“Skiing is not fun. It’s life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality.”
Johnny KlisterDecember 25, 2009
“Skiing is not fun. It’s life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality.”br/br/ - em~Dolores LaChapelle/em
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Johnny KlisterDecember 25, 2009
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All in for SMS Seniors (updated 12/25)
Sverre CaldwellDecember 25, 2009
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Tim Burke is in the New York Times again and Laura Spector in the Boston Globe. Taking dead aim – Larua Spector in the Boston Globe
In exactly nine days, the fourth edition of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear will get underway. For the first time this exciting race series will start on New Year’s Day in Oberhof, Germany. This season, the three Oberhof Stages will be followed by a sprint in Prague. After a rest day the Tour will continue with another premiere, an A to B race from Cortina to Toblach with a 17...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO (Dec. 23) – He said it could have been anyone’s day. But Wednesday belonged to hometown hero Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) who, in front of family, friends and fans, solidified a nomination to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team for nordic combined at Olympic Trials in Steamboat. Less than a mile from where he grew up, Spillane entered the cross country round at the grounds of Howelsen Hill sitting third behind fellow...
How does it feel being in yellow? It is a great feeling. I have been working for a long time so this is just great for the whole organization and me. So many people helped me get to this level. Has this been a goal of yours? Wearing the yellow bib is something that every biathlete and cross-country skier dreams about. My goal for this year is to be in the top 15 overall in...
Congratulations to Casey Smith of MV Biathlon!
FasterSkierDecember 23, 2009
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Some Early Season Numbers
FasterSkierDecember 23, 2009
# of days since I’ve been in VT: 33 # of different hotels/houses I’ve stayed in: 5 # of races I’ve done: 10 # of times I skied around the same 2.5 k loop of manmade snow at Mt. Itasca, in races alone: 19 % of biathlon races that I made a dumb mistake in: 40% % of shots hit [...]
Tchepalova Receives Doping Punishment
Train WreckDecember 23, 2009
MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Triple Olympic cross-country skiing champion Julija Tchepalova has received a two-year ban for doping, the Russian cross-country skiing federation (FLGR) said on Wednesday.
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Skiing Culture
Sverre CaldwellDecember 23, 2009
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Cookie Testing
FasterSkierDecember 23, 2009
The first period of World Cup racing has come to an end and I could not be happier with the result. Taking over the Yellow bib in the last race really was a dream come true for me. I am honored to be the first American to reach the top of the World Cup rankings. [...]
Cookie Testing
FasterSkierDecember 23, 2009
The first period of World Cup racing has come to an end and I could not be happier with the result. Taking over the Yellow bib in the last race really was a dream come true for me. I am honored to be the first American to reach the top of the World Cup rankings. [...]
Minnesota: Tickets, Racing, Beer and More!
FasterSkierDecember 23, 2009
Currently sitting in the Milwaukee Airport. Hoping to make my way back east after being in Minnesota for the last week racing in the world team trials for biathlon. The races went as well as they probably should have for me. With the lack of snow in N...
Minnesota: Tickets, Racing, Beer and More!
FasterSkierDecember 23, 2009
Currently sitting in the Milwaukee Airport. Hoping to make my way back east after being in Minnesota for the last week racing in the world team trials for biathlon. The races went as well as they probably should have for me. With the lack of snow in N...
CANMORE, Alta.—Canada’s Brian McKeever has done his part, and is ready for an opportunity to hit the start line at Whistler Olympic Park in February and ski into the history books as the first-ever athlete to compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The 30-year-old McKeever won the men’s 50-kilometre Haywood NorAm individual start classic-ski race in convincing fashion on Tuesday which boosts his chances of securing a spot on Canada’s Olympic Cross-Country Ski...
Vancouver – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear arguments in the case of the women ski jumpers suing VANOC to participate in the 2010 Olympics, according to Ross Clark, Q.C., lead counsel for the women and a partner with Davis LLP in Vancouver. “We are very disappointed the Supreme Court of Canada does not view this as matter of national importance and will not have the opportunity to hear our arguments,” Clark said. ...