Winter sports are not so cold...

Is it the fact that they usually are wrapped in thick clothes that makes winter sportsmen mysterious and interesting at the same time? Are we keen on seeing what's beneath all the layers of Goretex and Thinsulate? We are.

Time and again they show what's beneath. And why not catching a glimpse of the winter skin covering well toned bodies and muscles...

Like the skin of Øystein Pettersen,
23y/o cross-country skier from Norway, who was so happy about being second at the FIS World Cup in Duesseldorf that he decided to give all of us a view of his assets catering for this success.

Strange enough that a ski worldcup was carried out in Duesseldorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, far away from mountains and natural snow. But the mild climate might have supported the decision of Øystein to get rid of the tight lycra suit he was wearing for the contest. We don't complain...