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Parmakoski’s Redemption in Lahti

John TeafordMarch 2, 2024

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Krista Parmakoski (FIN) has battled the greats: Marit Bjorgen, Therese Johaug, Charlotte Kalla, Justyna Kowalczyk, Heidi Weng, Jessie Diggins. Across fifteen years of World Cups, World Championships, and Olympics, whomever was the dominant...

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Wright Hits First World Cup Top Ten With Eighth Place Finish in Oslo

US BiathlonMarch 1, 2024

Campbell Wright (Wanaka, NZL/U.S. Biathlon) rewrites his World Cup personal best for the third time this season with an eighth place finish in the men’s 20km individual to kick off the third trimester of racing in Oslo, Norway. At 21 years old, Wright shot a near perfect 19 for 20, which propelled him to just +0.15 back from a spot in the flower ceremony and +0.54 back from a podium finish. “It was tough skiing...

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Sweden and Norway Win Team Sprints in Chaotic Lahti Conditions

Ben TheyerlMarch 1, 2024

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. As the World Cup returned to Europe in Lahti, Finland, Friday, it was those tricky conditions: temps hovering around zero degrees Celsius; mix of wet, man-made, and natural snow that leaves even the best...

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Combine Skiing and Gambling at Lee Canyon, Nevada

Press ReleaseMarch 1, 2024

People travel to Las Vegas for all sorts of reasons beside gambling. Weddings, honeymoons, bachelor parties, business conferences – and even skiing. Now, the Nevada desert might not be the first place that springs to mind as a ski destination, but Las Vegas is the place where anything is possible. Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort is in Lee Canyon, which lies about 35 miles from The Strip, and definitely has a sprinkling of that...

The Devon Kershaw Show World Cup

The Devon Kershaw Show: Dr. William Poromaa is the cure for your World Cup withdrawal

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 29, 2024

It’s been a minute. We, and the World Cup circuit, took a break from racing, and podcasting, last weekend, but things are about to heat up again in Lahti, Finland, and we thought now was the perfect time to bring you an interview Nat did in Canmore with up and coming Swedish talent William Poromaa. Nat and Devon will be back with a recap after the races in Lahti this weekend. Send us your questions,...

Feature News World Cup

Getting the Call To the Big Show

Ken RothFebruary 28, 2024

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Most people visiting FasterSkier are probably familiar with the lives led by the American “A” team athletes. Their lifestyles and races are thoroughly documented. But, with the addition of new racers for North...

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Our Greenland Moment? Adaptations and Impacts of Virtual Racing: Part III

Matthew A. Tornow, PhD and Mark P. Muñiz, PhDFebruary 27, 2024

February is here, and Nordic skiers in the Upper Midwest are at a teetering point. Many of us are remaining cautiously optimistic that all we need is “one good snow” to salvage our ski season. The Canadian Birkie, American Vasa, Finlandia, and Vasaloppet USA have already cancelled their races. Many skiers are starting to wonder how races like the Birkie will look this year. What a stark contrast from last year’s record setting snowfall throughout...

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US Announces Period 4 World Cup Selections

Chris GroverFebruary 26, 2024

Dear Cross Country Community, We are pleased to announce the Team for Period 4 of the 2023-24 World Cup season: Lahti 20 km C, Holmenkollen 50 km C, & Falun 10 km C Men Michael Earnhart Objective 23-24 Overall SuperTour Leader Gus Schumacher Objective 16th Distance World Cup Standings Scott Patterson Objective 30th Distance World Cup Standings Ben Ogden Objective 39th Distance World Cup Standings Zanden McMullen Discretion 29th Trondheim 10 km C David Norris ...

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The 2024 Tour of Anchorage is Sunday

FasterSkierFebruary 26, 2024

One of North America’s only, and Alaska’s favorite, point-to-point ski race is this Sunday, March 3, 2024! More than 1200 skiers and 100 bikers to participate on excellent trail conditions. Alaska’s Nordic ski community celebrates ski racing and generations of standout local athletes at the annual Tour of Anchorage, the spring skiing festival, and one of North America’s most popular ski races on Sunday, March 3rd. The Fat Bike Tour of Anchorage welcomes back the...

Feature News World Cup

Can jet-setting ski racers be climate activists? Schumacher, Diggins lean into “imperfect advocacy.”

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 25, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — After Gus Schumacher’s upset win at an international cross-country ski race here last week, one of his first moves was not to celebrate at a bar, but instead, to stand in front of the crowd and talk about climate change. With hundreds listening to the panel discussion from the grandstand, Schumacher, his teammate Jessie Diggins and activist and author Bill McKibben passed a microphone back and forth. The subject, for Schumacher, is immediate...

