- FasterSkier recently caught up with Canadian Phil Widmer, who is currently racing in Europe, to find out how he managed to move past missing out on a home Olympics, how his summer training went, and his French fluency.

 - The U.S. Nordic Combined Team enters the 2011 season with a targets on its back. With a second team event scheduled for World Championships, the squad's chances look good for...

 - WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT - In this unlikely town of 1,500 people that has withstood sub-zero temperatures and nearly two feet of snow over the last few days, the 2011 SuperTour r...

 - If you’ve ever placed 1,347^th in the American Birkebeiner and felt you deserved as much attention and credit for your achievement as Kris Freeman does for a four...

 - FasterSkier gives an overview and video tour of the SuperTour Sprint Showdown race courses.

 - The thermometer is stuck on -5F, the wind is blowing, and the schedule calls for a six-and-a-half hour shift. But like the US Postal Service, weather will not stand in the wa...

 - Cambridge Sports Union has completed its on-line survey examining the prevalence of chronic  exertional compartment  syndrome (CECS) within the competitive nordic ski commu... 7 Comments

 - On the Canadian Nor-Am Circuit, things are going to be drastically different this year, both in the athletes competing, and in the events they will be contesting. Between ret... 1 Comment

 - Everyone who joins SwixNordic on Facebook before Monday December 13^th will be entered to win a pair of Swix Traic poles.  Ask a question and get your friends to L...

 - Temperatures on Thanksgiving day are predicted to be milder, with highs above the legal racing limit, and an employee of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho said t... 1 Comment

 - We are entering our final week in Canmore, the first two have been filled with ski care, getting use to skiing on snow again, and preparing for USBA Trials races. The first w...

 - “In this situation, the most important thing for (Petter Northug) is to relax and protect himself from all the commotion around him. He has to find his way back to the star...

 - Both skiers and non-skiers alike succeeded in the 2nd Annual SkiErg World Sprints; Christopher McLaughlin, who uses the SkiErg at home for fitness, set a new men’s world- r...

 - There is almost two feet of snow on the ground in West Yellowstone.  The groomer has worked tirelessly to keep up with it and the result is excellent skiing on the Rendezvou...

 - As snow hammers Idaho and Montana and forecasts call for frigid temperatures, the fate of Wednesday’s SuperTour-opening double sprint qualifier hangs in the balance. 2 Comments

 - Tyler Kornfield came out on top of a three-way sprint for the podium steps in the men's race, and Raphaela Sieber came from 10 seconds behind teammate Theresia Schnurr to win...

 - Odds and ends from the first weekend of World Cup racing, including Marit Bjoergen's "best skate race ever," and a Russian coach unconcerned with a 14th place finish in the w...

 - The Norwegian women dominated the World Cup opener Nov 20-21, and the Norwegian men want revenge on the Swedes. However, they will likely have to go without the services of W...

 - As one of two cross-country representatives to the International Ski Federation’s (FIS’s) Athletes’ Commission, Kikkan Randall has taken the American spirit of democrac...

 - It is a winter wonderland in West Yellowstone and the official start of the Yellowstone Ski Festival is just days away.  The Rendezvous Ski Trails are groomed and in “race...