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Western State College and the Crested Butte Gunnison Nordic Team will be hosting a summer dryland camp this July 12-16 at Western State College of Colorado and throughout the Gunnison Valley. The camp is headlined by Olympian Coaches and will take advantage of the great training opportunities found in the Gunnison Valley. Scheduled to coach at the camp are Olympic Skiers, Wendy Wagner, Abby Larson, Ingrid Butts and Rebecca Dussault. In addition, NCAA and Rocky...

Source: Langrenn.com Thomas Alsgaard, Jorgen Brink, Langrenn.com and a talented 20-year old were asked to evaluate then new Swedish Skitunnel in Torsby. Check out some very cool photos! The test group consisted of Thomas Alsgaard, Jorgen Brink, four athletes/journalists from Langrenn.com and Swedish talent Marcus Hellner (20). They gave grades from 1-6, where six is best. The evaluation: Thomas Jœrgen Marcus Langrenn.com Course profile 5 5 6 5 Skifeeling 6 6 5-6 6 Temperature/air quality...

During the Rocky Mountain Nordic Select and Development Team Camp in Park City last week, several junior athletes posted fast times on the infamous Agony Hill Time Trial. Men: Ian Havlick (OJ) 14:51 (3rd fastest junior ever?) Tyler Reinking (J1) 15:32 Calvin Delamere (OJ) 15:33 Marty Smith (OJ) 16:46 Tom Sawyer (J1) 19:17 Women: Sarah MacCarthy (OJ) 18:52 Annelies Cook (SR – U of Utah) 20:11 Mary Rose (J2) 20:36 Molly Newman (J2) 21:06 Shana...

Andy Hunter continued a tradition of cross country skiers winning the grueling Bird Ridge Hill Climb race on Sunday in Anchorage, Alaska. Hunter led a procession of 5 skiers in the top 6 places. Recent winners of this race have included skiers like Trond Flagstad, Frode Lillefjell, and Tobias Schwoerer. From the Anchorage Daily News: Hunter, Liebner maintain nordic victory tradition QUAD-BUSTING: Skiers dominate race up Bird Ridge; Bourgeois starts to embrace her competitive side....

Madison Technique Rollerski Clinic and Workshop Recap Last Monday and Tuesday CXC Skiing provided learning opportunities for high school, college, and master/citizen skiers in the Madison, WI area. Andre Watt conducted a two day clinic for skate and classic techniques with dry land and rollerski drills as well as answering questions about training and cross country ski equipment. Monday Skate Clinic “I was very excited to see the enthusiasm and energy that the Madison community...

Central Cross Country Ski Association (CXC Skiing) is pleased to announce the 2005-2006 Athlete, Coach and Volunteers of the Year. Every spring CXC Skiing recognizes several individuals for their passion for the sport and their commitment to the organization and athletic results. This year CXC Skiing would like to congratulate the following individuals and wish them the best in their future endeavors! Athlete of the Year Chris Cook — Rhinelander, WI For his outstanding achievements...

Norwegian ski star Marit Bjorgen has hired her own publicist. The idea is to make sure that she is protected from media, is able to train enough, and is able to focus on the races she is participating in, says Norwegian NRK television. Bjorgen was the second-most talked about person in in Norwegian newspapers, television and radio last winter, after the country's prime minister. – The media-pressure is quite large in periods, and I’m also...

Cody, WY–MWSC Cross-country athletes just finished the first camp of the training year in Northwestern Wyoming's Beartooth Mountains. Steve Scott, Tom Keefe and coach Will Sweetser enjoyed almost perfect spring weather and put in more than 20 hours on snow. A short snowstorm two days into the camp guaranteed great skiing for the next week. Hardwax was the order of the day for a few days' early classic skiing. As the weather warmed and the...

ROLLERSKI 2006: THE WORLD CUP IN 4 STAGES At the FIS congress in Vilamoura (Portugal) the 2006 Rollerski World Cup calendar was confirmed. Next season was also planned, with the World Championships 2007 set for Italy. The rollerski World Cup starts this season stronger than ever. In 2006 it will include four stages, as the FIS Congress in May approved. The opening of the World Cup has been given to the excellent organizing ability of...

Bring your rollerskis and take part in the French Odlo rollerski-cup if you are heading to France this summer. Source: Langrenn.com Here is a list of the races in the French rollerski-cup this summer: Opening: CircuitBastia (Corsika), 8 Р9 July Sprint and 6-k uphillrace Second stage Vallouise 21-23 July Sprint loop and uphillrace Third stage Le Grand-Bornand (Hte-Savoie), 15-16 August Sprint XL and 7-k uphill 7 Finale Pontarlier РMouthe Tran'roller, 16-17 September Mont̩e,...

Norwegian skistar Frode Estil decided to change ski brand last week, and it didn’t take long before Petter Northug knocked on his door to pick up his best skis. – He (Petter Northug) knocked on the door very quickly after the decision to switch was made and took off with lots of skis, said Frode Estil. Northug, the rising star of the Norwegian men's team, is on Fischer, which is what Estil raced on until...

Axel Teichmann had to have surgery on an injured leg. It looks like there is no end to the German ski star’s bad luck. He was sick this winter and didn’t get to race in the Olympics. Then he lost his A-team status on the German team for the upcoming season. And now he got injured and had to have surgery. It’s expected that he won't be able to fully load his leg and train...

Beckie Scott has sure kept busy. Beckie has always been a tremendous ambassador for the sport of cross country skiing, and she has continued those efforts in a number of arenas recently. Consider these articles on the Cross Country Canada website… Beckie Scott strides into St. John’s to help grow Cross-Country Skiing in Newfoundland http://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=doc&ID=3971&lan=0 By: The Record – Sherbrooke/Canadian Sport Centre Right to Play is taking along six other athletes on the Ethiopia trip,...

Tomorrow marks the end of the grooming of snow at Auburn Ski Club for the season, and the Canadian National Team will depart for more Northern latitudes. They’ve spent their days skiing in the morning and enjoying the surrounding mountains and lakes in the afternoon, including a low-elevation interval session and swim on the Yuba River and lunch in Nevada City on Wednesday. The Sun Valley Junior Ski Team, including Coaches Rick Kapala, Abi Holt,...

As reported earlier, the Congress Week in Vilamoura entailed meetings of most FIS Committees. The FIS Newsflash has collected the highlights of several of those meetings in a number of the disciplines: The Cross-Country Committee approved the World Cup Organizer Handbook that has been prepared to help standardize many aspects of event organization, and most importantly, to take advantage of the collective know-how developed over the years by all organizers. The Handbook will be a...

July 2-8, 2006 Cresthill Resort, Hayward, WI Central Cross Country Ski Association (“CXC Skiing”) is pleased to announce the 2006 Regional Training/Testing Camp for CXC Ski Team, Regional Development Group, State Development Groups, and past year’s Junior Olympians. Athletes not qualifying for these groups may petition in to the camp by writing Yuri Gusev at www.cxcskiing.org to find registration info. Congratulations to the State Development Group athletes and Midwest/Great Lakes Junior Olympic Team members for...