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Team FSx Member Zach Violett

FasterSkierSeptember 16, 2005

Age: 23 Profession: Bartender/Server Ski Club/Team: Auburn Ski Club Hometown: Brownsville, CA (aka. Podunkville). In the middle of nowhere, two hours from the snow. Current Residence: XL Fischer duffel bag Other times Valley of the Moon Park, Anchorage, AK School: University of Alaska — Anchorage Ride: 96′ Honda Civic EX. Black with gold trim. In the summer a Zebra striped Specialized Allez Comp or a 70’s Peugeot cruiser. Athletic Accomplishments: • 5th in 10km classic,...

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Stefania Belmondo Renounces Her 2006 Olympic Dream

FasterSkierSeptember 16, 2005

Stefania Belmondo, veteran of two 2 Olympics and 4 world championships, will not participate the 2006 Olympics in her home country of Italy next February. The decision was announced by Belmondo during a meeting in Milan with the president of the FISI, Gaetano Coppi. Stefania's husband, Davide Casagrande, was also present. “I had decided to give [the 2006 Olympics] a try,” explained Stefania, “because the desire to return to competition in the Olympic Games in...

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News

National Development System is Underway

FasterSkierSeptember 15, 2005

Projects a success, checks arriving! This spring the U.S. ski community rallied to step up its efforts to develop athletes toward international success. This began with a dialog that took place within the ski community from people all over the U.S. At the same time the U.S. Ski Team was re-defining itself under a budget that has not kept up with the rising demands of running an elite athletic program. While the U.S. Ski Team...

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Team FSx Member Zack Simons

FasterSkierSeptember 15, 2005

Zack Simons Age: 24 Profession: Ski Racer… Some design work, graphic and web… Fair amount of XBOX. Ski Club/Team: Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation- Olympic Development Team Hometown: Straight off the streets of Park City… Utah Current Residence: the gems area- Ketchum, Idaho w/ roommate C. Cook School: University of Utah (2005 1st Round Draft Picks- NBA and NFL) Ride: 20AE VW GTI sitting on 19″ Oz Rims Other Ride: 46″ Sector 9 Longboard (Skateboard)...

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Operation Donnerschlage

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 2005

Source: Atomic “Last year, Atomic Marathon Team skiers spanked the other skiers like the naughty Russian girl spanks a rich German businessman,” beamed Atomic’s International Race Director, Peter Juric. “It was not pretty. But racing is not about pretty, racing is about winning. Our boy Rezac took overall title for World Loppet, Martina Glagow was overall World Champion for Biathlon, we took Gold at World Championships and even in USA Atomic won every men’s and...

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CampsTraining

Trout Lake Camp Report

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 2005

This would be my third year coaching at the PNSA Junior Nordic camp in Trout Lake Washington, and the 2nd year bringing a group of juniors along from the East. It was a great camp for all of us and we are already looking forward to another trip out west in '06. A big Thank You goes out to Ben Husaby of MBSEF, for inviting us to participate. – Janice Sibilia, JLS sports It was...

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CampsTraining

USST Lake Placid Camp Photos

FasterSkierSeptember 13, 2005

Eli Brown of Fischer Skis sent us these photos of Day 1 at the US Ski Team's Lake Placid camp. How many coaches does it take to fix Chris Cooks skis? Ben Fick, 2005 Korteloppet Champ and high school skier is PSYCHED to be here! Morgan Arritola, the lone woman at this camp….looked strong today! 8. Kris Freeman and Andrew Johnson are on track. They were moving out today!

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Snow Flurries At Silver Star

FasterSkierSeptember 13, 2005

Winter is getting closer…we received this picture over the weekend from Glenn Bond, Nordic Director at Silver Star. The staff and friends of Silver Star were reminded on Friday morning just how close winter is. Pictured here is the six passenger express lift on top of Silver Star Mountain Resort in British Columbia, Canada. taken at 8:55am, Friday, September 9th.

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USST Coach Trond Nystad Talks About Interval And Strength Training

FasterSkierSeptember 12, 2005

Trond, the FasterSkier.com article on August 26 called: USST September and October Training Camp Schedule showed a very interval and strength oriented approach. USST skier Kris Freeman, photo courtesy of Fischer Skis Has your approach to intervals changed from last season? We have changed our intensity period a little from last year. Last year we did 14 L4 interval sessions in 10 days. The main problem we encountered was that the athletes did the intervals...

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Training

FasterSkier Club Service – August 2005

FasterSkierSeptember 11, 2005

FASTERSKIER CLUB SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE – 2005 August, 2005 Volume 2 Issue 4 The Club! We recently emailed the fourth issue of the 2005 season Fasterskier.com’s subscription service covering in-depth, modern and interesting issues in the sport of Cross-Country. The subscription service runs from May through April. If you have signed up recently and not received the first three issues, please let us know so we can send them. The August 2005 issue This month we...

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News

TorbjornSport Update: Get In Shape This Fall On PRO-SKI Rollerskis

FasterSkierSeptember 11, 2005

PRO-SKI rollerskis are the choice of many of the World’s best skiers including the Norwegian and Swedish men’s and women’s national teams as well as many of the most successful FIS marathon cup skiers. Do you wonder what the double pole powerhouses that win the Worlds largest ski race, the Swedish Vasaloppet are training on? The answer is PRO-SKI Rollerskis. Improve your upper body strength by rollerskiing this fall. You’ll see improved results in both...

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HealthTraining

Sprint World Champion Emelie Ohrstig Is Struggling

FasterSkierSeptember 10, 2005

Sprint World Champion Emelie Ohrstig has struggled with an inflamed thyroid gland lately. – Everything has been tough for a long time, says Emelie to the Swedish newspaper Kuriren. Source: Skidsport.com The World Champion was a couple weeks ago told that she had an inflamed thyroid gland. That message came after she had felt tired and drained for several weeks. She is now feeling better. – It takes time to come back, so I can’t...

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2005 World Championship Medalist Sara Renner

FasterSkierSeptember 9, 2005

Years of hard work paid off with a bronze medal in the sprint at the 2005 Worlds for Canadian Sara Renner. FasterSkier.com asked her about support, motivation, training, goals and the 2006 Olympics. Background articles: Tuesday’s Big Event At Worlds: Individual Classic Sprint http://www.fasterskier.com/racing1988.html Comments From Bronze Medalist Sara Renner How does being a medalist change your own motivation and outlook for the 2006 Olympics? – I know I can fight to win now whereas...

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News

US National Coaches Conference and Coaching Education Summit

FasterSkierSeptember 9, 2005

US National Coaches Conference and Coaching Education Summit Lake Placid, New York September 24, 2005 Event Update: Final Registration Deadline Approaching, Coaches Education Materials Requested The 2005 US National Cross-Country Ski Coaching Conference and Coaching Education Summit in Lake Placid, NY is nearly filled and the final registration deadline is rapidly approaching September 9th. The 3-day conference will present a wide range of relevant coaching information, discuss these ideas and find ways for the US...

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OtherRacing

Results From Argentina's 19th Annual Marchablanca

FasterSkierSeptember 9, 2005

Another weak winter shortens race to only 8.5 km Martin Bianchi, a Tierra del Fuego native, won this year’s edition of the Marchablanca on Sunday August 21st, crossing the line in 23 minutes, 14 seconds. On the women’s side, Sona Klikarova of either Slovakia or the Czech Republic (some confusion existed on her entry form) took the women’s race in 28:08. The normal 21 km circuit was shortened to 8.5 km due to poor conditions...

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