Classic or skating

If you're new to cross-country skiing, go classic. It's easier and it's easier to learn balance and glide. Starting skating when you don't know how to do classics is a common mistake and often results in a terrible style and lots of mistakes that are very difficult to get rid of. This is doubly true for children.

From slightly more experienced cross-country skiers we often hear „I'm going to ride the classic, but I want to skate it too”. Only a person who doesn't know either of the styles mentioned can say that. If we focus on the bounce technique of each style, we will understand that classical and skating cannot be combined. We need different equipment for each style, which excludes the combination of both styles. This is mainly about skis.

At classic style there is a rebound from areas standing skis, which is at that moment glued to the snow by means of climbing wax, scales, skin or other technology. If we don't have any of these technologies on our skis, we can't ski the classics because the skis will get slippery. Classic skis are longer and their construction is fundamentally different from skate skis. 

At skating there is a rebound from the edges of a moving ski. As soon as you start skating on classics that have pitch wax, scales, skin, etc, your skis will stutter on the rebound. Instead of enjoying the glide, you'll be falling on your mouth. 

The length of the sticks also makes it impossible to combine classic and skating. If you skate with classic skating sticks, which are about 10 cm shorter, you stick your skis in front of the skis and overgrip them. There are many other reasons and we will be happy to introduce you to them in our lessons.