Articles from February 2011
Feb 22, 2011
-
The men's turn. FasterSkier's Topher Sabot was able to capture much of the action during them men's 15km classic at the World Cup in Drammen, Norway this past weekend. Here is a small sampling of what he saw through his lens.
Feb 22, 2011
- It was not the best day for the North American women in the 10km classical race this past weekend at the World Cup in Drammen, Norway, but hopefully things will go a little s...
Feb 22, 2011 - By Ari Ofsevit
- Ari Ofsevit is the assistant ski coach at Newton North High School in Newtonville, Massachuessetts. He first wrote this Birkie Guide in 2010 before the big race and while he...
Feb 22, 2011
- It's time to start getting your skis ready for the 2011 American Birkebeiner, here is what Toko suggests you should do.
Feb 22, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - The brother-sister tandem of Graham and Emily Nishikawa (AWCA) dominated Haywood NorAm Eastern Canadian Championships, taking in five of six possible wins on the final NorAm ...
Feb 21, 2011
- By Benjamin Kramer - Recent thaws and frozen nights in the Northeast created icy fast conditions for the final weekend of Eastern Cup racing. The Eastern Cup racing series is the highest level of...
Feb 21, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Aidan Lennie of Ottawa, Ontario, took the win in the 49 k freestyle Gatineau Loppet on Sunday in a fall-filled final kilometer.
Feb 21, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Eight athletes have been named to the World Championships team for Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, in March.
Feb 21, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Canadian Len Valjas used the Drammen sprint course as a launching pad to take fourth place in the prelim, and ninth in the heats—both career bests.
Feb 21, 2011
- Sweden’s star skier Emil Joensson refused to fly to the Norway for the World Cup last weekend and the following World Championships – opted for the Interstate.
Feb 20, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Four weeks training at home without a race did not slow Kikkan Randall. The defending World Championship silver medalist in the freestyle sprint picked up where she left off ...
Feb 20, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - In Sunday’s skate sprint in Drammen, Canadian Alex Harvey was a stunning second place, after surging on the homestretch and falling just a few feet short of catching Sweden'
Feb 20, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - A relatively tame, fast course in Drammen, Norway, was still more than enough to separate the wheat from the chaff in Sunday’s chilly World Cup qualifier. The U.S.'s Andy N...
Feb 20, 2011
- Bend-based XC Oregon skier and 2010 Pole Pedal Paddle champion Stephanie Howe won the 53km Gatineau Loppet cross-country ski marathon held near Ottawa, Canada on Saturday.
Feb 19, 2011
- By Aubrey Smith - Both races were tightly contested, host team Middlbury disqualified for substitute team member after placing second in the men's race.
Feb 19, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Juergen Uhl, a former NCAA champion, took the 49 k classic event in the Gatineau Loppet, a two-day event held in Gatineau, Quebec.
Feb 19, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Last year the Canadian men proved that performance a week before a major championship event is meaningless as a predictor. The hope is that is the case this time around as we...
Feb 19, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Norway’s Marit Bjoergen gave the fans what they came for in Drammen, skiing to yet another victory in Saturday’s 10 k classic—her ninth in 12 World Cup races this seaso...
Feb 19, 2011
- Demong Designs in partnership with the US Ski Team, the Olympic Regional Development Authority and the Lake Placid CVB unveiled an auction fundraiser for the Empire State Gam...
Feb 19, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Daniel Rickardsson (SWE) overtook Petter Northug (NOR), and skied to a 29 second win over Martin Johnsrud Sundby in front 0f 15,000 fans in the last World Cup distance race b...
