It was announced today that Tor Arne Hetland is retiring from competitive skiing and a long and illustrious career. Hetland was one of the first sprinting stars of cross country skiing after is was introduced during the 1999 World Cup season. The 35 year old veteran of the circuit decided to hang up the skis [...]
It was announced today that a href="http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/1.6580347"Tor Arne Hetland is retiring/a from competitive skiing and a long and illustrious career. Hetland was one of the first sprinting stars of cross country skiin...
Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) launches two new products for upper-body cross-country ski training today with the Ercolina Upper Body Power Poling Machine and the Vasa Trainer Ergometer. The Ercolina machine is a new design of Italian Mirco Collavina’s famous Ercolina using magnetic resistance to provide poling simulation in a relatively small, portable package. The Vasa Ergometer uses a contained wind turbine for resistance and can measure power output to provide repeatable tests for establishing poling...
The lawsuit brought by women ski jumpers in their attempt to gain inclusion on the 2010 Olympic Games began this week. Some updates follow. The Vancouver Sun report on the first day of the trial: Point out its flaws, but remember the IOC is tone deaf At this point the general consensus seems to be that the ruling will be in favor of the IOC and against the jumpers. The arguments boil down to whether...
Spring is really not my favorite season. When I lived in NH and before that in Vermont, I used to look forward to Maple Sugaring season. There was something magical about the sap running in those old grey trunks that signaled a renewal of the seasons. ...
Attention: Everyone who selected April 22 in their office pool for “the day that Cory finally ignores Doctor’s (and wife’s) orders and goes skiing,” please pick up your winnings at the front desk. Monday of this week was the first day of excellent crust ski weather we’ve had so far this spring. Blinding sunshine, frozen [...]
It’s been almost three weeks since Monsen was relieved of his duties as the head trainer for the Canadian national team. According to NRK, Monsen is within days of signing a contract with the Swedish ski federation to be the new head trainer for the Swedish national team. Originally, there was going to be talk [...]
It's been almost three weeks since Monsen was a href="http://www.nrksport.no/langrenn/1.6548356"relieved of his duties/a as the head trainer for the Canadian national team. According to NRK, Monsen is within days of a href="http://www.nrksport.no/langr...
Well I think I have finally got it out of my system! The five days spent with Bjorn Daehlie and his father, Erling, at the Birkie were the culmination of months of planning that lead to as an intense, exciting and enjoyable period of time as I can ever remember. I first had the idea of inviting Bjorn to do the Birkie after discussions with Ned Zuelsdorff, Executive Director of the Birkie, and Colleen Kalt,...
WHISTLER, BC – The U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team wrapped up the 2009 season on snow as athletes took to the terrain of Whistler to train on what will become their Olympic stage in less than a year. “We had an awesome camp with our group with 10 athletes up there. We got really good skiing in, really good jumping in, and it was just good to train up there,” said World Champion Billy Demong...
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HAYWARD, WI – Central Cross Country Ski Association is pleased to announce the addition of new programs for Lower Michigan Junior Development and Masters. This program will be led by Igor Badamshin and Yuriy Gusev. Igor (born 1966) is a former Soviet/Russia cross country ski racer who competed from 1989 to 1997. He won a bronze medal at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun and earned his best individual finishes of 5th...
pPatrick Moore contributes from the Whistler World Cup:/p pGrind - XC02br/br/Base hardening - Solda S30 (two applications)br/br/Parafin - Ski*Go HF Bluebr/br/Shell - Solda S30 (this stuff is magic)br/br/br/The snow was new and cold, so the glide was easy and everything was kicking. The real question was what was also fast for grip…br/br/The answer:br/br/Binder - Swix blue extrabr/br/Cushion - Magnar 2br/br/Grip wax - Magnar 1br/br/Cover - Guru Black (for speed)br//p
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