On March 7th, West Yellowstone will host the 30th annual Yellowstone Rendezvous marathon race on the Rendezvous Ski Trails. We are back to our regular date, so don’t be late! There is a weekend of fun waiting for you in West Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park is open until March 15, 2009. There is still time to take a snowcoach or snowmobile tour of America’s first national park this winter. Ski the Rendezvous Race course and...
Rebecca Dussault races for the Saab-Salomon Factory Team. More information on the Saab-Salomon Factory Team can be found at
John Wilke, DoublePole-Pix.Com, captured some images of this years Birkie near the half way point ( Cty road “OO” ) where the new classic only trail meets the skate trail.
by Peter Graves Peter Graves, a former U.S. Ski Team coach, is a noted nordic television commentator for Universal Sports, columnist for Ski Racing Magazine and a longtime follower of the nordic scene, having announced at the first FIS Cross Country World Cup in Telemark, WI, in 1978. You can watch highlights of the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships on UniversalSports.com presented by High Sierra. Graves reflects on an historic day for U.S. nordic skiers,...
Liberec, Czech Republic – Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) won the men’s World Championship sprint, winning his 5th 6th sprint in 7 World Cup starts this season. His only “loss” was a second place. His teammate Johan Kjoelstad took the silver, and Russian Nikolay Morilov the bronze. This was Hattestad’s and Kjoelstad’s first ever World Championship medals. “It’s unbelievable! I have felt pressured over the last days. I tried not to think about it – for...
Liberec, Czech Republic – Arianna Follis (ITA) won the women’s 1.3km freestyle sprint at the World Championships. American Kikkan Randall finished second, just ahead of Pirjo Muranen (FIN). Follis, who posted the second fastest qualifying time behind Russian Natalia Matveeva, claimed her firs World Championship Gold Medal. She also won a bronze in 2005 in Sapporo. “It is an incredible day. I have a gold medal and I am the World Champion! I used the...
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APUNSC's Kikkan Randall won a SILVER medal at WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS this morning! Congratulations Kikkan-- we are so proud of you! You are a source of inspiration for your teammates, the state of Alaska, and for America! Kikkan will go down in history as being the first American women to win a World Cup GOLD and now also the first American woman to win a Medal at World Championships in Nordic
Swix Sport USA had outstanding success at the 2009 American Birkebeiner. A sponsor of the event for more than a decade, elite and enthusiast Birkie participants benefitted from Swix’s straight forward glide & kick wax recommendations, knowledgeable staff and waxing clinics provided in Minneapolis and at the Birkie Expo. Women racing exclusively on Swix waxes and using Swix poles swept the podium of the 2009 Birkebeiner Freestyle. 5 of the top 5 used Swix Cera...
Kikkan Randall became the first US woman to win a World Championship medal in cross-country skiing when she skied to second place in the 1.3km freestyle sprint in Liberec, Czech Republic today. Randall finished .6 seconds behind winner Arianna Follis (ITA), and barely edged out bronze medalist Pirjo Muranen (FIN). Randall started the day strongly, posting the 7th fastest qualifying time. After a slow start to the season, leader of the US women’s team demonstrated...
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divSprint day today. It is snowing like mad and it a bit windy, so tactics could play a big role in the heats this afternoon. The sprinters have been sitting around for a week now and are antsy as hell to get out there. Today they get to do that....
Kikkan Randall skied to an historic 2nd place finish today at the World Championship Sprint. Quick Report by Nathan Schultz.
Kikkan Randall skied to an historic 2nd place finish today at the World Championship Sprint. Quick Report by Nathan Schultz.
Kikkan Randall skied to an historic 2nd place finish today at the World Championship Sprint. Quick Report by Nathan Schultz.
