RUMFORD, Maine – With a strong headwind down the homestretch, the men proved that it was all about their position into the stadium, staying low and having enough energy for the final burst to the line. When the snow settled it was Torin Koos who took his third straight sprint title. Contributing camera work by Evan Dethier.
RUMFORD, Maine – A cold and windy day on the trails of Black Mountain resulted in tactical sprint races on Tuesday. When the boots finally crossed the finish line it was a CXC sweep of the podium, check out how it went down. Contributing camera work by Evan Dethier.
In contrast to Friday’s freestyle, the 5 / 10 k classic in West Yellowstone, MT featured brilliant blue skis, frigid temperatures and pristine tracks. Our camera crew combated freezing batteries to bring you riveting footage of the final races of the opening SuperTour. Ladies’ 5km Classic: Men’s 10km Classic: Contributing camerawork by Audrey Mangan.
With the weather changing drastically throughout the morning today’s West Yellowstone SuperTour was quite a spectacle. The ladies skied 10km, the men competed for 15km and the FasterSkier crew tried to keep up at several different locations on the course. Ladies’ 10km Skate: Men’s 15km Skate: Contributing camerawork by Audrey Mangan.
We may not be EuroSport, but our camera crew took some compelling footage from partway up the steep, final pitch of the sprint course at West Yellowstone on Wednesday. As Showdown men’s winner Mike Sinnott said, you had to time your final kick to the finish perfectly, or you weren’t even going to make it to the line. Ladies’ Classic Men’s Classic Ladies’ Skate Men’s Skate
The scene at Holmenkollen for the men’s 50km freestyle mass start today was nothing short of spectacular. With an estimated 105,000 fans packed in around the courses 8.3km lap it was an environment that the sport of Nordic skiing has never been witnessed before. Here are some images from along the course.
The dealers on the Fischer / Swix trip to Norway headed up the hill today from Oslo to Holmenkollen, like many we were part of the massive crowd. With a blue sky overhead and downtown Oslo as a background, fans piled along the course of the ladies’ 30km freestyle race today at Holmenkollen everywhere they could. The stadium was filled to capacity and space along the race course was hard to find, it was an...
As a reward to the dealers who were able to sell the most Swix Triac poles and Fischer RCS Carbonlite boots a contest was organized; to the winners a trip to Norway. First a few days in Lillehammer then down to Oslo for the World Championships. Come on New Jersey On Monday the nine dealers from all over the United States were supposed to converge in Newark to catch the same flight to Oslo, Norway....
With temperatures in the morning around freezing, and then quickly rising, the conditions were soft and slow for this year’s Mora Vasaloppet. Matt Liebsch powered through, using smart race strategy to get clear of his competitors for the win in the 58km freestyle, while Johanna Winters waited until the very end to make her move for the women’s title. 58km Freestyle In the men’s 58km freestyle race it was the 27-year-old Liebsch of Orono, MN...
AUBURN, N.H. — Fischer Skis announced today it has launched the first Nordic skis with a natural basalt core for remarkable effects on ski weight and performance. Available on four ski models, Fischer’s new Air Core Basalight technology significantly reduces weight to deliver a superior cross country skiing experience. Furthermore, replacing conventional fiberglass with volcanic basalt fibers supports the environment. Fischer’s Air Core Basalight technology is now available on the new CRS Vasa Skate and...
FasterSkier talks with American cross country sprint star and self-proclaimed red neck Andy Newell for an update on his summer activities, spring time training philosophy, and changing goals for the 2010-2011 World Cup season. What are your travel plans like for the summer? When and where are you all getting together for camps and the like? My travel plan for this summer will be pretty similar to last year. I will be spending time in...
FasterSkier had the opportunity to catch up with the US Ski Team’s Andy Newell, who today took third at the Drammen World Cup classic sprint race. A WC sprint in Norway is about as stacked as it can get since the Norwegians are not limited to just four starters like they are in the Olympics. Did you feel like you had something to prove today? Did you have any extra motivation and fire? Definitely, you...
Brian Gregg and Rebecca Dussault, both of CXC Team Vertical Limit, pulled away from the field during yesterday’s SuperTour in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FasterSkier caught up with them to ask them about their wins and what’s next. Some racers indicated yesterday that the weather was starting to make the course challenging and there were nearly 500 racers on course, so even the firmest of snow can deteriorate in such situations. How were things out there today?...
Maria Stuber and Brian Gregg, teammates on CXC Team Vertical Limit both finished 2nd in today’s 5/10km freestyle SuperTour in Minneapolis. They took a few minutes to answer some questions following the race. Maria Stuber It sounds like the conditions were pretty sloppy out there with all of the warm and wet weather. Can you tell us a bit about the conditions; how did the weather effect things, how the trails held up, etc? Maria...
How does it feel being in yellow? It is a great feeling. I have been working for a long time so this is just great for the whole organization and me. So many people helped me get to this level. Has this been a goal of yours? Wearing the yellow bib is something that every biathlete and cross-country skier dreams about. My goal for this year is to be in the top 15 overall in...
Thanks to great volunteers that blew snow over the 2.5 km course at Mt. Itasca, the 2010 Team Trials got underway today. While the course was not as difficult as the 3.5 km loop, it was challenging enough for the USBA to evaluate the racing. In the men’s 10 km sprint competition it was National B Team member Mark Johnson skiing away from the field in a time of 26:20. In the women’s 7.5 km...
Rossignol Nordic X-ium Skate Package: Stability, Glide, Efficiency and Comfort Proven by World Cup Victories Rossignol is excited to introduce the new X-ium Package, including the X-ium Skating WCS NIS ski, X-ium WC Skate boot, R4 Skate NIS bindings, and the Oneway DS 10 Titanium pole. The stability, glide, efficiency and comfort of the X-ium package was proven by our athletes results last year in World Cups and World Championships. Pietro Piller Cottrer won the...
Onasvaara Ski Club, one of the oldest ski clubs in world holds first international nordic combined race of the 2009-10 season. They have athletes from 8 nations contesting the race. Including Austrian A & B , Czech, Swiss, Estonia, and Finland’s National Teams. Also Athletes from Russia, Canada, and Japan. Of note is the strong field including: Anssi Koivuranta, 2008-9 Nordic Combined Overall World Cup Champion. Then the comeback stories of Felix Gottwald, 2006...
The Snow Gods are Happy! The white Valium started to fall around 11am on Thursday and continues to accumulate. We are waiting with fingers crossed to see how much we get. The forecast for West Yellowstone looks great. We are expecting this storm to continue into the night, another one to hit over the weekend, and cold temperatures next week to keep it all. At this point, we feel confident that the show will go...
Pavel Sotskov is a recent Dartmouth College graduate who had been training and working in New Zealand for the summer at the Snowfarm. After leaving New Zealand he returned to Presque Isle, ME to race for MWSC and is now with the team in Finland training for US Nationals and the Super Tour season. He has sent several updates on his experiences. In my quest to train on snow every month of this year, I have decided to...