artificial XC ski trails
On 28/6/04 10:03 pm, "taywood" wrote:
Andrew Bolger wrote: snip Yep, try Huntly Nordic. www.huntly.net/nordicski The old stuff got badly worn,with lots of schoolkids in the area having tuition, the new product is well tried and tested. Not seen it yet myself tho. Mike That's interesting but a bit of a long way to travel. I've often thought that if the matting works it would be fun to have a trail around our local country park andyb |
artificial XC ski trails
Andrew Bolger wrote:
On 28/6/04 10:03 pm, "taywood" wrote: Yep, try Huntly Nordic. www.huntly.net/nordicski The old stuff got badly worn,with lots of schoolkids in the area having tuition, the new product is well tried and tested. Not seen it yet myself tho. Mike That's interesting but a bit of a long way to travel. I've often thought that if the matting works it would be fun to have a trail around our local country park andyb There was one in your area. Martin Appleby or Helen Bell in the Yorkshire Dales club would be able to give you details. It was a flimsy plasticised surface, difficult to describe in words, which came in a roll of say 100 yards long, was pinned to the ground and several rolls could be joined together to form a loop. It was specific stride and glide and had two pressedin grooves. One chap had the ownership and he took them to venues for tuition and even for short races. The main problem was that it needed to be laid on a sawdust or similar base which could smooth out holes etc. Ok for sports fields but useless on farm land. I believe it ended its life at an outdoor pursuits centre at Pateley Bridge. There were plans for the next generations of matting, made in Holland if I remember correct, to be laid at the planned Centre of Ski Excellence which never materialised. That was to include skate matting too, likely venue was Sheffield Ski. I've lost contact with these guys but Helen could tell you what the current ESC Nordic plans are. http://www.escnordic.org.uk/Dales/Index.html Mike |
artificial XC ski trails
On 1/7/04 9:36 am, "taywood" wrote:
Andrew Bolger wrote: On 28/6/04 10:03 pm, "taywood" wrote: Yep, try Huntly Nordic. www.huntly.net/nordicski The old stuff got badly worn,with lots of schoolkids in the area having tuition, the new product is well tried and tested. Not seen it yet myself tho. Mike There was one in your area. Martin Appleby or Helen Bell in the Yorkshire Dales club would be able to give you details. It was a flimsy plasticised surface, difficult to describe in words, which came in a roll of say 100 yards long, was pinned to the ground and several rolls could be joined together to form a loop. It was specific stride and glide and had two pressedin grooves. One chap had the ownership and he took them to venues for tuition and even for short races. The main problem was that it needed to be laid on a sawdust or similar base which could smooth out holes etc. Ok for sports fields but useless on farm land. I believe it ended its life at an outdoor pursuits centre at Pateley Bridge. There were plans for the next generations of matting, made in Holland if I remember correct, to be laid at the planned Centre of Ski Excellence which never materialised. That was to include skate matting too, likely venue was Sheffield Ski. I've lost contact with these guys but Helen could tell you what the current ESC Nordic plans are. http://www.escnordic.org.uk/Dales/Index.html Mike That's interesting, I wouldn't have thought that a few lumps and bumps would have mattered but evidently they did. I should say at this point that my question is based on idle curiosity; I've neither the means nor the energy to try to set one up. A xc ski cross loop at our local outdoor pursuits centre would be fun though. My neighbour works there perhaps I'll try and persuade him.... |
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