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U.S. Paralympics and NENSA Partner to Create Paralympic Sport – Northeast

Audrey ManganJuly 26, 2012

New Gloucester, ME – U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) have partnered to create Paralympic Sport – Northeast. Paralympic Sport – Northeast is a community-based sports club developed to involve youth and adults, including active duty service members and veterans, with physical and visual disabilities in ongoing sports and physical activity, regardless of skill level. All programs and activities will be based in the Northeast...

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Creativity and Skiing: An Interview with Revived Films

Audrey ManganJuly 25, 2012

With increasing camera affordability and the internet’s ease of distribution, the number of videos made about nordic skiing seems to grow exponentially every year. Where once you had to physically go and buy one of the few existing movies put out by national team members to be able to watch good skiers from the comfort of your own home, there is now an abundance of technique advice, World Cup footage and “here). FS: Are your...

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Johaug, Manificat win Lysebotn Opp; Stephen Takes Third at Blink Debut

Audrey ManganJuly 19, 20121

At the far end of a fjord in southwest Norway, a handful of the world’s best cross country skiers gathered on Thursday to race each other up 7.5 k of winding road on rollerskis. Hundreds of spectators lined the last few meters of the Lysebotn Opp with to cheer on their favorite athletes in the first race of the 2012 Blink Festival. In the women’s race the Norwegian fans were not disappointed. Therese Johaug (NOR)...

General News Racing US Nationals

Footage of Koos’ Obstructive Move Surfaces

Audrey ManganJuly 19, 201215

One of the most controversial ski-related narratives to come out of the U.S. in 2012 was Torin Koos’ disqualification from the classic sprint at U.S. Nationals in Rumford, Maine. It’s not every day that a race unfolds the way

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Blink Festival Starts Thursday

Audrey ManganJuly 18, 2012

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NENSA Announces 2012-2013 TD Bank Eastern Cup and Championship Event Schedule

Audrey ManganJuly 17, 2012

Winter Competition Calendar Boasts Mix of New Venues and Classic Courses The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) has set the schedule for this season’s key competitive events including eight TD Bank Eastern Cup races over four weekends and the Championship events taking place in March. TD Bank Eastern Cup Series: The TD Bank Eastern Cup Series has been on the race calendar since the early years of NENSA, and is considered NENSA’s signature race...

General News US Ski Team

After Career-Best Season, Stephen Aims To Keep Moving Up

Audrey ManganJuly 13, 20121

As skiers go, there aren’t many out there more inexhaustibly enthusiastic than Liz Stephen. Her energetic description of the technique changes she’s currerntly working on, for example, could inspire you to momentarily want nothing more than to strap on your rollerskis and hit the pavement. The U.S. Ski Team A-team member certainly has plenty to be happy about: Stephen posted top-20s twice during the regular season, a first for the 25-year-old. As the 28th-ranked female...

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Elite Team Preview: Ski and Snowboard Club Vail Team HomeGrown

Audrey ManganJuly 12, 2012

This is one of several previews in a quick-and-dirty series on U.S. elite teams. We asked coaches to send their 2012/2013 rosters and tell us what’s new for the coming season. We will be publishing additional reports over the next few weeks. Teams are presented in no particular order. Team: Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) Team HomeGrown (Vail, Colo.) Coaches: Dan Weiland (nordic program director), Eric Pepper (head coach) Roster: Sylvan Ellefson, Tad Elliott (U.S....

Olympics Racing

Italian Court Clears Mayer, Five Others of 2006 Doping Involvement

Audrey ManganJuly 6, 2012

An Italian court cleared six Austrians of involvement in the doping scandal of the 2006 Turin Olympics on Friday. Former cross-country coach Walter Mayer, ski president Peter Schroecksnadel and biathlon director Markus Gandler were cleared, along with team doctor Peter Baumgartl and skiers Martin Tauber and Jurgen Pinter. The Austrian Ski Federation released a statement following the verdict saying that the decision proves “many accusations against Austria ski federation representatives were false.” Though six walk free, three...

