- Teams of two skiers competed in a relay that featured two legs apiece and a prize of a roast chicken. Welly Ramsey and Kris Freeman won for men, while Ida Sargent and Chelsea Holmes formed the top women's team.

 - Jessie Diggins went from a top junior to a top-ten World Cup performer last season, and recently made the tough decision to switch clubs. More changes are in store: 2013 will...

 - The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association recently hired Michael Jaquet, formerly of CBS, as chief marketing officer. The former cross-country ski racer talks about his big move...

 - The U.S. Ski Team has several new training destinations planned along with the old standbys this summer. The men's and women's squads will head their separate ways to Alaska,... 4 Comments

 - Kris Freeman is testing a new look for next year. After a decade of experimenting with race strategies to manage his diabetes, Freeman is toying with a new idea with the help... 8 Comments

 - The U.S. gained a World Cup starting position in both women's sprints and men's distance races for 2013, and Kikkan Randall will receive automatic starts that don't count tow...

 - Morgan Arritola, a 2010 Olympian and longtime Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation skier, is leaving the sport after a decade of racing. From her new job in Ketchum, Idaho, sh... 2 Comments

 - Six athletes have met the objective criteria for the 2012-13 U.S. Ski Team, and more will be nominated on discretion. Head Coach Chris Grover discussed how to choose a team a... 4 Comments

 - The 2011-2012 season ended on the highest possible note for the U.S. Nordic Combined team with Bryan Fletcher's first career World Cup victory in Oslo, Norway. Jon Schafer p... 6 Comments

 - With the hiring of a Nordic Manager, USSA has shifted the structure of the nordic programs. FasterSkier gives details on how this will work from an operational standpoint.

 - Kikkan Randall, Jessie Diggins and Liz Stephen endured 20 laps together and completed them at breakneck speed, with Randall winning the 30 k freestyle mass start at U.S. Dist...

 - Jessie Diggins rose from second to first to claim the overall SuperTour Finals title, and Liz Stephen was the fastest woman to the top of Jay Peak in the 1.8 k freestyle hill...

 - Chandra Crawford of the Canadian National Ski Team topped a competitive field with four U.S. Ski Team members at the SuperTour Finals on Tuesday, winning the classic sprint a...

 - The skier-cross style nordic event, Red Bull NordiX, was held in Oslo, Norway, this year, and American World Cup skiers Kikkan Randall and Andy Newell were there for two days... 1 Comment

 - For a pair of career-best performances, Andy Newell (USA) and Kevin Sandau (CAN) finished 32nd and 37th, respectively, in the World Cup Finals in Falun, Sweden.

 - Andy Newell closed out his World Cup sprint season with a strong 7th place finish while Canadians Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey exited in the quarterfinals in Stockholm. And ...

 - Noah Hoffman spent a good part of the Holmenkollen 50k skiing in the top-10 before dying in the last lap, while teammate Kris Freeman skied a strong race to place 22nd. Andy ...

 - Kikkan Randall and Simi Hamilton set the pace for the Americans in Lahti, Finland on Sunday, placing fifth and 11th, respectively. Randall's performance was good enough for h... 2 Comments

 - March is here and the American women are back, with three finishing in the top 21 on Saturday at the World Cup skiathlon in Lahti, Finland. Kikkan Randall led the team in 12t...

 - Holly Brooks and Tad Elliott took home North America's biggest marathon titles in the Birkie; Canada's Kurtis Wenzel flew home from Finland with World Juniors gold, while tea...