Articles from September 2011
Sep 30, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - 2005 alumnus Tim Whiton is returning to Gould Academy to lead its nordic program. FasterSkier chatted with the new head coach about the prep school circuit and why U.S. skiing has avoided sharing the focus with academics - or, for senior racers, jobs.
Sep 29, 2011
- Mt. Borah is now offering their top-tier custom products in a new, MTO – Made to Order – Program. The products will be available directly from the company’s online reta...
Sep 29, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - In her first official race this summer, SVSEF Olympic Development Team newcomer Chelsea Holmes won the Baldy Hill Climb in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Saturday.
Sep 28, 2011
- Everyone is invited to West Yellowstone, Montana Nov. 22-26 for the Yellowstone Ski Festival, a week-long celebration of cross-country skiing. Each year thousands of skiers,
Sep 27, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - After checking out paintball biathlon as a BKL skier, Zakrzewska fell in love with biathlon and hasn't looked back - despite a busy schedule of AP classes, high school racing,
Sep 27, 2011
- By Audrey Mangan - Morgan Arritola and Liz Stephen showed the running world what being a cross country skier is all about on Sunday by claiming the top two spots at the Xterra Trail Run Nationa...
Sep 27, 2011
- Peter and Bonni Curran, of Ketchum/Sun Valley Idaho, have made a generous donation of $14,000 to the National Nordic Foundation’s 2011 Cross Country Pillar Projects to help...
Sep 27, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - 2010 Olympian Garrott Kuzzy has returned to the northeast after a lengthy stint in the midwest where he raced with CXC. While he has shifted directions, and is now working a ...
Sep 26, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - USST veteran Liz Stephen has turned her career-best season into a packed summer of training - all the while keeping it fun and new.
Sep 26, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - The Canyon Parks and Recreation department and Jolley's Ranch in Utah lost a valued member on Saturday as Jessie Marie Gardiner, a nordic instructor and Olympic judge, passed...
Sep 26, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - The Estonian star's case has been full of misunderstandings, and neither side has conducted themselves completely gracefully.
Sep 23, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - FasterSkier caught up with a number of top US athletes following the Climb to the Castle rollerski race last week. There are always tidbits on the race and training in genera...
Sep 22, 2011
- Video from the fifth annual Climb to the Castle roller-ski race in Lake Placid, New York. Kris Freeman (USST) won the men's event while Liz Stephen took top honors in the wom...
Sep 22, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - After winning gold at Junior Nationals and racing the American Birkebeiner's Kortelopet, high school skier Nick Proell is taking aim at a new challenge: representing the U.S....
Sep 22, 2011
- By Audrey Mangan - Yuri Kaminsky, coach of the senior Russian sprint team, will decide in the next few weeks whether to accept a promotion to head coach of the entire Russian program. He alread...
Sep 21, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Canadian World Champion Devon Kershaw is accepting all challengers - in a 7.5 k uphill running race organized by the Alberta World Cup Academy, in Canmore, Alberta.
Sep 21, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - For this installment of the Pro Workout Series, Olympian-turned-coach Stefan Kuhn runs through his favorite set of sprint intervals.
Sep 21, 2011
- By Alex Matthews - The assistant coach of the University of Alaska Fairbanks men's and women's cross country and nordic ski teams, Matt Dunlap won the Equinox Marathon on Saturday, a race which...
