Wow! What a week for the brave. I'm concentrating on two ice hockey games played this week that weren't exactly for the fainthearted.
It started off earlier this week in the seventh and deciding game in the NHL play-offs between New Jersey and Carolina. New Jersey had a one goal advantage going into the last two minutes of the match to give them a Conference semi-final place...
It's Public Holiday in Sweden starting at 12 o'clock today April 30th.
Tonight we will celebrate that Spring has finally arrived. We call it "Valborgsmässoafton".
We will light big fires and gather around them. Sing and shoot fireworks. A Giant National Party!
And tomorrow is worker's day similar to many places in Europe.
We will of course continue to follow World Championships in icehockey. Yesterdays game against USA was extremely exciting. A winning goal in overtime made all of Sweden happy. Tonight we are up against Russia!
We will be back again in...
The four wealthiest icehockey clubs in Sweden; Färjestad, Frölunda, Linköping and HV71 has together with the Stockholm Team, Djurgården decided that they will not prolong their contract with SHL (Swedish Hockey League).
Reason? Well apparently they do not think that they can earn enough money and develop by staying in Sweden and play in Elitserien.
Talks has been going on together with KHL (Kontinental Hockey League, Russia) to start a kind of European league with...
After two periods in the Germany - Russia match at the IIHF World Championships in Bern on the opening day of the tournament I knew what this blog would be about. A period later, the Russians had blown that idea out of the water (or off the ice if you like). The idea surfaced again after two periods of the Sweden - Austria game on Saturday but the final period blew the idea...
Our products can be used to so much more than the original thought!
We have sold javelin tips to the National Theatre. They were going to use them as sunbeams that actors could throw. We have also produced vaulting poles intended to be used as sailboat masts. Not to mention circus poles.
Regarding the relay batons, there seems to be no limit how people use them. Companies buy them to symbolize how they pass the tasks on to the younger generation. One man bought a baton to...
Hello!
This will be my first blog post at Nordic Sports blog page. I am 19 years old (turns 20 in May) and living in Turku, Finland. I have jumped on the pole since I was 13 years old. Right now I am studying for a nurse in Turku, Finland at the same time as I train for this summer's competitions. My trainer called Jarno Koivunen and I train with Minna Nikkanen and Anna Gustavsson. At the moment we are still doing very basic fitness training but will soon be training tips with more...
It was a good day at work today.
Among other stuff, we sold one of these which will be used at "Giochi dl Mediterraneo 2009" in Pescara Italy.
Both my son and daughter plays badminton. My 11-year old daughter attended a tournament this weekend and won GOLD!
I am quite sure that the talent she has is inherited from her mother!
Her 9-year old brother and me played a friendly badmintonmatch the other day. It was a tough game but my son won in two straight sets....
To my defence I have to mention that the light inside the badminton hall was very bad and the lamps reflected into my glasses so I could not see the ball properly. I also had running shoes, not indoor shoes which of course effected my ability in a bad...
World Championships in icehockey starts today. How fun is it nowadays? Honestly!
Personally I think that the status of the Championships has been really hurt the last two decades. As NHL Stanley Cup prevents the absolute top icehockey players to attend, the quality past years has been, well....so-so.
However, things can change. I have not yet figured out what I really think about KHL. But there is definately at least one positive thing coming out of the...
Springtime is approaching quickly. Big meetings are waiting around the corner. Athletes are making their final preparations before the big shows and the big summit of the year: WC in Berlin.
Javelinthrowing has been – and still is – an important part of my life. Not so much my own personal efforts - although I took the Swedish M60 title last year – but much more...
For more than 35 years Börje Österberg has led Nordic Sport, but now he is phasing himself out. The first step was the sale of Nordic Sport to his son Dennis Österberg.
“I am both happy and proud,” says Börje Österberg. “Dennis is a very sensible man and he has learned a great deal during his three years with us. Sure, he’s young, but this means he brings a different way of thinking...
If you not are an athlete, you might find some of the products we sell a little bit odd.
One example is the butt plugs. Yes, we do sell butt plugs. They are available in black softer material or the little bit harder orange type. You can get them in different diameters to fit perfectly.
So if you need a new butt plug. Do not hesitate to contact us!
Sometimes I wonder if all publicity is in fact good publicity?
On Friday the 13th (!!) 2007, the Finnish javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki made an error throw and accidentally hit a French longjumper in the back with his javelin. The longjumper was hurt, but did survive. Thank God!
Millions of questions came in from all over the world. Was it a Nordic javelin? And yes, it was! A Nordic Champion carbon with a sharp tip.
Pitkämäki was of course chocked, but eight weeks later he took his first World Championship gold. With the same javelin!
Please, Please ... If you intend to build your own soccergoal, keep the dimensions to existing measures, a real net is usually much cheaper and better than a homemade.
The measures of a net to a 5-a-side goal is 3 meters wide and 2 meters high, the depth is 1 meter at the top and the depth is 2 meters at the bottom
For a 7-a-side goal the only difference is that the width of the goal are 5 meters.