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Victories by Diggins and Schumacher Highlight American Birkebeiner

John TeafordFebruary 25, 2024

It hasn’t always been the same race, but it has always been the American Birkebeiner. Courses have changed, directions have changed, ski techniques have changed, conditions have changed, field sizes have changed, reputations have changed. Thin snow conditions across the American Midwest even necessitated that his year’s race was not even contested on the Telemark trail between Cable and Hayward, but over five laps of a ten kilometer loop painstakingly preserved just for this event....

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Average Joe (and Jane) vs. The World Cup

Ken RothFebruary 23, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: Just when you thought the Minneapolis World Cup was over, the Loppet Foundation was able to pull one more delightful rabbit out of its hat. Ever wonder how you might fare on a World Cup racecourse? Apparently, lots of people have, and thanks to the Loppet Foundation’s “Share Winter Playday” held Monday after the real racing was over, there was an opportunity for regular Joes and Janes to launch themselves onto the World...

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Hotdish, memes, autographs and onesies: FasterSkier’s gossip reporter speaks from Minneapolis

Olivia OrrFebruary 23, 2024

“Short Title Goes Here” “Something cool about my website (65 characters max).” “Lorem ipsum consectetur pharetra elit varius.” Hi, I’m Olivia, and you’ve just read selections from my most recent professional graphic design projects. I am adept at inserting placeholder text into my designs, which, when combined with my ability to cobble together semi coherent emails to colleagues and prowess as an increasingly unhinged political meme content creator, doesn’t come close to making me a...

Community Feature News

The American Birkebeiner at 50

Ben TheyerlFebruary 22, 2024

“You’re skiing along, and you look up at the green of the pines and look down and see golden tamarack needles peeking out of the Wisconsin snow, and you find yourself gliding along thinking, ‘my gosh, how lucky can one guy get…and Go Packers too!” – Grandpa Theyerl, Wisconsinite, Birchlegger. The American Birkebeiner turns 50 years old this weekend. And although it didn’t ask for it, I’m doing some existential rumination on its behalf....

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A Tale of Two Birkies

Lumi ExperiencesFebruary 22, 2024

Most Birkie skiers are familiar with the legendary story of the original Norwegian Birkebeiners and how that inspired the famous cross country ski race in Norway, from Rena to Lillehammer; which in turn inspired the American Birkebeiner from Cable to Hayward. But what is the Norwegian Birkebeiner like today? I skied my first American and Norwegian Birkies last year and took away many impressions. “Wait, what?!” you ask. “Garrott, you lived in Hayward for 5...

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Rossignol Introduces the new 2024 X-IUM Premium+ SX Skating

RossignolFebruary 22, 2024

Recently unveiled at the highest-level of competition, the new X-IUM Premium+ SX Skating ski is race proven by the best in the world. The Rossignol X-IUM Premium+ SX Skating ski is an ultralight balanced ski that offers maximum power transmission and glide, with fluid acceleration. The SX features a specialized flex and camber optimized to excel in a wide range of snow conditions while delivering a more forgiving and energy saving level of performance. New...

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Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon: Last Chance to Register Before Price Increase

Sovereign 2 SilverStarFebruary 21, 2024

Register at the mid-season price until Feb 25th at midnight. Now’s the time to Register! We’ve Got Great Conditions! Even after the rain/warming we are in great shape. We’ve received well over 0.5m of snow since then and all of our trails are open and amazing to ski on. Come visit! Club Championships The top 3 clubs win prize money of $2000, $1000 and $500 respectively. Come and take on Yellowknife as the defending champs! True to...

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Looking Back—Historic World Junior Ski Championships for Team USA

Ben TheyerlFebruary 21, 2024

Planica, Slovenia occupies a pretty unique corner of the world, with special emphasis on the “pretty.” Miss a turn in the traffic circle outside the venue, and in five minutes you’ll find yourself at the Austrian border. Miss the next turn, and you’ll find yourself at the Italian border. The valley in the Julian Alps is defined by a kind of beautiful thought—go over the mountains on any side and you find yourself in a...

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World Cup Packing with Julia Kern: What’s in the bag?

FasterSkierFebruary 21, 2024

It’s been an incredible North American World Cup period in Canmore and Minneapolis over the past two weeks. In Canada, as the excitement was building for the first World Cup on US snow in over 20 years, US skier Julia Kern led the women to the top US finish in the classic sprint and Diggins won the 15 km freestyle. In Minneapolis, the huge crowds of US fans in Wirth Park for the Loppet Cup...

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Norway had 10 wax techs. Estonia had a fanny pack and a borrowed wax bench.

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 20, 2024

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. CANMORE, ALBERTA — With his fanny pack of kick wax and Kia minivan, you could have easily mistaken Alvar Johannes Alev for a weekend warrior cross-country ski dad in this Canadian mountain town....

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