have pull brake on the Pursuit skis when bought them but I removed it because it wasn’t needed anywhere I go once I mastered the snow plow kind of breaking. It does work though probably a good idea for beginners or in some kinds of terrain. The v2 150s are good if you are riding on very rough pavement. The v2s have speed reducers and for me those were great the first month I was learning last year. After that I no longer needed them but they really helped because the first few weeks were terrifying. I have also tried SRBs that can go on trails to some extent and also work as a combi skate and classic ski. For some reason when I started I thought I would like the off road skis or skikes but the opposite happened I definitely prefer the pure road skis because the technique and feel is so much closer to actual skiing and they are so much more efficient.

I think you've been roller skiing for 20+ years actually but yes :)

I've used Pursuit skate roller skis (non flex models) and find them durable, relative inexpensive and just as good as more costly European models. Only down side is vibration on rough surfaces. My favorite (by far) classic roller skis are FF rollerskis from Norway with V-track wheels (2 models- regular and with an unique suspension fork). I agree with you regarding Swenor- over rated.

Great footage! Looking strong! 👏 Can't wait for more.

Great reviews. I have the Atomics S9 and love them but I have pretty normal (not wide) feet. I have modified the World Cup version a bit for roller skiing. I tape the sides to prevent damage mostly.

Made comment yesterday that the choices are less then 25 years ago I recollect that Japan , Heir!ing, Karhu Sportful and Adidas were SNS licensee that quit. This contraction was one of the reason why Salomon did the Prolink sole. There might have been more in Europe that were not imported to North America. Oddly enough the only part of XC skiing that didn't contract was the number of roller ski brands. A blog I found showed about 65 active brands.

Interesting to hear your perspective! Thank you for the review 🎉

Thanks Erik! Very helpful points to think about.

Actually, its half it once was just 25 years ago. Too much black!!

Are you interested in trying the Madshus Skate X system. The old Madshus boots are by far my favorites for comfort (prior to the Redline). Fischer Speedmax seem to me to have a better "race feel"; make me want to ski faster.

Great video! Thank you!

Awesome. Thank you from Germany! For the next video in the summer I would love to see some hints on how to break on rollerskis best. (without a Fischer brake 🙂)

Sir on weight transfer how close do your boots com together

This video had me on the edge of my seat! The finish was so close!

Those long poles are useless downhill.. Get some adjustable poles and your hands will stay in front..where they belong!

Excellent way to teach and coach, thank you :)