2008 September

FAIRBANKS, AK – Alaska Nanooks' skier Einar Often has been selected as the male winner of the 2008 Division II Sportsmanship Award. Central Washington's softball player Mallory Holtman made it a clean sweep for the GNAC in Division II winning the women's award as well as taking home the National Sportsmanship award. “There are 80,000 DII student-athletes and only two DII sportsmanship awards,” UAF athletic director Forrest Karr pointed out. “Everyone associated with the GNAC...

The organizers of the 2009 International Ski History Congress at Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, have issued the 2nd call for papers. The Congress, entitled “The Spirit of Skiing – From Skiing to Snowports: Cultures, Images & Adventures” will be held from 29th March-3rd April, 2009. The abstracts are due on 1st October, 2008. The Congress website is up and running at http://www.2009InternationalSkiHistoryCongress.org. So far the congress is stirring up a lot of interest in the...

The requirements for the design of the Olympic venues are well-documented, and their planning and development closely watched by the IOC and the International Federations (IFs). The IOC and IFs also provide detailed lists of requirements for each of their target groups. However, there is often much less direction for how to provide for successful post-Games venues, possibly because every venue and local community situation is so unique. When planning and building the Nordic venue...

Dear SuperTour organizers, officials, teams, media and fans, Please take a moment to review some highlights from the previous SuperTour season and to preview what to expect for the coming season. The SuperTour continues to drive the development of our nations cross country skiers on their quest to be the best in the world! Highlights from the 2008 SuperTour Season: Competitions Carried Out: 20 FIS scored SuperTour competitions at 10 venues across the country 130...

WHISTLER, BC (Sept. 9) – The U.S. Cross Country Team is in Whistler, BC for pre-season training and to spend some time making the 2010 Olympic venue as familiar to each athlete as the back of his or her hand as they look toward the Games. “Home course advantage is pretty high. So, we've had a lot of camps here to try to gain that advantage,” said Cross Country Head Coach Pete Vordenberg. “It's not...

The annual West Yellowstone SKi Festival will be held November 25-29th in the cross-country ski mecca of West Yellowstone, Montana. The West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the dates for the 2008 Yellowstone Ski Festival. Join over three thousand other Nordic ski enthusiasts in West Yellowstone during the Thanksgiving week. With the fourth Thursday in November falling late in the month, we anticipate another successful snow packed festival. Back again for 2008...

FasterSkier has added a new dimension to the blogs section with the launch of the University of Utah Ski Team blog. This is the first FasterSkier blog to feature a collegiate team and we are excited to have the Utes on board! The Utah blog will also be unique in that it will consist primarily of video content. Several introductory posts are already up with more to come soon! Collegiate skiing is a major part...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (Sept. 8) – For the second consecutive year, the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks, AK, will host the 2009 U.S. Distance Cross Country Championships at Birch Hill the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced Sept. 8. The event will hold the final 30 and 50k events prior to Olympic selection events beginning. The entire U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is expected to compete and will feature World Cup winner and native Alaskan Kikkan...