Articles from November 2010
Nov 18, 2010
- By Inge Scheve - “The hope is that in the future, this can become a team on par with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, CXC and XC Oregon,” said head coach Ben Grasseschi of the newly established Far West Senior Farm Team.
Nov 18, 2010 - By Devon Kershaw
- This week's Pro Workout is a first-person affair, with guest writer/athlete Devon Kershaw of the Canadian National Ski Team. Kershaw describes an uphill rollerski workout the...
Nov 18, 2010
- Petter Northug is not feeling good and will not race the World Cup opener this weekend in Gällivare, Sweden.
Nov 18, 2010
- Petter Northug, who got sick during or shortly after last weekend’s season-opening races in Bietolstolen, will conduct a training session on Thursday. Afterwards, it will b...
Nov 18, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - When the Craftsbury Green Racing Project (CGRP) entered the nordic race scene a year ago, FasterSkier posed the question, “How Green Can A Ski Team Be?” Now, a year late...
Nov 18, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - With the first World Cup race mere days away, FasterSkier caught up with Canadian Alex Harvey to talk early season success, and the Canadian men's 4x10 relay team.
Nov 18, 2010
- The declining number of female racers at the opening FIS races at Beito this year is concerning the officials. There were far more female biathletes at the biathlon season op...
Nov 17, 2010
- By Chelsea Little - They might not have had enough snow for a penalty loop, but the American biathletes raced anyway, trying to earn themselves a trip to the first period of World Cups.
Nov 17, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - Noah Hoffman (USST) and Ida Sargent (Craftsbury Green Racing Project) will compete in the season-opening World Cups in Sweden this weekend, and their presence should allow th...
Nov 17, 2010
- By Chelsea Little - The increasing number of elite teams popping up around the country might make you think that it's easy to start your own team. You'd be wrong. Here's an example of how tough ...
Nov 17, 2010
- The Swix Triac 1.0 debuted at the 2010 Olympic Games where athletes choosing Swix poles won 70% of all the Olympic Gold Medals.
Nov 17, 2010
- Toko wax chemist Udo Raunjak will be in West Yellowstone this year. He will conduct internal seminars to the Toko Tech Team and afterward on Tuesday 23 November at 6:00pm ...
Nov 17, 2010
- Light snow is falling outside and the weatherman is calling for more. There are less than seven days to go and almost all of them have a snowflake in the forecast. The Rendez...
Nov 17, 2010
- After Petra Madjic from the Slovenian XC team, after Team X-tra of Norway (with the Auckland brother’s), after signing a 4 years agreement with the French Nordic ski team, ...
Nov 17, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - Yeah, the country had 13 of its cross-country skiers sanctioned for anti-doping rules violations between 2007 and 2009, but that's not what the Russians are about. At least, ...
Nov 16, 2010
- We are excited to announce that Team HomeGrown is now blogging on FasterSkier. Sylvan Ellefson does a much better job than I possibly coud at describing the team and what t...
Nov 16, 2010
- By Kieran Jones - Sweden has several skiers who can win regardless of distance or technique, but will they have enough firepower to move up the rankings against some tough opposition?
Nov 16, 2010
- Mother Nature's finally delivered on her promise of snow for the year as Silver Star sets to open its Nordic season, Thursday, November 18.
Nov 16, 2010
- Fischer Skis announced today that the new RCS Carbonlite Skating Race Boot is now available at retail locations nationwide. Featuring several new Fischer innovations, the boo...
