Elias Mäkinen, Kankaantaan Kisa

Elias Mäkinen is an 18-year-old cross-country skier representing the Kankaantaan Kisa club in Nokia, central Finland. Elias has a background in hockey, athletics and soccer, but since 2017 he has been focusing on cross-country skiing. We at Cloudboots firmly believe that Elias will be on the podium at sprinting championships many times in the coming years.

“Cloudboots are an important part of my recovery from races, intense training weeks and long car journeys, for instance, which are common for competitive cross-country skiers.  In both training and competitions the focus is on endurance, explosive strength and maximum power. During training and competitions, your legs are under a lot of strain, and you need to be able to recover quickly from training in the morning in time for the afternoon session. And in championships that last several days, I need to be able to recover each day for the next day’s races. Cloudboots are exactly what I need for these situations. 

I chose the Cloudboots Rogue pants, as they’re easy to travel with. I usually wear the pants for about 30 to 40 minutes at a time, starting with a pressure of 6, and at the end I increase the compression to between 7 and 9. My favourite programme is the lymphatic treatment programme (B), and sometimes I also use programme C, which fills all the chambers at once.”