fisheater wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:57 pm

I can’t understand why you would want to skate, when you could kick and glide (diagonal stride).

The answer being in my first statement: 'I am a rank novice'. What is this thing you are talking about? how is it done? how does it differ from skating? (all real questions, no sarcasm)

I think the skating performance I'm targeting is 'not too atrocious', rather than good...

Hi All, I am a rank novice living in Finland. Near where I live we have a lot of 'trackless' woods, but also proper cross country trails (done with a machine that pack the snow and cuts the grooves) and lakes where (ice permitting) we have ski tracks. I am mostly interested in the offroad side of th...