The Zandstra NIS Nordic Skate Bare is a Nordic skate blade that allows for easy installation of NIS bindings. This redesigned platform lets you mount any NIS binding – Xcelerator, Exercise, or Performance models – quickly and easily at home without any tools. Plus, you still get the legendary quality of Zandstra’s premium Rockwell 60 extra-hard, super-sharp steel for perfect traction on even the hardest, smoothest black ice. The long curved tip gives you superior handling ability on soft, bumpy, and snow-covered ice. Extra-hard steel means you can skate for up to 5 years without sharpening your blades.

Bare blades come factory-sharpened, but they do not include XC bindings. The blades are pre-drilled and machined for both slide-on and screw-on XC bindings. If you do not want NIS slide-on bindings, purchase the Zandstra Hardware Kitand attach any binding you like, NNN, SNS, or even aRottefella NNN-BC Manual Back Country binding!

With NIS bindings, the position of all bindings can be adjusted according to personal preference so that the right balance can be found.

The NIS is available in sizes: 40, 43, 45 and 48 cm.

If you would like blades with bindings attached, just order the skates and bindings together and we will install them for free.