TONASKET, Okanogan County — Short, fat skis with free-heel bindings and built-in climbing skins are luring a growing number of winter trekkers into a sport Nils Larsen calls “skishoeing.” “Adults step ...
Don Portman, veteran Methow Valley skiing instructor, heads downhill through the woods on Hok skis. Nils Larsen of Curlew introduces a woman to going downhill Altai Hok skis and, instead of poles, a ...
WINTER SPORTS -- Three-pin skiing guru Nils Larsen of Curlew is exposing his latest wares this weekend, inspired by his 2005 expedition to the remote Altai Mountains of China. See a video of Larsen's ...
Designed for powder snow hok skis are ideal for use in forest hikes where they require less effort than snowshoes Combining the advantages of snowshoes and skis, hok skiing, a Canadian innovation, ...