Articles from October 2010
Oct 31, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - Can Belarus shake off last year's disastrous mistake at the highest level and build a stronger World Cup team?
Oct 30, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - The return of a doping-banned athlete and a one-woman show headline Austria's World Cup hopes.
Oct 30, 2010
- By Chelsea Little - Homologation isn't boring - but it is a lot of work! If you're thinking about homologating a race course, read on to find out what you can expect as go through the process.
Oct 30, 2010
- Get the training tips straight from the man himself.
Oct 29, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - The U.S. Ski Team will be wearing black suits for the upcoming season, eschewing the typical red spandex that has been the norm for the past few years.
Oct 29, 2010
- Created by Andy Newell in collaboration with New England Nordic Ski Association, this video features Newell and fellow World Cup cross-country skier Liz Stephen. Newell and ...
Oct 29, 2010
- As per the 2011 Comp guide, USSA will score certain FIS & Continental Cup events in Europe to the National Ranking List (NRL), as well as them being scored to the FIS poi...
Oct 29, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - Can the Spain shake their association with Johann Muehlegg and his terrible sparkling suit, and find success in a new era on the World Cup?
Oct 29, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - FasterSkier catches up with Matt Dayton, who blazed a Ben Sim-like path in the 1990s, to discuss his unique path to the sport, his racing career, and the concussions that hel...
Oct 29, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - One year ago, Australian nordic combined didn’t even exist as a sport. But over the last few months, the country’s program has been gathering steam not just Down Under, b...
Oct 28, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - In 22 days, the World Cup will open in Sweden. Will the Chinese capitalize on their summer skiing opportunities, shrug aside their Coaching problems, and build on Olympic suc...
Oct 28, 2010
- This exciting new event at Lapham Peak State Park in Delafield, Wisconsin will utilize both the park trails and the ice age trail. It will start and finish by the Evergreen...
Oct 28, 2010
- By Inge Scheve - A mini tour is more than just three days of racing. The strategic and tactical elements require racers to pace for the whole tour starting with the first event. Every stride,...
Oct 27, 2010
- The Finnish Nordic Sports company ONE WAY Sport OY, with headquarters in Helsinki, on Wednesday acquired the Swedish Sport distribution company NORDIC TRADE Development AB.
Oct 27, 2010
- The Grand Mesa Nordic Council has begun its 2010/2011 season! On Tuesday (10/26/10), we fired up the snow machines and groomed Scales Lake trail out to the radio tower. The t...
Oct 27, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - With 23 days to the first World Cup wand-break, will rollerskiing and off-season marriages be enough to slingshot Bulgaria to World Cup success?
Oct 27, 2010
- With just a few weeks to go before the start of the World Cup, the International Ski Federation interviews Kikkan Randall about her off-season.
Oct 27, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - In the 2009 Tour de Ski, Jauhojaervi finished tenth—one place behind Russia’s Evgeni Dementiev, who was later announced to have tested positive for blood-boosting drugs.
Oct 27, 2010
- To race at the World Championships at Holmenkollen on home turf in February is maybe one of the biggest moments in a Norwegian skier’s career. The Norwegian Ski Association...
Oct 26, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - Hold onto your hats - the FIS World Cup starts in 24 days! Sure, you know Petter Northug can play poker and ski fast, but what about those Australians!?