Several more inches of snow fell Saturday night in Foret Montmorency and the weather pattern looks as if it'll keep dropping snow on us a little bit at a time all week. The skiing is excellent! There are a ton of people here but most of the Canadian groups appear to be packing up. Along with UVM it looks like Stratton, Maine Coast Nordic, St Lawrence, and Bates are all here for some part of...
These trips again received a notable number of well-qualified coaching applicants, indicating a high level of enthusiasm for the development of US skiing. From the perspective of the US Ski Team, these trips are an integral component of the coaching development pipeline, and exist as a pivotal education piece for all elite-level coaches. Listed below are the current available details for each trip. World Junior / U23 World Championships Location: Wisla, Poland Airport: Krakow, Poland...
The Nordic Trails are NOW OPEN at Silver Star Mountain Resort. A fifteen centimeter snowfall in the last 24 hours has turned the Victorian village into a winter wonderland, and Nordic Manager Glenn Bond is thrilled to announce skiing for this weekend on five different trails totaling thirteen kilometers. Trackset trails include Paradise Camp (5 km), the Cross Mountain trail (4 km), Coming Around the Mountain (3 km), and Cabin East (1 km). The alpine...
Why do I continue to train at competitive cross country skiing? This is a question that I get asked by many different people. My response to that question comes from a coach that I worked with when I was younger. She always said to me “You have to enjoy what you’re doing to succeed at it, to train well you must enjoy the training.†This little phrase has stuck with me from the moment I...
West Yellowstone is still reporting no snow in town, with 1-6 inches on the plateau. Alaska Pacific University is in West and has apparently been skiing on rock skis up high. Kate Whitcomb is in town with Sun Valley and gives a detailed report in her
Norweigan Morten Eilifsen and Italian Giorgio DiCenta finished in a rare tie for first in the 15km individual freestyle race. The two men finished with identical times of 35:33.4, 7.5 seconds ahead of third place finisher Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR). This event featured a stronger international field than yesterday's sprint, with a full contingent of top Italian and Swiss skiers, as well as Austrian Olympic Medalist Christian Hoffman and Slovak Martin Bajcicak. Eilifsen held a...
The top skiers in Norway gathered in Beitostolen, Norway for several days of racing. Bœrre Naess, winner of last year's World Cup sprint in Drammen, Norway took home the victory with Anders Gloersen and Eldar Ronning rounding out the top three. Gloersen was the surprise of the day, defeating World Cup veteran Ronning and 4th-6th place finished, John Kristian Dahl, Tor Arne Hetland, and Johan Kjolstad, all of whom raced the World Cup opener in...
Devon Kershaw posted strong results in the the classic sprint and 15km classic, finishing 4th in both races. The “First-Snow” event was held in Muonio, Finland and the filed consisted of a number of very strong skiers – predominantly Russian, Finnish, and Estonian. In the sprint, Kershaw qualified in 25th and skied extremely well during the heats to finish in 4th. Russian sprinter Nikolay Morilov took home the top spot, with teammate Andrey Parfenov in...
Status: Full Time Salary: Commensurate with experience Job Location: Auburn, NH An opportunity currently exists for an energetic, personable marketing person to help coordinate Fischer’s Nordic marketing and sales promotion in the US. The successful person will have an understanding of the Nordic market, excellent communication skills, and be proficient in the use of Creative Suite 3 programs. In addition the person should be comfortable with basic web site design and the MAC operating system....
Continental Cup Team athletes recently completed a successful training and testing camp in Park City, UT. While the main goals of the camp for these development athletes were placed on training and altitude acclimatization for our Super Tour campaign, the Sports Science staff helped continue to track physiological changes in each of these athletes through the use of our treadmill. This treadmill test provides a wealth of physiological markers including Maximum VO2, Lactate Efficiency Curve,...
** Editors note: This will be a twice-monthly column highlighting our ski coaches from around the country… including elite coaches, college coaches, high school coaches, volunteer coaches, and learn-to-ski coaches. This is an effort to sample a diverse group of coaches and recognize the people who are the backbone of today’s skiers. If you would like to nominate a coach for an interview, please email rob@fasterskier.com. Please give coach’s name, email, and a several paragraph...
I hope things are going well out there in the ski world! On my end the season has just started, but for most of you there is still a waiting period. As soon as we get snow the first races will be here before you know it. Personally I am glad to be through with September and October — the two heaviest months of the year. A lot of hard training was laid down in...
Many elite athletes have used some form of altitude or hypoxic training to prepare for elite level competition. Likewise, many national level, elite, and recreational skiers are heading to moderate altitudes to train this fall and find early snow. Sovereign Lake race trails on Silver Star Mountain in British Columbia are at about 1600 m, West Yellowstone town is at 2030 m, and later this season some masters will compete at 1530 m in McCall,...
Most of XC Ottawa have been customers of Caldwell Sport (http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=571). Caldwell Sport, along with its US-based partner, Boulder Nordic Sport ( Zach Caldwell owner of Caldwell Sport Chris Werrell holding down the flex testing bench…
Lars Flora, Kris Freeman and I in the final week before the first distance world cup...
Marianna Longa, a mainstay on the Italian Women's relay team, announced her retirementlast week. Longa had a successful return last season after a year off to have a baby. She raced in two Olympics, and had her best results in 2006/2007, cracking the top ten five times last year in individual World Cup races. She is 28 years old. Contributing Sources: Skitime.it, FIS
New Gloucester, ME The team of four men and two women includes Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY), Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) and twin sisters Lanny and Tracy Barnes (Durango, CO). Burke, who finished last season ranked 25th in the world, the highest ever for a US biathlete, is expected to lead the team once again. During his breakout season, Burke scored World Cup points in 18...
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The US Continental Cup Team has been in Park City for over a week now. For many of the CC Team athletes this camp serves as an acclimatization camp before the Super Tour races kick off in West Yellowstone, MT. Since most of the races this fall will be at altitude we took advantage of the elevation in Park City to start the acclimatization early. Some key steps to adjusting to altitude: 1. Intensity –...