WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — FasterSkier walked the floor of the 2015 Yellowstone Ski Festival Expo and found some interesting gear hidden behind those piles of stickers and schwag. Mohair-skin skis, carbon-soled boots and athlete-inspired clothing were common themes among the exhibitors. Take a look through our gallery below.
Tag: 2015 Yellowstone Ski Festival
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What’s New and Trending for 2016 (As Seen in West)
Podiumwear sales rep Kyia Anderson shows off one of the custom ski suits that Jessie Diggins helped design. A portion of the sales goes toward supporting Diggins. BeFAST Sportgear, based in St. Paul, Minn., showed off their American spirit with this trendy neck gaiter. Borah Teamwear showed off its new one-piece suits. This suit, made for Alaska Pacific University, uses an innovative seamless design that builds the suit as a whole rather than a sewn-together top and bottom. New for 2015, Salomon’s Carbon Skate Lab features a ThinPly carbon construction and three different base setups, cold, wet and universal. Rossignol’s R-Skin is built on the popular Rossignol Delta chassis and is perfect for a quick, worry free and wax-free ski. Madshus introduced the Terrasonic IntelliGrip. A skin ski featuring a graduated mohair base, it’s great to grab and go. (Photo: Madshus) Fischer’s Twin Skin joined the plethora of new mohair skin skis. The offset skins free up the ski in the gliding phase, and the 70-percent mohair to 30-percent poly mixed skin is replaceable. The skin length varies depending on ski length. Alpina Sports is bringing their footwear line to the U.S. The line includes performance light hiking shoes, casual footwear and hiking boots. Fischer’s new Speedmax skate boot uses a full carbon sole and reduced padding in the liner to cut weight for a maximized performance. The Alpine Elite 2.0 skate boot features a one-piece carbon sole and a proprietary carbon weave along the edges of the carbon heel counter to eliminate any hot spots. Yoko’s 9100 Kikkan Randall Edition poles feature a 100-percent CNT (carbon nano-technology) shaft with a design inspired by Kikkan’s style. The YXG Kikkan signature gloves include three models featuring different levels of wind stopper, plus a separate race line inspired by Randall’s international-racing success. The Nano Carbon Race 100 UHM Poles by Madshus feature a new black-on-black graphic and heat-moldable pole straps. -

Giving Thanks on the Trails (West Yellowstone Thanksgiving Video)
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — For the past couple years, it’s been somewhat of a tradition for FasterSkier to catch up with racers on the Rendezvous Ski Trails on Thanksgiving, the day before the season kicks off with the U.S. SuperTour races. We ask them what they’re thankful for. This year, the most popular answer was resoundingly, “Snow!”
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Registration Open for Yellowstone Ski Festival & Camp
Registration Now Open for Annual Ski Festival & Cross-Country Ski Camp
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana — West Yellowstone Ski Festival & Cross-Country Ski Camp announced the dates for its annual training and technique clinic. The event will be held November 24-28, 2015.
In the mid 1980s, longtime local Drew Barney, along with Torbjorn Karlsen and Dick Hunt, started what was then called “Fall Camp” to offer coaches the opportunity to attend clinics. In addition, citizen racers and individuals who wanted to improve their skiing technique were also encouraged to attend. Nearly thirty years later, the cross-country ski camp has devotees who come from around the nation and attend every year.
Through the years the camp has grown and evolved to become a top training and technique camp for the cross-country ski community. The number one goal is to provide skiers a top notch clinic experience, whether they are avid master racers looking for an early season training camp or skiers who simply want to improve their technique. The camp has assembled a high end coaching staff comprised of elite cross-country ski professionals. Barney commented, “Our first class coaching staff combined with West Yellowstone’s Rendezvous Trail system — which consistently has some of the best early season snow in the country —makes this the ideal place in America to transition from dryland training to on-snow skiing.”
For anyone interested in attending the West Yellowstone Cross-Country Ski Camp, you can find more information and register at http://www.skirunbikemt.com/ clinics.html












