People and Skis

A. Koptyug, M. Tinnsten, M. Backstrm

Skiing in Russia and in Scandinavia is a very big thing. But if in Norway the top of the winter sports popularity list undoubtedly belongs to the cross country skiing, in Sweden and in Russia it is skiing plus mountains, with alpine skiing at the very top. Snowboarding, which increasingly grows in popularity (especially among the youngsters) still cannot even "shake" the positions of the mountain skiing disciplines.

Today it is the best time to talk about some interesting research and development in the winter sports technology, skiing in particular. 2006 is the year of the Winter Olympics in Torino (Italy) and in 2007 the Alpine World Championships will be held in re (Sweden), only 100 kilometers from ?stersund, where the Department of Sports Technology of the Mid-Sweden University is situated. Below we talk about some research results and about the people working here

More information on these and other subjects you can find in the printed version of our journal.