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  Fundamentals of Cross Country Skiing Technique Average Rating: 5.0 Total Reviews: 8 More Information Take the time  On: 2007-03-24I bought this DVD to show the kids in my club and got exactly what I expected. It is a playful motivational short film and some basic instruction as a bonus special feature. There are detailed descriptions, the full script and streaming video of the whole thing from the xczone web site. So you cant make a mistake in what you are buying if you take the time. Since people may have different needs, may I suggest: For purely instructional material (beginner) check out the Learn to Nordic Ski DVDLearn to Nordic Ski More advanced skiers may find Nordic Ski Technique DVD better suits their needs.Nordic Skiing Technique If you are just after entertainment then there is Art of Nordic SkiingArt of Nordic Skiing and for cross training mixing motivational with instruction look at Unlimited Nordic SkiingUnlimited Clean Oxygen Fed Sport (Nordic Skiing) I have a number of these titles at the clubhouse... hope this helps. Rob Take the time On: 2007-03-23I bought this DVD to show the kids in my club and got exactly what I expected. It is a playful motivational short film and some basic instruction as a bonus special feature. There are detailed descriptions, the full script and streaming video of the whole thing from the xczone web site. So you cant make a mistake in what you are buying if you take the time. Since people may have different needs, may I suggest: For purely instructional material (beginner) check out the Learn to Nordic Ski DVDLearn to Nordic Ski More advanced skiers may find Nordic Ski Technique DVD better suits their needs.Nordic Skiing Technique If you are just after entertainment then there is Art of Nordic SkiingArt of Nordic Skiing and for cross training mixing motivational with instruction look at Unlimited Nordic SkiingUnlimited Clean Oxygen Fed Sport (Nordic Skiing) I have a number of these titles at the clubhouse... hope this helps. Rob Don't waste your time  On: 2007-02-25First off, the production values are crap. The attempt at a stylized movie at the beginning is a silly, badly-scripted intro followed by a long helicopter shot of two biathletes. What I really bought this for were the instructional techniques, which are thorough, but I think way too advanced for the novice. Full Spectrum of skiing from zero to hero On: 2006-02-08The Fundamentals of cross country skiing is bundled with the movie high velocity biathlon. The movie plays first, and WOW what a cool ride. Elite skiers, zooped up with rifles. Great scenery and sound tracks with lot of extras. Dont stop there. If you bought the product for something other than fun, and entertainment... like actually learning to ski. Just check out the rest of the disk! Some of the best stuff for beginners is appropriately placed in SPECIAL FEATURES. This where you will find close to an hour of superb instruction with the Fundamentals of cross country skiing. Fully narrated and perfectly performed. The target audience is beginner to intermediate. Perhaps a bit of a progression for a complete beginner. Then if you dig further into the DVD-ROM features on your computer explore for Tao of Skiing. This is a complete instructional multimedia ski tour. I find it incredible that some of the reviewers could have missed most of the disk!!! If you can navigate around a simple DVD menu structure you will get the most out of the disk and get to what interests you the most. Personally, I loved the variety. I had some entertaining chapters to motivate me and an equal amount of instructional chapters to help me grow as a skier. Exactly what I wanted lots of technique on second half ofDVD On: 2005-02-08Fundamentals of Cross Country Skiing Technique with High Velocity Skiing and Biathlon DVD has two main parts. The first is a stylized action skiing-biathlon movie which was great to get myself and the kids motivated. The second part (found in the special features) is a 45min technique video explaining with the aid of professional narration, meticulous scripting and slow motion demonstrations by expert skiers. The instructional content is just what someone needs as an introduction to the sport and enough to grow past intermediate level. The Unlimited Nordic Skiing DVD (that I also have) takes motivation and instruction to the next level. The previous reviewer (M.Stout) to put it politely not only "didnt read between the lines" but did not watch the complete DVD. Otherwise he would have found the "little XC ski video that shows you what good technique should look like in a wide open field, with lots of slow motion `analyse this shots." BY EXPLORE MAGAZINE by: Anonymous On: 2003-09-22 On a high ridge, a line of bare trees melt into a blur as a woman and a man skate ski in unison, silhouetted against the winter sun. Shes sleek, hard, and moves unbelievably fast on snow. Uphill. He matches every lung bursting thrust of pole and thigh, filming each pole and glide. The trail swoops down, but he stays with her; sixty, seventy, eighty kilometres per hour. Hes skiing backwards. Who are these guys anyways? Peel off the painted-on-tight designer riot-coloured ski suits and place them in regular clothes at their day jobs, and youll find mild-mannered Lise Meloche and David McMahon. But dont let appearances fool you. Meloche and McMahon are a bona fide, dynamic duo whose mission in life is to take the standard wool-knickered, walk-in-the-woods granola image of cross country skiing, a sport often grouped with hiking and carriage riding, and drag it, screaming and kicking if necessary, into a new realm. If Meloche and McMahon have their way, cross-country skiing and