Rossignol is a French company making skiing and nordic equipment. Link goes to the company's website. The "rossignol" (common masculine noun) is the bird called nightingale in English.
Rossignol
Nordic Track was known as a manufacturer of exercise equipment which was founded in 1975 and went bankrupt in 1998. It is also known for its ski machines.
Skiing.
Skiing
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Of course! There is nordic skiing, mostly on flatland and then there is alpine, the more popular, successful side of the sport.
alpine\nordic
Usually in the Alps, the Pyrenees, or the Jura mountains for alpine skiing. The Massif Central and the Vosges are also popular, but mainly for Nordic skiing. French skiers may also go to neighboring countries like Switzerland.
French for "Northerner", the Quebec Nordiques were so named because they were one of the the northernmost professional hockey teams.
"Alpine" means of, relating to or inhabiting mountains, or, with regard to skiing, the branches of skiing incorporating slalom and downhill - in comparison with Nordic skiing.
Nordic Trac sell fitness equipment of a very high standard. They specialize in equipment for ski fitness such as Treadmills and Elipticals and Incline Trainers. They provide equipment both for the home user and commercial Gyms.
no nc is ski jumping and cross country skiing