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Skiing in Fairbanks

FasterSkierOctober 25, 2006

The snow started falling in Fairbanks Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday afternoon the Birch Hill trails were being groomed and a few dedicated skiers were taking advantage of the conditions to start accumulating some early season K's. The total snowfall at Birch Hill was about 3″-4″/8-10cm, which is plenty for the smooth-surfaced trail system. It will be a while before tracks are possible, but skating is pretty good at this point. For a first-hand view...

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Andy Newell firing up the engine for the start of the World Cup season

FasterSkierOctober 24, 2006

With the start of the World Cup season just 4 days away, Andy Newell is spending a week at the new Torsby Ski Tunnel in Sweden preparing for the sprint races in Dusseldorf, Germany. This will be the fourth year in which the World Cup season begins in Dusseldorf, but it will be the first time that Andy has competed in the World Cup opener. We were able to catch up with Andy and ask...

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JuniorsRacing

Continental Cup Team Announces February OPA Cup Trip

FasterSkierOctober 24, 2006

Continental Cup Team coaches Pat Casey, Matt Whitcomb, and wax technician Randy Gibbs will remain in Europe following Junior World and U23 World Championships for two weekends of OPA Cup racing in central Europe. The races will be in Oberstdorf, Germany (Feb 10-11) and Medvode, Slovenia (Feb 17-18). Research them in detail at pcasey@ussa.org ) to express interest. Selections will be made immediately following US Nationals in January.

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News

US Ski Team Season Preview: Solid Training Base for '07 Team

FasterSkierOctober 24, 2006

PARK CITY, Utah (Oct. 23) – Arguably the strongest preseason training and conditioning regimen has Head Coach Pete Vordenberg smiling about his U.S. cross country athletes as the World Cup ski season nears. Vordenberg, who moved up in the spring to head coach after four years as World Cup coach, and his staff set an immediate goal of being one of the best-conditioned teams on the tour this season. Through dryland camps in Utah and...

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Training

US Sprint Team In Sweden: Rain, rain, go away

FasterSkierOctober 23, 2006

TORSBY, Sweden (Oct. 21) – Training by skiing in a tunnel can get boring, but it's usually better than pounding away outside in rain. “The snow in the tunnel is good…and it's even better when it's been raining outside every day,” said Chris Grover, sprint head coach for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. U.S. sprinters Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT), Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) and Chris Cook (Rhinelander, WI) are training in Torsby – in...

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Travel

Snow, Snow Everywhere

FasterSkierOctober 23, 2006

Okay, not quite everywhere. But we did receive four different reports of snow in locations from West Yellowstone to Lake Placid. And lucky skiers in Bozeman and Crested Butte even had groomed tracks. Here's a wrap-up. West Yellowstone, Montana: Jamie Green reports that the white stuff has covered the ground in West Yellowstone, Montana. In a few weeks, Yellowstone will kick off the national ski season with the Yellowstone Ski Festival. Bozeman, Montana report from...

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RacingWorld Cup

These skiers will race for Sweden

FasterSkierOctober 22, 2006

The Swedes have selected 11 skiers for next weekend’s sprint races in Düsseldorf. They will add one male skier after a finale test race. Women: Anna Dahlberg, Ã…sarna Lina Andersson, PiteÃ¥ Britta Norgren, SollefteÃ¥ Anna-Karin Strömstedt, Vansbro Charlotte Kalla, Tärendö Maria Rydqvist , Östersund, Men: Peter Larsson, Hudiksvall Björn LInd, do Thobias Fredriksson, Östersund Mikael Östberg, FAlun Borlänge Fredrik Östberg, Falun Borlänge Source: Langrenn.com

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OtherRacing

Kalla and Larsson won Swedish sprint-test

FasterSkierOctober 21, 2006

Charlotte Kalla and Mats Larsson won a Swedish sprint time-trial in the Torsby skitunnel last Saturday. The time-trial was a part of Sweden’s peaking toward the upcoming sprint World Cup opener in Dusseldorf. The course was 1300-meter long and the race was held in freestyle. Women: Charlotte Kalla won ahead of Lina Anderson. Ida Ingemarsdotter was third. The entire women’s team took part. Men: Mats Larsson won men’s race ahead of Emil Jönsson. Jörgen Brink...

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News

Take “AIM”! Maximize Your XC Skiing Experience

FasterSkierOctober 21, 2006

It is not very often that you see big changes in a relatively small sport such as cross country skiing. However, with the help of two well known master skiers, a new opportunity will be offered to the public to enhance the enjoyment of the sport. Jim Fredericks, coach, racer, and former Nordic race director for Rossignol Ski Company examined a coaching technique that has been relatively ignored by the Nordic environment. Coming from a...

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News

This is how much cross country skiers make

FasterSkierOctober 20, 2006

What are top skiers incomes? Switch from cross-country skiing to basketball, hockey, football or tennis if your main goal is to get rich. But also note that Ulvang, Dahlie and a few others retired skiers have done pretty well financially. Here are net income numbers, net fortune (money in bank accounts) and how much tax they paid last season for some Norwegian elite skiers as well as for a few retired ones. Norwegian tax laws...

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News

Yellowstone Ski Festival is only a few weeks away

FasterSkierOctober 20, 2006

The Yellowstone Ski Festival November 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2006 West Yellowstone, Montana It’s snowing in West Yellowstone today and it’s getting hard to think about anything except skiing! The Yellowstone Ski Festival is only a few weeks away and will take place during Thanksgiving Week on November 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2006 in West Yellowstone, Montana. The event’s highlights include a series of one, three and five day Nordic skiing...

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InterviewsNews

Three Questions to FIS XC Director Jürg Capol

FasterSkierOctober 20, 2006

The Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country season will start on 28th-29th October in Düsseldorf (GER). FIS Newsflash caught up with Jürg Capol, FIS Race Director Cross-Country, at the outset of the new season. He shared his thoughts into the winter that includes not only the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo (JPN) but also the premiere edition of the FIS Tour de Ski, a new multi-stage event that is part of the Viessmann FIS...

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OtherRacing

First Ski Race Of The Season Held In Michigan

FasterSkierOctober 19, 2006

On Saturday, October 14th, the Michigan Tech Nordic Ski team hosted the 1st Annual Oktervofest Nordic Relays. The race took place on the Chassell Nordic Racing Trails in Chassell, Michigan, just outside of Houghton, MI, the site of the 2007 USSA Cross Country National Championships. The race consisted of five, three person teams, with each leg completing two, 1.63km laps. The course was in pristine early season conditions with a 2”-3” professionally groomed base of...

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News

Ulvang want to increase skier’s salaries

FasterSkierOctober 19, 2006

FIS official and ski legend Vegard Ulvang want to increase World Cup skier’s salaries. Vegard Ulvang is heavily promoting the new Tour De Ski. Now he also wants to increase World Cup skier’s salaries by introducing price money at the World Championship. – I realized when I was a ski racer that there should be prize money at Worlds, and I’m standing by that, says Ulvang to nettavisen.no. There won’t be prize money at this...

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Training

Lessons from Bobsledding

FasterSkierOctober 18, 2006

This past week I learned to bobsled when I joined the U.S. National Bobsledding Team for one week of their training camp at the Lake Placid, NY Olympic Training Center. Somehow, through serendipitous circumstances and the help of bobsled driver Sara Sprung, whom I pushed for, I arranged my own fantasy bobsledding camp during a low-volume training week. I learned how to move the 400 lb sleds around; sharpen and care for the runners; how...

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