- FasterSkier is proud to announce the launch of its e-mail newsletter, the Start List. Each edition of the Start List will feature summaries of our top stories from the last two weeks, a new series in which we talk to elite athletes about their favorite workouts, product give-aways and more

 - FasterSkier spoke with Olympian and national champion Simi Hamilton, who trains with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Olympic Development Team, about one of his fa... 1 Comment

 - Alex Harvey returns to mountain biking for the Canadian Nationals this July. He says it's for training, but will his competitive spirit say otherwise?

 - The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is spearheading a new effort to homologate the nation's trail systems. What the heck does that mean? FasterSkier takes you through the ... 13 Comments

 - Skies were sunny and conditions were fair as racers competed in the fourth annual Chinese Summer Ski Tour sprint race last Monday. The 1.5 km course was constructed from snow...

 - Dave Nighbor is out of the ski racing game, and has moved onto bigger and brandier things. After he finished up his ski career as a full-time Canadian National Team athlete, ...

 - For the moment, Rebecca Dussault’s skiing career is taking a backseat to family and other passions.  Getting involved in the organic farming movement is something that the...

 - Training with Marit Bjoergen might be an intimidating prospect even for some of North America’s elite men. But not for Kikkan Randall, who went head-to-head with members of... 2 Comments

 - Breathlessness, delayed recovery, cold intolerance, feeling fatigued after even mild exercise – any athlete has experience these symptoms at some point or another during th... 1 Comment

 - Petter Northug Jr. wins 2010 Tour de Troendelag with a healthy margin after the snow ski race Saturday was canceled due to inclement weather.

 - Petter Northug Jr. had to cede the top of the podium to Eldar Roenning at the opening event in the 2010 Tour de Troendelag Friday night.

 - The Swede won’t have a chance to put his capacity to work on that distance in the upcoming World Cup season. The FIS congress in Turkey nailed a World Cup schedule with n...

 - After a nine-mile battle with first-place finisher Sopagna Eap, US Olympian and US Ski Team (USST) member Morgan Arritola finished the inaugural USA Half Marathon Trail Champ... 1 Comment

 - Newly-minted Olympian and Canadian Senior Development Team member Brent McMurtry talks to FasterSkier about growing up in Calgary, his Olympic experience and goals for next s... 2 Comments

 - Camille Cheskey is hoping to get onto the Callaghan Valley Training Centre in Whistler, B.C. for a second year but funding has put him on hold. We caught up with the frustrat... 1 Comment

 - Tim Burke became the first-ever American biathlete to pull on the yellow bib of the overall World Cup leader last winter, but first place still eludes him--he has never won a...

 - During the summer there are more hours for training, barbecues and lawn games.  And without the seemingly endless string of races to cover, we have more time to explore inte... 4 Comments

 - New York’s Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has received $5.6 million in funding in a budget measure that passed in the New York state assembly on Friday and t...

 - Olympic gold medalist Claudia Nystad has announced she has stepped down from professional cross-country skiing. Nystad's career marked a very succesful period for the German ... 1 Comment

 - Sadie Bjornsen, a new member of Alaska Pacific University's ski team, gives a firsthand account from the recently-completed National Training Group camp in Utah.