This teaching position is at Galena Lodge, the Hub of the North Valley Trail Network in central Idaho. The position involves teaching both group and private lessons as well as some retail/rental shop time. Most clients are beginner to intermediate skiers, this is not a coaching job. The right person is outgoing and self motivated with great skiing and communication skills. At least a year of teaching/coaching experience is required. Room and Board are available...
Non-national team skiers Ole Christian Mork and Rune Müller of Norway did very well in competition with Sweden’s best sprinters in Torsby’s ski-tunnel on-snow time-trial last week. Mork beat supersprinter Bjœrn Lind. – It worked out very well that day and it was inspiring to be able to match a sprinter of this caliber, says Ole Christian Mork. Has the Swedes’ level declined? During a camp in Torsby Mork and Müller got a chance to...
FasterSkier: So Sarah, we’ve heard you spent the summer in Norway. Was this ski related? We thought you had gone back to school. Sarah: Well quickly: yes, no, and yes! I just returned from Norway a week ago. I was in Tromso, in northern Norway, which is a beautiful city with midnight sun for most of my stay. But you’re right, I wasn’t there for skiing. I was on a school related exchange in surgery!...
Everything is ready to go for the FIS Roller Skiing World Championships in Oroslavje (CRO) set for August 30 — September 2. than 150 competitors from 17 countries on three continents have been registered. The competition schedule includes four races in the junior male and female, and senior male and female categories each: prologue, sprint, pursuit and relay. The favorites at the start include, on the men’s side, Igor Glushkov (RUS), the defending sprint world...
Day 1 The introductory meeting stated the purpose of this camp – to enable the athletes to have a group training environment which may not be readily available on a consistent basis; For the coaches to offer support during the training sessions, and provide technical feedback; and to have lively and productive roundtable sessions in which athletes, coaches and guests can share their experiences on topics such as managing a long term ski career, technical...
Summit Station, Greenland Snowless hometown got you down? Tired of your rollerskis, rock skis, all those pine needles in your klister? Feeling hostage to climate and geography? FasterSkier is good about showing the farther-flung elements of our sport, as well as summer and early snow options…but perhaps you can’t quite afford a trip to Silver Star or the Snow Farm? If you pursue contract work through the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs (as...
Fairbanks, AK The state of Alaska remains an enigma to many in the lower 48. From tall tales of living in igloos to stories of cities draped in permanent darkness, many Americans have developed their own mythology for what life in The Last Frontier is like. Even the world of Nordic skiing has not escaped such generalizations. Just ask the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Their Alaska Nanooks women’s ski team has run into a number...
Martin Bianchi skied clear of chasers in the early kilometers of this year’s 21st annual Marchablanca 21/7.5km freestyle race held on August 19th at the small resort of Tierra Mayor outside of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Bianchi has been Argentina’s best skier for several years now and turned Argentina’s biggest race into a solo time trial effort along the course which is laid out once a year for the race. The women’s race went...
The 2007 FIS Australia New Zealand Cup (ANC) for cross country skiing concluded on Saturday August 25 with the Kangaroo Hoppet at Falls Creek. Thomas Freimuth from Germany and Katherine Calder from Australia won the 42km Wordloppet event, which featured nearly 1100 entrants from 22 countries. In the ANC series Calder and Paul Murray from Australia topped the final standings. The ANC consisted of seven events for women and men in Australia and New Zealand...
The Kangaroo Hoppet is the opening race of the 2007/2008 Worldloppet series of cross country skiing marathons, which are held in 14 countries around the world. A good freeze overnight saw the track hard and fast for the start, then softening under the sun during the day. Almost 1100 competitors from 22 countries entered in the three race distances of 42km, 21km, and 7km. In the men's event six skiers broke away early on, including...
The University of Denver Division of Athletics and Recreation invites applications for the Assistant Nordic Skiing Coach position. The Assistant Coach assists the Head Coach in the administration of all aspects of the sport program including but not limited to: training, waxing, recruiting, travel schedule, budget management, equipment, fundraising and ensuring program compliance with NCAA, Conference, and University rules and regulations. Required qualifications: Bachelor's Degree; Proven knowledge of ski racing and training at the national...
The Sportsminister of the Czech Republic is demanding that Katerina Neumannova take over as the new president for the 2009 Liberec, World Championships. 10 out of 16 resigned The former World Championship president, Roman Kumpost, responded by sending out a press-release where he states that he does not understand why he was fired. 10 out of the 16 employees in the World Championship organization have now resigned from their positions, and the questions is now...
John Caldwell’s series on the state of US skiing has generated significant discussion on FasterSkier.com. Whether you agree with John or not, it is good to talk about these issues, and FasterSkier provides an excellent forum. Unfortunately there have been several instances of inappropriate commenting. Thanks to the many readers who pointed out the offensive posts. They were removed immediately. FasterSkier.com will not tolerate racial, ethnic, or religious slurs, of any type — even in...
Editor's Note: The following does not necessarily represent the views of FasterSkier.com, its editors, or sponsors. We fully support open dialogue on the issues raised in the following article. Please feel free to use the comments section to express your views. When Bill Marolt came on board as CEO of the USST (a long time ago), I began writing him urging him to start a development program in cross country. I predicted poor results for...
Ostersund, Sweden, August 26. The day after winning the Sprint competition, Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) placed fourth in today’s 13K Roller Ski Biathlon Pursuit, while Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) took fifth with a furious uphill sprint just 100 meters from the finish. Overcast skies, a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, and moderate winds greeted the biathletes this morning—welcome to late “summer†in Sweden! The athletes warmed up in long tights while winter hats replaced...
Ostersund, Sweden, August 25. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) and teammate Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) placed first and third in the Men’s 9.3K Roller Ski Biathlon Sprint at the Ostersund Ski Stadium, site of the 2008 Biathlon World Championships next February. Just a little over 12 hours after the cross-country races of Friday evening, all of the competitors were back at the Ostersund Ski Stadium. Although still sunny, conditions changed overnight to definitely fall-like....
Start places have been allocated to Right To Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization, in this year's Kangaroo Hoppet (held annually at Falls Creek). Entries are sold at a premium to raise funds for the organization. Right To Play uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Chaired by four time Olympic Gold Medalist in speed skating, Norwegian Johan Olav Koss,...
Ostersund, Sweden, August 24. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) gave the US Biathlon Team a spot on the podium with a third place finish in the Men’s 12.4K roller ski cross-country race this afternoon. Sweden’s David Eckholm, the last starter edged Bailey for second place by 1.7 seconds. Mattias Nilsson of Sweden won the competition in 26:04.2, with Eckholm 16.9 seconds back and Bailey 18.6 seconds back. For the past two weeks, the US Biathlon...