November 2005 – Page 2 – FasterSkier.com

From Worst To Best: Kuusamo World Cup Victory For Hofstad. Carl Swenson, USA 12th

FasterSkierNovember 27, 2005

Source: Langrenn.com Results: WC – 15km freestyle men Kuusamo 2005-11-27 1 67 Hofstad Tore Ruud NOR *12:58:30 34:16.7 0.0 2 85 Vittoz Vincent FRA *13:07:30 34:17.5 +0.8 3 90 Angerer Tobias GER *13:10:00 34:28.1 +11.4 4 69 Piller Cottrer Pietro ITA *12:59:30 34:29.0 +12.3 5 63 Magal Jiri CZE *12:56:30 34:34.2 +17.5 6 59 Jonnier Emmanuel FRA *12:54:30 34:38.3 +21.6 7 58 Hasler Markus LIE *12:54:00 34:39.7 +23.0 8 45 Kattilakoski Teemu FIN *12:47:30 34:40.4...

Racing World Cup

Angerer Takes Kuusamo 15km, Carl Swenson 11th

FasterSkierNovember 26, 2005

German skiers dominated today's 15km World Cup classic race in Kuusamo, Finland. Tobias Angerer, who has probably one of the five strongest upper bodies on the World Cup, put it to good use today and squeeked out a 2 second victory, while his teammate Jens Filbrich grabbed third ahead of a great classic effort by skating expert Vincent Vittoz of France. The race also showed that the Norwegian sprinters' recent distance success was no fluke....

Racing World Cup

No Backward Step For Bjoergen

FasterSkierNovember 26, 2005

Marit Bjorgen (Norway) has won every World Cup race so far in this 2005-2006 season, including the 10km classic which took place earlier today in Kuusamo, Finland. The Norwegian heroine walloped the rest of the competitors by nearly 30 seconds, winning the individual start race with a time of 26 minutes, 33.0 seconds. Claudia Kuenzel Leads the Pack in Dusseldorf, Germany. Photo copyright Marco Felgenhauer, www.xc-ski.de Smigun, who struggled last season after being a consistent...

XCFeeds

Wagner, Zimmermann in West Sprint

Peter VordenbergNovember 25, 2005

XCFeeds

Swenson 11th in World Cup Classical!

Peter VordenbergNovember 25, 2005

Continental Cup Racing

Leif Zimmerman, Wendy Wagner Win Yellowstone Sprints

FasterSkierNovember 25, 2005

Hundreds of skiers of all abilities watched as today's SuperTour freestyle sprints were contested in West Yellowstone, MT. Wendy Wagner Leads her Semifinal As it turned out, Wagner dominated the entire day, cruising in with arms waving, a comfortable 2.5 seconds ahead of Laura Valaas (Whitman College) in the A Final. Valaas completely dusted last year's overall SuperTour winner Karin Camenisch by 6.1 seconds, while Dartmouth's Alison Crocker took fourth. NMU skier Lindsay Williams, who...

Other Racing

Hochtl and Bjornsen Set 100M Marks

FasterSkierNovember 25, 2005

Kevin Hochtl and Sadie Bjornsen set new world records in a 100M sprint event in West Yellowstone on Wednesday. Kevin Hotchtl put on a sprint clinic in the men's event, with a top time of 11.94 on his second attempt. Hochtl had the fastest four runs of the day (in four attempts), and three of those were under 12 seconds! The top four men, Hochtl, Tim Weston, Andrew Newell, and Colin Mahood, all came in...

Interviews News

Chasing the Flow of Skiing with Alison Owen-Bradley

FasterSkierNovember 25, 2005

As a skier, you see the world. Eating reindeer sausages and cloud berries in Finland. Drinking Glug in Norway on New Years. Watching a wild pack of moose trot briskly by on a suburban Alaskan street. Writing helps put in their rightful place the incomplete remembrance of roads taken, breakdowns, misdirections, potholes, and detours of my days on the road chasing snow. Being around people in sometimes such tight accommodations, you find out insights from...

Interviews News

Ronning Wants To Challenge The â€œOldâ€ Skiers For Olympic Spots

FasterSkierNovember 25, 2005

– It would be very exciting to race this leg at the Olympics, says Eldar Ronning after skiing an excellent first leg on the Norwegian 4 x 10 k relay team at Beitostolen. Keeping that spot will be a big challenge. Source: Langrenn.com Only five skiers were together in the leadpack at the first tag-off in Sunday’s 4 x 10 World Cup relay. Ronning and Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset (on the Norwegian second team) had pushed the...

