The following was written by Alayna Sonnesyn, a new member of the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team who graduated from the University of Vermont (UVM) this past spring. Originally from Plymouth, Minnesota, Sonnesyn, 22, raced on the UVM Ski Team for four years and qualified for four NCAA Skiing Championships teams. She placed second and third […]
WADA and RUSADA: The Conditions Moving Forward
After the announcement that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee, which WADA refers to in short at the ExCo, voted 9-2 in favor of reinstating the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) on Thursday, it released a statement describing what it considers a conditional reinstatement. As mentioned in an previous FasterSkier article, Russia has not fulfilled two […]
WADA Executive Committee Votes to Reinstate RUSADA
A full Olympic quad after Sochi, nothing remains irrefutably clean. Off the radar then on again, the Sochi doping scandal has sent recent tremors through the sports world. In a quick summary, after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the host nation was handed sanctions for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics that affected some […]
St. Paul Academy Seeks Head and Assistant Nordic Coaches
(Job posting) Head Varsity Nordic Skiing Coach Start Date: November 12th, 2018 End Date: February 14th, 2019 St. Paul Academy and Summit School (St. Paul, MN) is seeking applicants for the position of Head Varsity Nordic Skiing Coach for the winter season. The minimum time commitment includes potential weekday practice times after 3:00 p.m. and all meets. Weekends included as the […]
Mt. Bachelor Seeks Trail Stewards and Instructors
Mt. Bachelor in beautiful Bend Oregon is looking to hire Trail Stewards and Instructors for the 2018-19 season. We have the longest groomed Nordic season in North America, running from mid-November through late-May! Snow conditions permitting, we often extend the season into June. To apply please visit www.mtbachelor.com/jobs only completed applications will be accepted.
Brown, Geraghty-Moats Win 2018 Climb to the Castle; Doubleday Race Format Unveiled
On a humid fall Sunday in northern New York where temperatures reached an uncharacteristic 80 degrees, Jake Brown of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project and US Biathlon Development Team and Tara Geraghty-Moats of USA Nordic won the 2018 Climb to the Castle. Brown’s time was 35:40.7, while Geraghty-Moats finished in 45:03. Big Gaps and Clear […]
Nordic Nation: The Patrick O’Brien (Patty O’) Epsiode
He’s another skier who bleeds maple syrup. Raised in Putney, Vermont. Skied at the Statton Mountain School (SMS), Dartmouth, and post-collegiately with the Craftsbury Green Racing Project — take a breath — and yes, still in Vermont as the SMS T2 Team head coach is Pat O’Brien. Thirty years old this summer, O’Brien has been […]
Sweden’s Dahlin Elected IBU President as Reforms Rolled Out
The past year certainly has not been an easy one for the International Biathlon Union (IBU), the governing body in the sport of biathlon for the past 25 years. The sports federation had to take the unusual measure of suspending the Russian Biathlon Union, historically one of the core countries for biathlon, to a provisional […]
Wednesday Workout: Bog Running Intervals with Swedish Juniors
Today’s workout comes from Alasdair Tutt, head coach and program director at the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks/Fairbanks Cross Country (NSCF-FXC) in Fairbanks, Alaska, who recently attended a training camp with Swedish skiers (ages 15-19) at the Åre Ski Gymnasium in Järpen, Sweden. Have a workout of your own (or your club’s) that you’d like to share? Send submissions […]
Seeking Full-Time Marketing & E-Commerce Coordinator
Job Posting: Marketing & E-Commerce Coordinator (full-time) (Press release) Pioneer Midwest is a full-service Nordic ski shop that also specializes in paddle sports. This position will coordinate and manage website content and sales, social media, Google ads, and email campaigns. Other responsibilities include occasional retail sales, customer service, and merchandise management. The work environment is informal, […]
Former Swimmer Kendall Gretsch on Unexpected Paralympic Golds, Hunger for More
As a sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Kendall Gretsch stumbled across an article that would change her life. It was the spring of 2012, just a few months before the Summer Paralympics in London. Gretsch had been reading the local news when she came across a story about a St. Louis college […]
The College Conflict: Part 1
The following was written by Alayna Sonnesyn, a new member of the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team who graduated from the University of Vermont (UVM) this past spring. Originally from Plymouth, Minnesota, Sonnesyn, 22, raced on the UVM Ski Team for four years and qualified for four NCAA Skiing Championships teams. She placed second and third […]
Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club Seeks Assistant Coaches
(Job posting) With the U.S. Ski & Snowboard nordic coaches certification course being held in Jackson, Wyoming, from Sept. 15-16, this is a great time to join the the nordic coaching staff at the Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club. We are looking to hire assistant coaches that are committed to student-athlete development and will […]
Nordic Nation: The Dan Cnossen Interview
In this episode of Nordic Nation, we spoke with Dan Cnossen, who, at 38, has much to celebrate. This past winter, he raked in six medals (one for every race he competed in) at the Winter Paralympics — three in biathlon, three in cross-country — in PyeongChang, South Korea. But as he discusses in this […]
Americans Dominate the Field, Podiums at Winter Games NZ (Updated)
Note: This article has been updated to include comments from Simi Hamilton of the U.S. Ski Team (USST) and Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team, and Kevin Bolger of the USST and Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. *** It’s that time of year again where several members of the U.S. Ski Team, along with top-level […]
Wednesday Workout: Live High, Train Low in (Smoky) Sunny California
This Wednesday Workout came to us just over a week ago from Gus Johnson, nordic program director and head coach at the Auburn Ski Club Training Center (ASC-TC) on Donner Summit in California. Have a workout of your own (or one of your club’s) that you’d like to share? Send submissions to info@fasterskier.com with the subject line […]
Keeping Up the Positivity, Randall Nears Day 60 of Chemo
Day by day. That’s how Kikkan Randall is approaching her battle with breast cancer after being diagnosed about three months ago. Now more than 50 days into her treatment — with six rounds of chemotherapy over an 18-week span — Randall, 35, is becoming more familiar with the ugly side effects and adjusting to her […]
Outside Contract Sales Reps Wanted: Minnesota/Upper Midwest and Chicagoland Areas
Podiumwear, a custom team apparel manufacturer based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is looking for outside sales contractors in the upper Midwest and Chicagoland areas. Candidates will be responsible for selling Podiumwear’s summer and winter lines (nordic skiing, cycling, running, and Ultimate). Podiumwear is the largest custom nordic apparel maker in the United States. Olympian Jessie Diggins is […]
U.S. Part of Collaboration at Largest International Junior Camp (with Video)
Earlier this month from Aug. 2-8, nine top American junior athletes had the opportunity to participate in the largest International Junior Camp to date. In total, 146 athletes and 37 coaches from nearly 20 nations gathered in Sjusjøen, Norway, for a week of training and collaboration. The camp offered athletes the opportunity to gain confidence […]
Bolger Spends His Summers Training with Big Guns in Norway
There’s a reason Kevin Bolger has spent his last four summers in Trondheim, Norway, rent free. You could say it started in 2014, when his older brother, Conor, began his Ph.D. work at the Centre for Elite Sports Research in Trondheim. As a doctoral candidate in the center’s neuroscience department, Conor’s work involved lab time. Specifically, lactate […]