CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO MIDWEST THROUGH 2008 Houghton, Mich wins back to back bids after successful Junior Olympics PARK CITY, Utah (May 17) – The 2007 U.S. Cross Country Championships will return to the Midwest for the first time in more than a decade for the next two seasons, bringing title races for the first time to Houghton, Mich., next Jan. 3-7 and again in 2008, U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner said. Houghton and...
CXC Skiing is pleased to announce the Regional Development Team (RDT) athletes for 2007. Regional Development Team selecting is based on results from the U.S. National Championships, Junior Olympics and NCAA Championships and on published criteria. J2 Juniors Joe Dubay (Coon Rapids/Mpls SC) Chris Bowler (Wausau Nordic) J1 Juniors Ben Fick (Nordic Werks Ski Klub) Michael Mommsen (Mpls SC) Claire Luby (Middlebury) OJ Juniors Bill Bowler (NMU) Karl Nygren (St. Olaf College) Chris Harvey (MTU)...
THREE-TIME OLYMPIAN JUSTIN WADSWORTH JOINS XC COACHING STAFF PARK CITY, Utah (May 17) – Three-time cross country Olympian Justin Wadsworth has been added to the U.S. Ski Team's World Cup coaching staff, Head Coach Pete Vordenberg said. Wadsworth, 37, retired after the 2003 season following a nine-year career in which he was renowned for his intensity and determination. He shifted to team adventure sports for two years and worked with the Ski Team last season...
The Nordic Ski Club Fairbanks has inaugurated a year round training program for juniors with the hiring of Peter Leonard as Head Coach of Fairbanks Cross Country (FXC). Pete has been with the New York Ski Educational Foundation in Lake Placid as assistant cross country coach for the past two years. In 2006 he coached the Mid-Atlantic Junior National Team as well as the New York Eastern High School Championship team. He began racing in...
National Team Members Praise Conditions May 15, 2006 – While most skiers have put away the skis for the season and dusted off their bikes and roller skis, Canada’s elite Nordic skiers returned to the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre (host venue of the 2005 Greater Vernon World Cup) this week for some on-snow spring training. Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre Manager Mike Edwards was approached by an elite ski team from Alberta about hosting a spring...
Pocatello Cross Country Ski Team is looking for a Head Coach. It is a part time coach for J-3 through J-1 skiers in Pocatello, Idaho. Pocatello is a college town centrally located in the Intermountain Northern area. Please contact Caryn Elliott at
CENTRAL CROSS COUNTRY SKI ASSOCIATION MAY TECHNIQUE CAMP FOR MASTER/CITIZEN SKIERS RECAP Madison and Hayward, Wisconsin Central Cross Country Skiing brought one of the world's premiere coaches to Madison and Hayward for 4 days of meetings with the staff and athletes of our new 9 member CXC Team and offered an afternoon skate roller ski clinics. Clinic in Madison, WI A primary goal was to offer masters/citizen skiers world class technique coaching. Igor Badamshin skied...
Tax haven Lichtenstein could become Olympic sprint champion Bjorn Lind’s new home. There is also a rumor that Lind is close to signing a sponsor deal with Porsche sport cars. Bjorn Lind won gold at both the individual and two-person-sprint relay at the 2006 Olympics, but then got sick and didn’t finish the World Cup with great results. He is now seriously considering moving to Liechtenstein in order to the reduce travel time to a...
Auburn Ski Club, CA is looking to fill the Assistant Nordic Director Position. Duties include administration, Training Center Management and coaching of youth, junior & adult programs. Full time seasonal. Contact Sally Jones 530 426 3313 x103 for more info
Upper Peninsula city to host national skiing competitons HOUGHTON, Mich. The US Skiing and Snowboarding Association has chosen Houghton to host the USSA Nationals cross country skiing competitions for the next two years. Organizers say the Upper Peninsula city was chosen because of its successful handling of the US Junior Olympics cross country skiing competition in March.
Lukas Bauer, the Olympic silver medalist from The Czech Republic started his season preparations on May 1. in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, not very far from his own hometown in the Czech Republic. He was training with Rene Sommerfeldt’s training group consisting of Janko Neuber, Tom Reichelt, Benjamin Seifert and Rene. National team head coach Jochen Bechle is happy. – We need new impulses and the athletes don’t mind competition, says Behle to xc-ski.de
– I’m going to become a better skier by not being on the national team, says Jan Egil Andresen after being kicked off the team. He is not very complimentary about the “World’s best†national team. Source: Langrenn.com
Vidar Lofshus, US sprint coach the last two seasons was hired as assistant coach for the Norwegian sprint and distance team this week. University of Denver coach Knut Nystad was hired as new head wax technician following Terje Langli’s departure. Knut Nystad is former US Ski Team head coach Trond Nystad’s brother. Vidar Lofshus is a former member of the Norwegian development team. He has no formal sport education, but has a degree in economy....
The spring has brought some changes in the coaching ranks of many Cross-Country Skiing teams. Here is a summary. In Finland, Magnar Dalen is the first-ever foreigner to be appointed to the post of head coach of the Finnish Cross-Country team. Norwegian by birth, Dalen (42) has lived in Sweden for the last 15 years and was the head coach of Sweden's cross-country ski team from 1998-2002. He will be supported by assistant coach Eero...
Turbulence In Sweden: Fredriksson Critical To Braaten The Fredriksson brothers are considering leaving the Swedish national team unless the camp schedule is changed. Source: Langrenn.com Mathias Fredriksson is critical to national team head coach Inge Braaten’s program for the upcoming season. Braaten has together with assistant coach Thomas Alsagaard proposed a camp schedule to the skiers. Fredriksson was not happy with what he was presented. – I don’t agree with Braaten concerning the camp schedule...
There are no more races left that suits Norwegian Havard Skorstad. He is now retiring from elite level racing, but isn’t quite able to quit working out. Source: Langrenn.com
The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) is pleased to announce Patrick Cote of Oakland, Maine as its new Executive Director. Pat is a graduate of Dartmouth College, a former Dartmouth Ski Team captain, and has served as NENSA’s Program Director since 2001. Prior to joining NENSA’s staff, Patrick was a teacher and coach at Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. Pat will replace Max Cobb, who is moving on to a full-time position with US...
The bike, running and rollerski season is already in full motion however some Utah XC enthusiasts are still skiing. With a lot of snow up at high altitude the skiing is still great in the Utah Mountains! Low night temperatures and an inch of fresh snow over night on top of the crust made for great skiing on May 6 when we (Lauri Humbert, Dave Knoop and Meiko Hoemke) skied from Guardsman Pass above Park...
Norwegian National team Selection For 2006-2007 The Norwegian Skifederation has selected these skiers for the 2006/2007 national teams Women: Marit Bjœrgen, Rognes IL Kine Beate BjœrnÃ¥s, Varden Ella Gjœmle, Lyn Vibeke Skofterud, Slitu Guro Strœm Solli, Drevja Kristin Stœrmer Steira, IL Forsœk Kristin Mürer Stemland, ByÃ¥sen Women development team: Marte Elden, Henning Skilag Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, IL Heming Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nielsen, Vestringen Ann Eli Tafjord, Valldal Men all-round: Anders Aukland, Oseberg Frode Estil, Lierne...
Its getting to be late Spring, which means that crust skiing in the Sierras is just about perfect. Here are some photos and comments from Far West Nordic's Mark Nadell. Here are some photos from the latest Sierra Spring Skate Trip. Temperatures around here have been pretty warm in the evening, so we’ve not been able to do a lot of local trips, but this week it got a little cooler, and the conditions today...