Interviews News

Kristina Strandberg

FasterSkierNovember 24, 2005

One of the top skiers in the country, Swedish-born Kristina Strandberg took the overall victory in last season's FIS North America Marathon series. She was also an NCAA champion in 2000. This year she looks set for another strong year on the marathon circuit, while simulatneously working on a PhD. We asked her a few questions here at West Yellowstone, where she is training with the rest of the factory team. Ok first things first:...

Travel

Yellowstone Ski Festival Going Strong

FasterSkierNovember 24, 2005

“The Yellowstone Ski Festival kicked off with a bang yesterday in West Yellowstone, Montana. Great snow and outstanding trail conditions have Ski Festival attendees grinning from ear to ear. At the Try It and Buy It Gear Demo, Atomic, Fischer, Rossignol, Toko, Exel, Salomon, Swix, Alpina and Madsus were all set up early and waiting for skiers to try out the latest Nordic gear. Last night, the Indoor Ski Show was as busy as it...

Interviews News

Svartedal: I Don’t Want To Lose This Relay Spot

FasterSkierNovember 24, 2005

Jens Arne Svartedal was following his World Cup second place in the Saturday’s 15-kilometer classic, awarded with the second leg on the Norwegian first team in Sunday’s 4 x 10-kilometer relay. He fought hard, skied well and tagged off as the leader and this way proved that it’s a job he wants to keep. Source: Langrenn.com

Opinion Product News

Following the Olympic Trials, Who’s Hot, Who’s Not, and the Strange Anomalies of USSA Scoring

FasterSkierNovember 23, 2005

Fasterskier.com Guest Editorial by Mike Trecker Fast, furious and freezing. What an amazing couple of weeks it has been in Alaska following the trials and tribulations of those competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. For most of those trying out, it is just an accomplishment getting to this point. They have trained diligently through the summer months while scrambling to put together something that resembles sponsorship, scraped enough funding together to secure...

News

World Cup 25th Place Not Good Enough To Race In Kuusamo

FasterSkierNovember 23, 2005

Norwegian skier Kristian Horntvedt had his best seasonopener ever and placed 25th in the 15-kilometer World Cup classic race at Beitostolen last weekend. That was not good enough to make next weekend’s World Cup team. See Norway’s team for Kuusamo. Source: Langrenn.com Kristian Horntvedt was not happy with his World Cup races last weekend. It was still his best ever season opener. — It’s still not clicking, admits Horntvedt.

News

Check Out The New SOLDA Waxes In West Yellowstone

FasterSkierNovember 23, 2005

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Other Racing

US 100M Event Slated for Today In Yellowstone

FasterSkierNovember 23, 2005

US 100 meter championship slated for 2pm Wednesday in West Yellowstone, MT. The US 100m world record attempt will take place about 50 meters after the main entrance to the Rendezvous Ski Trails on the left hand side… look for the skiers, listen for the bull horn. About 20 of the fastest American skiers will be taking part in this professionally timed event. Be there.

XCFeeds

Bjornsen and Hochtl set World Records

Peter VordenbergNovember 22, 2005

XCFeeds

11.94 NEW WORLD RECORD

Peter VordenbergNovember 22, 2005

News

Fischer Launches Jibskate in West Yellowstone’s New Terrain Park

FasterSkierNovember 22, 2005

Fischer will introduce the world’s first twin-tip skate ski, The Jibskate, designed specifically for terrain parks at West Yellowstone’s Thanksgiving Ski Festival. Last year in W. Yellowstone Fischer created a small terrain area behind their demo tent and had several pairs of prototype Jibskates. The Jibskates were a big hit with the kids (and more than a few adults) and this year Fischer will take their Jibskate demo to a whole new level. Doug Edgerton,...

Racing World Cup

World Cup Overall List

FasterSkierNovember 22, 2005

Marit Bjorgen and Tor Arne Hetland are leading the overall World Cup after this weekend’s races at Beitostolen. See the entire points list for men and women. Source: Langrenn.com The list includes points from the individual freestyle sprint race in DÃ¼sseldorf and the classic 10 and 15-kilometer races at Beitostolen last weekend. Overall World Cup men 1 HETLAND Tor Arne NOR 180 2 LARSSON Peter SWE 100 3 SVARTEDAL Jens Arne NOR 80 4 RÃ˜NNING...

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