With the Super Tour in our neighborhood last week we got to see some fast skiing! Craftsbury Outdoor Center hosted the tour finals and closed out the week with a Fast & Female Clinic on Sunday. Several girls in our [...]
Magical City Sprinting
All 2012 FIS World Cup Finals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of Fischer Sports USA, proud sponsors of Kikkan Randall, 2012 overall Sprint Cup Champion. STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Just about every athlete we talked to at the [...]
UNH Coach Weighs In On Committing to Skiing and the Value of Networking
January 25, 2011 By Benjamin Kramer
FasterSkier had the chance to catch up with Corey Schwartz, Head Ski Coach of University of New Hampshire (UNH) to get some of his thoughts on skiing. Schwartz has been the head director of the UNH ski program for 25 [...]
Södergren Frustrated By Evolution of XC Skiing
June 25, 2010 By Inge Scheve
Nordic Club or High School Athletic Program
November 24, 2009 By Train Wreck
The Clash of Clubs And Teams
Two weeks ago, Matthew Voisen put together an article describing blanket regulations enforced by associations that govern high school athletics, and how they appear excessive when applied to high school skiing programs. Some readers posted very informative comments about similar situations around the country, and it quickly reminded me of the extremely contentious relationships between high school programs and their elite club counterparts.
Read This if You Care About Skiing
Here’s the disclaimer: I’ve spent a lot of time working with athletes on this cause and I’m biased. But I also feel strongly about skiing. There’s a passionate connection for these things that I’m barring right here so keep that [...]
Dazed and Confused
One of the movies in my video library is the 1993 ‘classic’ Dazed and Confused , a film about the night that follows the last day of school at a 1976 Texas high school. During the movie the main character, [...]
FasterSkier Forums – A Challenge to All
Today FasterSkier launched the FasterSkier Forums. The purpose of these forums is to provide a platform for discussion and the sharing of information related to cross-country skiing, nordic combined and biathlon. The success of this project depends completely on the [...]
The costume disciplinarian speaks: Is it better to look good than to ski fast?
Oh, sure, every World Cup Nordic ski team needs a good waxing crew, but they need something more — a top-notch costume disciplinarian. I’m not talking about some Scandinavian blonde with a whip (though there were those rumors about the [...]
The End is Nigh
April is just days away, and like it or not, the 2008-2009 ski season is coming to an end. Depending on where you live, there may be skiing for at least another month, but the racing season is basically over [...]
