The Golden Nordic Ski Club in Golden, British Columbia, is seeking an enthusiastic, self motivated full-time Head Coach with skills and integrity for the upcoming 2016/17 ski season, starting part time in June/July/August and full time mid-September through mid-April.
FIS Nordic World Championships (Lahti, Finland): Men’s 15 k classic After narrowly missing the victory in Results *** FIS Nordic World Championships (Lahti, Finland): Nordic Combined large hill/10 k Germany’s Johannes Rydzek racked up win #3 in as many nordic-combined competitions at the 2017 Nordic World Championships in Lahti, Finland, winning the individual large hill/10-kilometer Gundersen start on Wednesday. The last individual competition of the championships began with Austria’s Mario Seidl jumping the farthest at 132.0 meters and earning 137.3 points....
Canadian biathlete Scott Gow has been harder on himself than ever in training this year. Will it pay off? Well, in 50 years, the World Championships bronze medalist will be a "rich baller who can ski wherever I want."
Adam Loomis on the benefits of doing nordic combined: "Cooking (and eating) are honestly some one of my favorite activities. Fortunately, I’m not a special jumper." He's been training with his younger brother Ben and focusing on speed in cross-country skiing.
On Tuesday, Biathlon Canada posted its final roster for the first trimester of the IBU World Cup, IBU Cup and Jr. IBU Cup. Two women, Megan Tandy and Sarah Beaudry, recently secured their spots on the World Cup team.
Joanne Reid's approach to off-season training, and life: "All of those things were my favorite thing to do in that moment, so I did them." She's headed to compete on the World Cup for the U.S. biathlon team this season.
The New England Nordic Ski Association is seeking a paid intern for a seasonal position, requiring part-time hours December through May/June. Travel within New England, and regular weekend work for NENSA Eastern Cup and Championship Events is required during these months.
Paddy Caldwell of the Stratton Mountain School and Dartmouth College is looking forward to giving U23 racing one last hurrah at Soldier Hollow this winter. "I think my top-end speed has improved since last year," he explains.
(Press release) Cross-country skier Andy Newell of Shaftsbury, Vermont, has competed in three Winter Olympic Games, representing Team USA in pursuit of that elusive gold medal. In addition to hours of training in the gym and on snow, his preparation for the 2018 Olympics looks a little bit different. This time he will be fueled by Vermont Bread Company. Last week Vermont Bread Company and Newell solidified a two-year partnership that will run through the...
On Sjusjøen's unique 40-point shooting range, competition heated up as some of the world's best biathletes went head to head in mass start racing on Sunday. France's Simon Fourcade matched his brother Martin's win from the previous day, while Ukraine's Yuliya Dzhima took the women's title.
France's Martin Fourcade and Justine Braisaz stole the show in Sjusjøen, locking the Norwegians out of victories on home turf in biathlon's season-opening sprints.
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After finishes of 11th and 12th at last year's World Junior Championships, nordic combined athlete Jasper Good is focusing on the jumps while he transitions to more senior competition categories. And - "I started taking classes at the University of Utah, got to start sometime!"
After hosting IBU World Championships last season and thinking ahead to the 2018 Olympics, the Norwegian biathlon team is in sort of an "in-between season" as Norwegian Biathlon Association President Erlend Slokvik described. Still, its men's and women's teams are aiming for the top-two overall come next March.
With the IBU season opening this weekend with preseason races in Sjusjøen, Norway, FasterSkier contributor Aleks Tangen checked out the venue and spoke with some of the movers and shakers at the venue.
The defending champ of the CXC Marathon Cup (who's going for another title this season), Chris Pappathopoulos shares a "kill-two-birds-with-one-stone" workout. "While this workout certainly isn't limited to athletes trying to balance family and sport, it does work very well for that," he writes.
U.S. biathlete Lowell Bailey joined the new-parent club this year - and is finding ways to take his daughter, Ophelia, on training runs and skis with him.
The Casper Mountain Biathlon Club in Casper, Wyo., is seeking a full-time nordic coach for the 2016/2017 season.
After top-20 individual finishes at the last two World Junior Championships, Torchia is moving into the U23 category and pumped up to do it in Utah: "Time to defend our home turf from the Russians and Norwegians."
More volume, double-poling, and a strong female training posse: Nakkertok and Thunder Bay's Katherine Stewart-Jones is feeling fast and looking forward to racing U23 World Championships Utah this winter.