March 30, 2010 – FasterSkier

World Cup Skiers Say Farewell

Topher SabotMarch 30, 2010

The World Cup season has come to an end, and with it, so have a number of prominent careers. Retirements always spike at the end of an Olympic year, and 2010 is no exception. The list includes Virpi Kuitunen (FIN), Sabina Valbusa (ITA), Laurence Rochat (SUI), Reto Burgermeister (SUI), Rene Sommerfeldt (GER), Sarah Renner (CAN), Milan Sperl (CZE) and Anna Olsson (SWE). Kuitunen is the biggest name among the group. She won consecutive overall World...

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March 2010 Nordic Ultratune Newsletter

FasterSkierMarch 30, 2010

A lot more than I can post here. It's a twelve page newsletter with lots of good information. a href="http://www.ultratune.net/pdfs/march2010newsletter.pdf" target="_blank"Take a look./adiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='h...

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Is it Spring Yet

FasterSkierMarch 30, 2010

At Mt Bachelor at the moment, it is 22F, snowing and there are 112 inches of snow on the ground. The skiing is going to be good for another month. But the days are lighter and the daffodils are up. The bike business is picking up and we had our first k...

General News Tech

Analysis: Performance and Age

FasterSkierMarch 30, 20107

The Italian legend Hilde Pedersen are excellent examples of elite cross country ski racers who continued to excel at the international level into their 40’s. While continuing to compete on the World Cup circuit at that age may not be common, cross country skiing is known for its athletes developing later than in other sports. Top skiers often continue to be competitive through their late 30’s. In light of these observations, it is natural to...

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Be it an Olympic venue or your local parks….

h a l e y j o h n s o nMarch 30, 2010

...get involved to ensure the sustainability and viability of these important parts of our communities.divbr //divdivFriend, fellow skier and Olympic Medalist, Bill Demong, just passed this Climate Bill Petition on to me to sign and pass around:span cl...

Racing

Gelso and Grafnings Take Gold Rush Titles

FasterSkierMarch 30, 2010

Over 260 racers ranging in age from 3 years old to 81 years old skied either the Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Junior Rush on a warm, sunny day at Royal Gorge. Snow conditions began with very firm tracks in the morning, leading to some exciting downhill turns, but as the day warmed up the snow slowly began to soften up. The 45 km Gold Rush was won by former Far West Nordic Junior Matt Gelso...