Øysteinâ€The Sausage†Pettersen is training alone in the Ramsau valley while the rest of the team is training at high altitude.
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He Finally Made The National Team
FasterSkierOctober 18, 2006
Geir Ludvig Ã…sen had to turn 32 years old before he was found good enough for the Norwegian national team. But now he is on it. Deserved , he feels.
Claudia Kuenzel Joins Team Atomic
FasterSkierOctober 17, 2006
By: Rick Halling, Atomic Many of the top Worldcup racers switched to Atomic this past summer. One German coach made the remark, “It is like the other ski companies are the tired old husbands who take their trophy wives for granted and they are surprised when the wives leave them for some handsome young stud. The athletes are like the trophy wives and Atomic is the handsome young stud. All the top athletes are leaving...
Just as rollerskiing simulates skiing, physiology testing replicates, in isolated fashion, the demands of ski racing. For the third and final time this season the US National Sprint, Distance and Continental Cup teams came to Utah for poking, prodding and measurement. According to the USST sport science and coaching staff, fitness, speed and strength continue a positive trajectory. Pete Vordenberg getting his golf on at Lake Placid’s Bushwood Country Club. (Andrew Johnson photo). Day one...
US Continental Cup Team Revises Fall Racing Schedule
FasterSkierOctober 16, 2006
Having capped the early-fall training block with a positive testing camp in Park City, the Continental Cup staff has decided to deviate from its original Scandinavian plan to a Super Tour campaign in the US that begins with West Yellowstone. The original plan was to train and race in Scandinavia for 5 weeks, exposing the team to early snow, competitive racing, and the adversity that attaches itself to foreign travel. When the racing schedule took...
USST Coach Matt Whitcomb Talks About Training, Coaching, And His Cabin In Vermont
FasterSkierOctober 16, 2006
Matt Whitcomb is a development coach with the US Ski Team. Whitcomb graduated from Middlebury College in 2001. Before captaining the Middlebury ski team, Whitcomb earned honors as at Stratton Mountain School as an All American junior skier. Following college Whitcomb began coaching at Burke Mountain Academy, where his athletes succeeded nationally and internationally. He has also served as New England’s team leader for Junior Nationals. www.middleburyskiing.org Andrew Gardner is Head Coach of the Middlebury...
In its first meeting under the supervision of the newly-appointed Chairman Vegard Ulvang (NOR), the Cross-Country Executive Board approved the basic principles for the World Cup Calendar 2007/2008, including continuing the tradition of the successful pre-season opening at the end of October and planning another overseas trip to Canada, in preparation of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The Zurich meeting also finalized plans for the two trials during the upcoming season: a test...
APU/UAA Potter Hill Time Trial
FasterSkierOctober 14, 2006
Results and two pictures from an APU/UAA Time Trial last Saturday up Potter Hill in Anchorage, Alaska. APU coach Holly Brooks commented: “Overall times were slower than one month ago but we had a very strong headwind and rain – this let us see who could tough it out in crummy conditions! (Sometimes a very useful and applicable part of training!) Many of the APU athletes were out of town but a good time nonetheless!...
The German has two main goals This week Tobias Angerer (GER), overall Cross-Country World Cup winner of the season 2005/2006 and 2006 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the 15 km individual race in the classical style, answers some questions for the FIS Newsflash about the upcoming season. By Sandra Spitz, FIS It is only 17 days to go until the start of the new “Viessmann” FIS World Cup Cross-Country season 2006/2007. As in the 4 years,...
Midwest, Great Lakes Get Hammered With Snow
FasterSkierOctober 13, 2006
It winter in the Midwest! As you probably already know, an early October snowstorm has blanketed the Great Lakes and Midwest with 2 feet of snow as of Friday morning. Here's a full article: www.skinnyski.com has some photos of people skiing and a report that ABR will be open this weekend. Have you been skiing? Post a comment below, or send us a photo! This is certainly exciting, but does it mean a good winter...
Coach Roar Hjelmeset reports of fantastic ski conditions and tons of skiers at the Ramsau glacier. Roar Hjelmeset is coach for Norwegian Team Hovden, and is currently in Ramsau, Austria. – It appears as the “entire ski-Norway†is in Ramsau these days! – Yes, there are lots of Norwegians. Just like at the Grand Canary, says Hjelmeset on the phone. – Some are coming and some are leaving, but there musty be roughly 100 Norwegian...
Bjœrgen Skipping Some Races
FasterSkierOctober 13, 2006
Marit Bjœrgen has decided to skip several World Cup weekends this season.
Estil Injured and Frustrated
FasterSkierOctober 12, 2006
An injured and frustrated Frode Estil has to stay home while the rest of the Norwegian team is preparing for the seasonopener in Val Senales, Italy. – The 34-year old is still struggling with an infection that started a month ago with an innocent small cut in a finger on his left hand. The Olympic and World Champion is now very concerned about the outlook for the upcoming season. – I have to start a...
Axel Teichmann Back In Shape
FasterSkierOctober 12, 2006
German Axel Teichman is back in great shape. He showed that in the annual fall test in Oberhof. Axel Teichman had a tough season last year after winning the overall World Cup in 2004-2005. This summer he has done some of his training in a special-made “wheelchair†due to leg surgery. But he showed this weekend that he is on his way to return to good ol' top-shape by winning the last rollerski competition during...
John Farra Knows How To Pick Up Women
FasterSkierOctober 12, 2006
Maine Winter Sports Center ski coach John Farra recently won the North American Wife-Carrying Championships. We just had to ask him a few questions. Here are a few more articles on the event: MWSC Coach John Farra Wins North American Wife-Carrying Contest 09 October 2006 http://www.sundayriver.com/summer/06NAWCCResults.pdf When I think of a wife-carrying contest, I picture “World's Strongest Man”-type guys. But you managed to win the one-minute race by ten seconds. That's a big margin. I...
NENSA Zak Cup and Club Series
FasterSkierOctober 11, 2006
NENSA is proud to announce the 2007 Zak Cup and Club Series race schedule. The Zak Cup is a race series focused towards masters skiers. New England Master skiers participate in a season-long series to determine the best skiers in each five year age group over 30. The Series is named after Vlastimil Zak, who died unexpectedly when he went through the ice on Squam Lake, New Years Eve, 1979. Zak’s enthusiasm and dedication to...
Lind Missing The Sprint Coach
FasterSkierOctober 11, 2006
The double Olympic gold medal winner Bjorn Lind of Sweden is missing having a sprint coach. Ola Rawald who quit the team to coach Chinese skiers has left a big void. As of now the Swedish national team is without a designated sprint coach. – We miss having someone guiding us regarding the sprint part. At this point we have to take care of everything on our own, says Bjorn Lind But the team’s head...
Hiking in Zion Canyon
FasterSkierOctober 11, 2006
For more camp info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_National_Park At this time of year you pretty much have the trails to yourself, but we ran into a few Dutch and German tourists. 8:45 PM: Pasta dinner (we passed on Polygamy Porter with the catchy slogan “why just have oneâ€) in Springdale, the little cozy town next to the park was a good ending to a long day. Here are some photos: