From the Clinic discussion referenced, Maxiton favours the XC Skiing sprint approach - shorten and simplify, tour parts of countries only instead of the whole ones to keep total distance down, make races 50-75% shorter in distance.
I'm a curmudgeonly traditionalist who is most fond of the endurance aspect of the sport and finds the similar trend in XC skiing towards reducing the endurance aspect and increasing the amount of short races over short courses to maximise the stadium time (negating the "cross country" aspect of the sport entirely) abhorrent already.
I'm a curmudgeonly traditionalist who is most fond of the endurance aspect of the sport and finds the similar trend in XC skiing towards reducing the endurance aspect and increasing the amount of short races over short courses to maximise the stadium time (negating the "cross country" aspect of the sport entirely) abhorrent already.