Atomic’s Nordic Director, Rick Halling, caught up with Chris Cook right after the US Ski Team training camp in Lake Placid. Chris is a USSA National Champion, NCAA National Champion and 2006 Olympian. The boy from Rhinelander, Wisconsin is known for being equally competitive in skate and classic events. RH: Man, you just plain whupped the field in the sprints at last year’s Nationals. What did you have for wax that day? CC: I can’t...
2007 USSA CROSS COUNTRY SUPERTOUR BEGINS NOV. 24-25 Total purse of $130,000 over 26 races PARK CITY, Utah (Oct. 9) – The 2007 USSA Cross Country SuperTour will have 26 races with a total purse of $130,000, beginning Nov. 24-25 in West Yellowstone, Mont., and including both the U.S. short-distance and long-distance championships, the U.S. Ski Team said. U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner said the races, which include three team (i.e., two-athlete) sprints, would help...
Top Norwegians Think Cheaper Sport Goggles Are Better Many Norwegian skiers are switching from expensive sport goggles to a cheaper but better Swedish brand. — Choosing cheap, but good goggles is sending a (important) signal to young skiers as well, says national team skier Tord Asle Gjerdalen
Biathlon skier Ole Einar Bjorndalen has decided to also race regular cross country this season. The goal is the 15-k freestyle at Worlds in Sapporo, Japan reports Norwegian broadcasting, NRK. – It’s very easy to participate in cross country skiing. You are either skiing fast, or you are not skiing fast enough. You’ll make the team if you are skiing fast enough, says Bjorndalen. Bjorndalen won five Olympic gold medals in Biathlon at the 2002...
October 7, 2006 NEWRY, Maine –John Farra, a former Winter Olympian from Caribou who trained by running up a ski slope with 80 pounds of mortar mix, won the seventh annual North American Wife Carrying Championship on Saturday at Sunday River. Farra's first-place finish earned him and his 110-pound wife Tess her weight in beer and five times her weight in cash, or $550. They also are eligible for a $1,000 reimbursement toward a trip...
Petter Northug (20) is the new sponsor favorite among Norwegian and European ski related companies. The talented youth is getting overwhelmed by all types of sponsor offers according to Norwegian newspaper VG Northug was guaranteed a base salary (before performance bonuses kick in) of more than 700,000 Norwegian kroner (roughly US $110,000) already six month ago. That is now increasing quickly. Northug has among others signed a new and improved contract with Fischer. This is...
Rollerski photos from a (James Southam and Anders Haugen) training camp in Southern Utah After about two weeks of medium high altitude training in and around Park City, Utah at 5500- 7500 feet (1600-2300 meter) altitude, James Southam, Anders Haugen and myself (coach) decided to travel down for a short week of lower elevation training in Southern Utah. The forecast for Northern Utah was rain, windy and cold so the idea of cacti, palm-trees and...
The season is about to ramp up again. After (7) years on the US Team, what do you feel like going into another season? How goes your training? I feel better prepared on all fronts than I have the last few years. I’ve been relatively healthy and training has been really solid with continual improvements throughout the summer. We have our last testing camp in about 10 days and it will be interesting to see...
October is usually the month when we get the first ski report from Fairbanks, Alaska. The folks up north usually have groomed trails before Halloween. And while it will probably be at least another couple of weeks before they can pack the trails at Birch Hill, we did hear that some die-hards were able to strap on the skis last weekend. Dan Bross sent us the following photos, taken Sunday afternoon October 1 on top...
Webskis.com has recently taken over SOLDA distribution from the good folks at Torbjorn Sport. SOLDA glide waxes and waxing accessories (things like roto and hand brushes as well as scrapers and base cleaner) are now available on-line and in the Webskis/Webcyclery retail store in Bend, Oregon. Kevin Gorman, owner of Webskis/Webcyclery tells us that Solda wax shipments have begun arriving from Italy, and Webskis.com should begin shipping most all SOLDA purchases within the next 2...
Last years overall World Cup second place finisher Jens Arne Svartedal wraps up his summer training and gives advice for altitude training. I’m getting on snow at the Dachstein glacier at 2600 meter altitude in Ramsau, Austria this month [editor’s note: this camp has already taken place]. The focus at this camp will be volume training on snow. I want to write a little about positive and negative factors regarding this type of training camp....
Elite skiers doing hard rollerski workouts at Soldier Hollow Olympic stadium in Heber, Utah is a sure sign that we are getting close to a new race season. A new season is just around the corner and intervals and time-trials are frequently on the agenda for elite, juniors and masters around the globe. Here are a few photos of Alaskans Anders Haugen and James Southam from a hard skate rollerski workout at Soldier Hollow last...
Editor's Note: A number of people have contacted FasterSkier.com, asking about the current status of the APU Nordic Ski Center. The following is a press release sent to us by APUNSC. Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center (APUNSC) is running with momentum for the 2006-2007 ski season! Athletes are psyched, new staff has been hired, and the sky’s the limit. Earlier this summer, the APUNSC program located in Anchorage, Alaska underwent a transformation of leadership....
Jens Arne Svartedal has launched Petter Northug (20) as one of his toughest competitors to win the overall World Cup. (See Angerer And Björgen Favorites To Win The World Cup)
Pirjo Manninen and Jari Joutsen won Sunday’s freestyle sprint competition in the skitunnel in Vuokatti, Finland. The competitions were also selection races for the upcoming World Cup sprint in Düsseldorf later this month. Source: Skidsport.com Results women 1,1 kilometer freestyle 1) Pirjo Manninen Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura 2) Milla Saari Nakkilan Vire 3) Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura 4) Kati Venäläinen Noormarkun Nopsa 5) Kirsi Perälä Korpilahden Martti 6) Ulla Kiili Tampereen Pyrintö Men 1) Jari Joutsen Joutsan...
Andre Watt, Adam Swank, Nikolai Anikin, and non-racing friend Jason Wall have completed our month long bike trip around Europe. It was a great trip. Road biking around Europe is the best. You have a virtually unlimited selection of bike friendly roads to choose from. You can climb all the mountains you want on low traffic roads. The cars don't drive very fast and are considerate of bikers. Additionally, all the cars are tiny. They...
The Carbonlite AirCore is a 3-part core comprised of one center piece of AirCore standing on end, sandwiched by two pieces of AirCore placed perpendicular to the center AirCore piece. This construction improves the strength of the ski and allows us to reduce the volume and amount of materials formerly used to provide strength to the ski. For example, the Carbonlite AirCore construction is so strong that it permits a reduction in the wood sidewall...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee, of which FIS President Gian-Franco Kasper is a member, has approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2007. The 2007 List is valid for the upcoming 2006/2007 season includes only minor modifications and is now online. View The List at the WADA website: