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NEW Jorgen Aukland - Back on Track
Jul 24, 2008 - Jorgen Aukland, last year’s Vasaloppet Champion, had a tough start to the training season. Despite being exhausted from a long racing season, the decorated marathon skier is already at a higher level now than he was at this time last season
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Fairbanks Cross Country Seeks Assistant Coach
Jul 23, 2008 - Fairbanks Cross Country (FXC), the year-round junior training program of the Nordic Ski Club Fairbanks seeks an energetic coach to assist with a growing group of J3-OJ athletes
Austria Athletes to Stay in Olympic Village to Stop Doping Repeat
Jul 22, 2008 - Fall out from the Austrian doping scandal at the Olympics in 2006 continues as all Austrian athletes will be required to stay at the Olympic Village in Beijing
Rollerskiing on Television
Jul 22, 2008 - Boulder Nordic Sport's Nathan Schultz demonstrates the basics of rollerskiing on the morning news
The U.S. Ski Team Narrows Its Focus - More Training, Testing & On-Snow Time
Jul 18, 2008 - By Torin Koos. The US Ski Team finished a three day physiology testing camp in Park City Friday before diverging for New Zealand and Sun Valley
Bring Children to Snow Campaign update: Taking stock of current programs
Jul 19, 2008 - The new FIS campaign entitled Bring Children to the Snow is making progress. This international marketing and activity campaign, the first of its kind in the Federation’s history, was approved by the FIS Council in November 2007
Race for 2018 Begins
Jul 18, 2008 - Munich (GER) is attempting to become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympic games
Summer Biathlon National Champs / World Team Trials Open Friday
Jul 17, 2008 - The 2008 Summer Biathlon National Championships and World Championships Team Trials open this Friday at the Whitetail preserve in Luzerne County near Bloomsburg, PA.
Patrick Coffey Named Assistant Biathlon National Team Coach, National Team Rosters Announced
Jul 15, 2008 - US Biathlon Executive Director Max Cobb today announced that Patrick Coffey has been hired as a full-time Assistant Coach for the US Biathlon Team, while Gary Colliander of the Maine Winter Sports Center will assist with the National B Team
CXC Concludes Regional Development Group Camp
Jul 14, 2008 - CXC Junior Development Group athletes wrap up the final three days of the recently concluded camp
Douglas, Van Genechten Win Openning NENSA Rollerski Race
Jul 14, 2008 - Robert Douglas and Ilke Van Genechten outpaced the field in the 10km Climb to Mountain Top - the first event in the NENSA Summer Rollerski Series
FIS - Athletes in Summer Training: Cross-Country Skiing
Jul 13, 2008 - By Sandra Spitz. The FIS reports on the summer training of many of the top ski nations
Call for Papers for Mammoth Lakes International Ski History Congress
Jul 13, 2008 - The next International Ski History Congress is scheduled to take place at Mammoth Lakes (USA) from March 29 – April 3, 2009. Abstracts of papers are due by September 15, 2008
Sara Renner's Husband, Thomas Grandi, Returns to Slopes
Jul 12, 2008 - The husband of Canadian cross-country skiing star Sara Renner has announced that he is returning to competition in preparation for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver
Western State College Ski Racing Program Dropped
Jul 12, 2008 - The Western State College ski program has been dropped after efforts to secure private funding failed
A Large Group of Biathletes Return to the Colorado Rockies
Jul 11, 2008 - Members of the Junior National Biathlon Team and several fellow senior athletes came together from across the United States for a two week camp that began at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and later moved to Winter Park
Demong Helps Young Athletes Succeed
Jul 11, 2008 - Bill Demong knows what it takes to become a great nordic combined athlete and he wants to give others a chance to become the same.
Interview with New England Master Skier Rob Bradlee
Jul 10, 2008 - By Janice Sibilia. This is the first in a NENSA series of interviews from New England's top Masters. Read how they train, balance racing with life and what goals they have set for themselves in the future
Cross Country Canada Invests In Club Coaches Through Altagas Club Incentive And Coach Mentoring Program
Jul 10, 2008 - British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec area ski clubs each receive $8,000 financial boost
Ski Training Can Work to Train Runners Too
Jul 9, 2008 - By Brian Seppala. After skiing for the University of New Hampshire, Brian Seppala moved to Colorado to teach. He was quickly given the opportunity to coach the track team where he put his years of ski training to work

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