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Finland Celebrates Nordic Walking’s 10th Anniversary

By Claire Walter on August 27, 2007

Although the roots of what would become Nordic Walking can be traced back to cross-country ski racers’ inventiveness in the 1930s, and although it is still in its infancy in North America, Finland has set 1997 as the birth of the fitness activity as we know it. According to a report in Helsingin Sanomat, a [...]

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Department of Misinformation VI

By Claire Walter on August 27, 2007

A short piece on Nordic Walking in general and Exel TravelFit poles in particular that ran in the Kansas City Star on Saturday, August 25, began: “Nordic walking — basically fast walking aided by staffs resembling ski poles — has become quite the rage worldwide. The poles engage the upper body during fitness walking (increasing [...]

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