Norwegian Sleddog Federation, NHF, hires a project leader and project coordinator for IFSS 2025 On-Snow World Championships and World Masters in Røros Norway. 

Tom Remman and Vanessa Quinche will take on these tasks.

Tom Remman, 57 years old from Holmestrand Norway. Tom has a long history and experience from organizing sport competitions and events. He has two German Shorthair vorstehs as training companions, when he is biking and skiing. 

Tom very much looks forward to working full time as project leader for the WC/WM event in Røros February 2025. “I want to contribute so that this event will be a huge success”!

Vanessa Quinche, 47 years old born in Switzerland but now lives in Folldal, Norway together with her husband and their sleddogs. 

Vanessa has worked for many years as event manager in Geneva, Switzerland but moved to Norway to fully enjoy her passion for dog mushing. 2010 to 2014 Vanessa was the manager of Femundløpet  longdistance race, so she has experience both from racing with her own sleddogs and as event organizer. 

Vanessa is looking forward to taking on the task as project coordinator and work hard to put together an WC/WM event that covers all the on-snow disciplines in the sleddogsport. 

The registration of DID for the season 2023/2024 will be closed on March 31^st.

Starting on April 1^st the requests for the registration of DID for the season 2024/2025 will be available. The DID will be valid starting on June 1^st for all requests received and paid before June 1^st. After June 1^st the DID will be valid at the time the corresponding payment has been received by IFSS.

The DID fee has been the same for the last 4 seasons. The IFSS Council has decided to raised the DID fee to 50 € for the season 2024/2025.

The updated DID information is available on the IFSS website Driver ID page and the DID request form on the Document library page.

As usual the DID request form shall be sent to did@sleddogsport.net and the payment sent to the IFSS bank account or the Paypal account provided on the second page of the DID request form.

The same email address shall be used if additional information or clarifications are required.

Dear Member federations,

In 2021 IFSS decided to follow FIS regarding fluor wax ban and the information was sent out via a Newsletter at the end of November with the following text:

Fluorinated Ski Wax

IFSS Council has decided to follow the recommendations from FIS International Ski Federation when it comes to a ban of fluorinated ski waxes. Fluorinated ski waxes have been shown scientifically to have a negative environmental and health impact. IFSS Council will follow the development in FIS and take further decisions accordingly. 
The following decision made by FIS prohibits the use of any products containing C8 fluorocarbons/PFOA. More information: https://www.fis-ski.com/en/international-ski-federation/news-multimedia/news/update-on-fis-fluorinated-ski-wax-ban IFSS Council encourages all Member federations to spread the word to their clubs and athletes to discourage the use of fluorine waxes.

For the season 2023/2024 FIS has made rules how to perform the equipment control of skis according to the fluor wax ban.

 At the moment IFSS have no rules that prescribe how IFSS should handle this topic.

IFSS recommend all athletes to follow the FIS fluor ban for the 2023/2024 season.

Today IFSS has no possibility to carry out controls at the competitions that are sanctioned by IFSS (2023/2024 season the World Cup competitions) but encourage all Member federations to perform controls if they have the possibility.

IFSS will present a set of rules how to proceed and how to handle the fluor wax ban at the General Assembly in May 2024.

Yours sincerely
Ninni Hjortvall

IFSS Council has decided to follow the recommendations from FIS International Ski Federation when it comes to a ban of fluorinated ski waxes. Fluorinated ski waxes have been shown scientifically to have a negative environmental and health impact. IFSS Council will follow the development in FIS and take further decisions accordingly. 
A flour wax ban will be fully implemented at the start of the upcoming 2023-2024 winter season. More information: https://www.fis-ski.com/en/international-ski-federation/news-multimedia/news-2022/decisions-of-the-fis-council-fall-2023

 IFSS Council encourages all Member federations to spread the word to their clubs and athletes to discourage the use of fluorine waxes.