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Due to marginal snow conditions, Women’s Ski Day at Rikert Nordic Center will not be held on Sunday, Feb. 5, as planned.

 - 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...

 - The Asian Winter Games are currently underway in Astana, Kazakhstan, and Canadian Cyrus Kangarloo is present as support staff for the Iranian team. He gives a first hand pers... 2 Comments

 - Fort Kent and Madawaska may not be the most scintillating of towns, but there are, in fact, a handful of things to do aside from eat potatoes and chase moose around. We talk... 5 Comments

 - Vermonter Sarah Van Dyke is spending a year in China teaching at an international school.  She recently traveled 1300 miles to participate in the Chinese Vasaloppet. 6 Comments

 - This summer, Maine Winter Sports Center became one of only two US teams to compete in the nordic skiing events at the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games held at Sno...

 - Pavel Sotskov checks back in from New Zealand with tales of foggy skiing, rabbit hunting and more.

 - Great skiing, earthquakes, winter triathlon prep and the arrival of the US National Team.  Pavel Sotskov reports from New Zealand. 1 Comment

 - Pavel Sotskov is living in New Zealand this summer and working at the Snowfarm, home to annual USST training camps, and 30km of immaculately groomed trails.  He has submitte...

 - FasterSkier reader Dan Packman provides an update from the Snow Farm in New Zealand - complete with excellent photos

 - XC-Oregon and Factory Team skier Evelyn Dong is in Australia right now, training on snow, racing in the Australian National Championships and preparing for the first Worldlop...

 - Tierra del Fuego gets big, May dump

 - If you're not lucky enough to be in California right now taking advantage of some of the best ski conditions in the world (at least as far as I can possibly imagine), he...

 - What has become known as “The Sweden Trip” is gearing up for its 7th summer training tour to Sweden and Norway. Spots are still available!

 - Head Coach at Burke Mountain Academy, Pete Phillips is planning a trip to Sweden in April for racing and touring...

 - "Traveling to Russia’s takes planning. It’s more involved than hopping a flight to Munich or Stockholm," writes Torin Koos

 - Tucker Sawin is living in Moscow and sent us a report of his first ski experience in the Russian city

 - Snowless hometown got you down? Tired of your rollerskis, rock skis, all those pine needles in your klister? Feeling hostage to climate and geography?

 - Great conditions continue in Argentina as the Marchablanca approaches