other "clean oxygen fed sports" (a term theyve trademarked) will rank up there with the darlings of the winter commercial kingdom, skiing and snowboarding. And while theyre at it they plan to drag biathlon, trail running, triathlon, biking, and rowing out of the shadows as well. Theyre own credentials are impressive. Out on the ski trails, casually pulling 360s on her ultra skinny sticks, Meloche plays Jinks to McMahons James Bond. Both have skied to the top in the almost unknown world of cross-country racing. She owns 7 world cup medals, one of them gold; hes a national biathlon champion and together, theyve, please pick one: A) formed an outdoor endurance sport film house à la Warren Miller, B) built a team of national level endurance athletes, C) founded an athletic movement based on lung power. The film house, WWW.XCZONE.TV, where McMahon, a former figure skater, combines athleticism and artistry to promote lung-powered sports is definitely D) all of the above. XCZONE.TV can calls upon any of a number of national and Olympic athletes to fill out their cast. Their most recent effort is a biography of Olympic Medallist Beckie Scott, a CD that profiles her fantastic performance at the 2001 World Cross Country Skiing Championships at Salt Lake City. At their home base in Chelsea, Quebec, McMahon and Meloche are now in post production on their most ambitious production yet, "Unlimited". For it they crisscrossed the country, filming the best endurance athletes in cross-country skiing, trail running, triathlon, inline skating, mountain biking, rowing, telemark skiing, roller skiing, cycling, paddling, and adventure racing. Its new territory, youll never look at these sports quite the same way. The Banff Film Festival finalist, High Velocity, an earlier effort in which McMahon used the film noire genre and a cast of Olympians to search for skiing?s true soul, does for cross country what the 1950s film "Lets Go Skiing with Warren Miller" did for alpine skiing. For one chase scene, McMahon hangs from a chopper skid filming cross-country skiers shredding a double diamond, with rifle slung over their shoulders. If anything, McMahon is Canadas Warren Miller minus the millions of dollars. "What he did isnt lost on us," says McMahon who uses the latest lightweight, unobtrusive and highly mobile resolution digital video and 16mm to produce high quality images. "Technically we?re ahead of the game." Still money is tight. Unlike downhill skiing, the endurance sports arent about to go big time commercial anytime soon. "Theres easier ways to make money in film," says McMahon. Even so, he does what he can to support cash strapped athletes, and proceeds from the Scott film go directly to supporting the Olympic champion. Still in the end, it will never be about the money for this ski-struck pair. "Its never been about exploiting the sport we love," McMahon says. "If we can bring a little colour, some pizzazz to the winter landscape and help some of the power endurance sports break out, and break even in the process, weve succeeded," Athletes Review by: Anonymous On: 2001-11-05 "Action; special effects; artistic, great script; actors .... Sounds like a Hollywood film, but those are what describe xczones newest action-packed X-country skiing movie High Velocity. There is no other like it!" - Sharon Donnelly, Olympian, PanAm Gold Medalist Triathlon "Another group that has been setting new trends in the sport is the combo of David McMahon and Lise Meloche with their new video called `High Velocity. This is the second video they have produced and it is definitely changing the rules as to how XC ski vids should be made. This isnt your dinky little XC ski video that shows you what good technique should look like in a wide open field, with lots of slow motion `analyse this shots. With some good tunes and great action shots, I would compare `High Velocity to an extreme skiing video version of Cross Country skiing. (...) Good job guys." - Philippe Villeneuve, Canadian National Ski Team Great Production by: Anonymous On: 2001-11-03 "High Velocity opens with a Bond/Matrix-like biathlon segment with some incredible helicopter shots, providing some never before seen viewpoints on cross-country skiing. Its a very stylized production, showing off the strong artistic talents of McMahon and Meloche. From there, they switch to a very scenic "off the beaten path" skiing segment. Again, some wonderful helicopter shots during the peak of fall foliage really punctuate the coverage. A third segment features Subaru Factory Team skiers on beautiful mountain trails. Some incredible boot level and ski pole "cam" shots really make you feel like youre on the snow with them! The video wraps up with a preview to the 2002 Winter Olympics by featuring some racing from Soldier Hollow last season. Jaw dropping impressive classical skiing is the highlight to this piece -- you literally cant believe how fast some of the elite skiers are sprinting up steep hills. Sadly, as this segment winds down you realize the actual television coverage this winter wont even come close to this level of excitement. Overall, another great production from David McMahon and Lise Meloche." - Bruce Adelsman, skinnyski.com (reviewed VHS version) awesome x-c ski video! On: 2001-10-18"High Velocity packs an adrenaline primed movie on biathlon and cross-country skiing, a smart instructional video, and the comprehensive encyclopedia Tao of Skiing, into one eXCiting high quality product." The Complete XC Action Pack by: Anonymous On: 2001-10-17 "High Velocity packs an adrenaline primed movie on biathlon and cross-country skiing, a smart instructional video, and the comprehensive encyclopedia Tao of Skiing, into one eXCiting high quality product." |