- Matti Heikkinen (FIN) joined Irina Khazova (RUS) as a first time World Cup winner today.  Kris Freeman (USA) was 7th and Devon Kershaw (CAN) 9th. 7 Comments

 - Kikkan Randall (USA), coming off two of her top World Cup distance races ever, struggled to 65th today.  FasterSkier checked in with her following the race.

 - Irina Khazova (RUS) claimed her first career World Cup victory in the 10km freestyle this morning.  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) was 2nd, and Kristina Smigun-Vähi (EST) took 3rd.  1 Comment

 - Swix Sport has outstanding success at the SuperTour stop in Bozeman, MT.

 - The Olympic Trials Selection Process is about to begin.  Two men, Jay Hakinen and Tim Burke have already pre-qualified, but for the other athletes their journey is about to ...

 - With two penalties, Burke finished one minute behind winner Ole Einer Bjoerndalen who shot clean in both stages.

 - In the wake of my earlier post,  admonishing the ski community for not stepping up on the McCabe fundraiser, I have received a number of questions.  I will clarify below. ... 2 Comments

 - Another full weekend of racing lies ahead!  World Cup XC in Davos and Biathlon in Austria.  Domestically we have NorAms in Silver Star and the start of World Team biathlon ... 1 Comment

 - Is the USBA equalizing the playing field or unnecessarily interfering? 31 Comments

 - Go big or go home.  It is rumored Santa trains on a SkiErg, and delivers gifts on a pair of hole-skis!  The final installment of FasterSkier's Holiday Gift Guide has produc...

 - Doping, medals, World Cup videos, photo galleries - all FasterSkier content that people read.  But what about our community?  Is there a national cross-country ski communit... 5 Comments

 - Volunteers from the Mt. Itasca Nordic Ski Association have been working round the clock for the past week to prepare the venue for the start of the Biathlon World Team Trials,

 - Learn the same techniques the top techs use to apply JetStream - ironing, rotocorking, proper brushing and thermo pad polishing.  Toko breaks down the process into straight ...

 - Astonished Swedish Cross Country ski teams looked on in amazement as the nine-strong British Nordic Ski Team took podium places not once, not twice but five times over the we... 2 Comments

 - Rossignol’s Nordic Team is proving their strength right out of the gate. After the first couple weeks of races Chris Cook is 2nd overall in the Supertour, Aino Kaisa Saarin...

 - Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation would love to hear about your experiences and is seeking donations of artifacts and memorabilia from the 1960 Winter Olympics. 1 Comment

 - Whether you want to get fast or look faster this Holiday Gift Guide installment is for you.  Today features products ranging from $100 to $300.

 - University of Fairbanks took a decisive victory over Univeristy of Alaska Anchorage in last weekend's college relays. 1 Comment

 - Winter has hit Jackson, and the Holiday Season is upon us!  Skinny Skis is celebrating the holidays with the 12 Days of Christmas!  Each day, Skinny Skis will offer a speci...

 - Refocused and recharged for Davos: Crawford and Jones come off a weekend of solid sprint finishes while the rest of the team had a training week of snow and sunshine in ...