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Canadian National Team Wraps Up Maui Training Camp

Audrey ManganJuly 5, 2012

Justin Wadsworth, head coach of the Canadian National Ski Team, made a deal with his athletes two years ago: if they collectively produced four or more World Cup podiums, he would bring them to Hawaii for a summer training camp. The team surpassed that benchmark and delivered six podiums in 2010-2011 in addition to World Championships gold. Off to Maui they went in June 2011 for Canada’s first camp on the islands. Wadsworth raised the...

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FIS Loosens A-Climb Homologation Standard, Clarifies Altitude Limit

Audrey ManganJune 29, 20121

The newest edition of the FIS Homologation Manual was published this month and two changes are significant for North American venues. Major A-climbs now require five fewer meters of elevation gain, and courses that reach above 1800 m have been clarified as eligible for certification (and always have been) at the Continental Cup level and below. According to John Aalberg, a FIS homologation coordinator for North America, the elevation clarification and A-climb reduction were...

General News Nordic Combined Racing

New Jump Suit Specifications Raises Concerns

Audrey ManganJune 20, 2012

In order to legally compete in any event sanctioned by the International Ski Federation, there are 47 pages worth of rules regarding equipment that athletes must comply with. Within these pages, collectively of the Specifications for Competition Equipment and Commercial Markings, certain equipment is forbidden (like collapsing poles) and a ski’s minimum weight is limited (to 750 grams per pair for cross-country). Four whole pages of that document are dedicated to the fabric and construction...

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USST Expands Service Staff to Accomodate Growing Team

Audrey ManganJune 18, 2012

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Cork Settles Into New Role With U.S. Ski Team

Audrey ManganJune 14, 2012

When he first started coaching juniors in Crested Butte, Colo., Jason Cork didn’t exactly expect the profession to eventually take him to the U.S. Ski Team. Though his recent appointment as its men’s coach now makes the evolution from junior, to college, to elite, to national team seem like a natural progression up the domestic coaching ranks, at each step of the way he has only ever been concerned with being a good coach for...

General News Racing World Cup

Appeal Decision Will Likely Put Veerpalu Case to Rest

Audrey ManganJune 12, 2012

The saga of Estonian Andrus Veerpalu’s doping trial has dragged on for well over a year, but with a final ruling in his appeal expected soon after the conclusion of the trial this week at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausane, Switzerland, Veerpalu may have finally run out options. According to Aivar Pilv, Veerpalu’s defense attorney, their appeal claims that FIS’s testing methods for doping are faulty. The appeal proceedings began on Monday...

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Summit Nordic Ski Club Seeks Assistant Coaches

Audrey ManganJune 11, 2012

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NNF Pledges $10,000 in Summer Funding Round

Audrey ManganJune 8, 20121

The National Nordic Foundation will invest in excess of $10,000 in two Cross-Country Pillar projects in its summer round of 2012/2013 funding. These strategic investments in the J2 Talent Camp and the USST International Development camp are made to Support Tomorrow’s Stars Today. $4500 – National J2 Elite Camp; Craftsbury, VT August 4-11, 2012 This camp is one of the first steps an athlete takes from local star to national development prospect. This training camp...

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American Juniors, U23s Face Stricter Pre-Qualifying Criteria for Liberec

Audrey ManganJune 8, 2012

For developing skiers all over the globe, the chance to compete at Junior and U23 World Championships can be the high point of an entire young career. American athletes compete for a spot on the team every year at U.S. Nationals, but before nationals even gets under way, up to two men and women in each age class can pre-qualify for the team if they meet a specific FIS-point standard at certain races. That standard...

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USSA Announces 2012-2013 SuperTour Calendar

Audrey ManganJune 6, 2012

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) has released a tentative SuperTour calendar for the coming season. There are a few pieces that need to fall into place for the schedule to be finalized, but at first glance the season highlights for the domestic race circuit are: The Canadian World Cups. Though not a part of the SuperTour, there is a hole in the calendar for those two weekends in December. North American World Cup races...

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WADA Moves Toward Adding Olympic Ban to Code

Audrey ManganJune 5, 2012

clean and lost its fight with WADA to continue issuing lifetime Olympic bans to drug violators. In a statement following the release of the new Code draft, BOA said the proposed ban is “an important step in the right direction, and it’s moving toward reflecting the higher standard that athletes want to see.” The draft is the first-round step in WADA’s Code Review Process. The second phase began June 1, a third phase will begin on...

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