Extremely warm weather and heavy rain have seriously put a damper on things here. We are scheduled to race the sprint tomorrow but official training has been cancelled today and we will be unable to train or test skis. I am really lucky that I was able to get in one last speed workout yesterday [...]
Dear Fellow Skiers, Hei. You may know that I will be coming for the first time to race in the American Birkebeiner Classic Race and am really excited about skiing this great event and meeting many of you over the four days I will be there. The main reason I am coming to Wisconsin however is to help the National Multiple Sclerosis Society raise money for multiple sclerosis (MS) research. My mother has had MS...
January 25th – February 3rd, 2009
AUBURN, N.H. — February 10, 2009 — Fischer Skis today announced that Bjorn Daehlie, the Olympic and world cross country ski champion, will help the company fundraise for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at the 36th American Birkebeiner. Daehlie will autograph his Fischer race skis for a raffle whose proceeds will be donated to the MS Society, the beneficiary of this year’s Birkie Skiers for Cures. Fischer and Daehlie will present the signed skis to...
The Spring Sweden Trip currently does not have enough people to make a go of it. Before we cancel the trip however we want to put out a little more information in case some have missed it. We know that times are hard and wages low…cost and timing are the main issues but if it comes together it will be an exceptional opportunity to race at a top international level. All races are on the...
CANMORE, Alta.—Olympic gold medalist, Chandra Crawford will undergo surgery to her injured leg, which will prevent her from competing for the remainder of the season. The following is a brief Q&A with Chandra after receiving news she will not be able to compete this season. What is the nature of your injury and its status? I have Compartment Syndrome in my shins, which means the muscles are too cramped in their sheaths and all this...
Travel over was pretty miserable. 12 hours of delays...divbr /divI was about to drop off my rental car in Boston after driving down from Vermont Monday when I fortunately got a call from Air France saying my 5:30 pm departure was moved to 9:30 pm since...
Mora, Minnesota – Matt Liebsch (CXC Elite) and Mary Beth Tuttle won the 58km freestyle event at the Mora Vassaloppet last weekend. Liebsch skied away from the competition on the rolling point-to-point course, crossing the line in downtown Mora just under five minutes ahead of Anders Osthus (Atomic). Osthus battled Nikolai Anikin and and Bjorn Batdorf (Rossignol) for the silver, edging Anikin by 1.1 seconds. Batdorf and Anikin sprinted for the bronze, with Anikin gaining...
It’s inevitable when two or more skiers are talking tech, the conversation will linger on ski bases: structure, grind, waxing, rilling, etc. If you listen carefully, however, you will notice the conversation is not really about base materials but base preparation. What is the base and how is it made? To learn more, I contacted Crown Plastics (www.durasurf.com) located in Harrison, Ohio. Crown is the manufacturer of the DuraSurf ski and snowboard base materials. Base...
The US Ski Team’s pre-world championship camp is being held in Ramsau, Austria this year. The team has been slowly gathering here over the past week. Newell, Koos, Cook, and Randall traveled here straight from Russia arriving first. Zimmerman, Kuzzy, myself and coach Grover came in a few days later. Stevens, Arritola, Smith and coach Whitcomb drove here from France and the U-23 Champs four days after we arrived. Valaas and Southam are due this...
By Rebecca Dussault This past Saturday the Boulder Mountain Tour was contested outside of Sun Valley, Idaho. It was a fine day for a race in many ways; the clear cold weather was just fine with me, the grinds on our skis were fine to combat the sharp, cold snow crystals and I for one planned to have a really fine time out on course. The excitement was in the air as we had previous...
Report from Boulder Mountain Tour From Cory Wubbels, Rossignol Team Technician The 2009 Boulder easily ranks amongst the top 5 best racing conditions I have ever seen, but at 3:00 on Friday there was serious concern floating around Ketchum. I got a phone call or two regarding forecasts, I spoke to locals who speculated about weather or not it was going to be single digits at the race start or in the twenties, and what...
After over 24 hours of travel, I arrived in PyeongChang, South Korea three days ago. Traveling to Korea from Germany takes even longer than traveling from home to Central Europe. South Korea is an additional 8-hour time change from Central Europe and a 14-hour time change from the East Coast of the US. All in [...]