The future is triangular The Swix Triac 1.0 introduces many new innovations and technical improvements. The strap has increased thumb support providing 100 % power transfer to the handle and less energy loss, in addition, a new strap retention system allows better adjustments to different hand sizes. The shaft has a new triangular shaped carbon composite construction. By using triangle geometry instead of a circle, less material is needed, and weight is saved. Improved stiffness...
For the first time, the US SuperTour will stop in the beautiful Methow Valley of Washington. The schedule features a skate sprint on Saturday and 10/15km individual start classic on Sunday. More information on the event can be found below: Additional Info: http://www.mvsta.com/winter/supertour.html On-line Registration:
pSecond, Fourth, Second is how my Quebec NorAm weekend ended up. The following are some sweet photos taken by my buddy Charles./p pUp Next: Estonia this Saturday! 15km Classic World Cup/p
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A 32 mile backcountry xc ski loop to check out the Little Susitna Tidal Flats along Cook Inlet.
Thank you so much to all of you that contributed to the Sean McCabe Memorial fund, or even thought about my family in these difficult days. A special thank you to Anna Sonnerup-Shaffner, Topher Sabot and Andrew Gerlach for putting this fundraiser together and to all the businesses and companies that donated towards the paintings for Novie and Dashe. Your generosity, kind notes, words of encouragement and love have made it so apparent that we...
First off, I want to give a big thanks to everyone for all of the support over the last week. I have been overwhelmed with calls and emails and I am very thankful for all of the support! I am crazy busy right now and I promise a real update soon. Check out my teammates [...]
FasterSkier’s Rob Whitney captured some of the action during Friday’s US Nationals Classical Sprint Championships heats.
First of all, a big thanks to all the loyal FasterSkier readers who check the site regularly, and are fired up about the sport of cross-country skiing! Over the last few months, we have taken a step forward in regards to breadth of coverage. We have more in-depth features, and better race reporting than ever before. Overall this is a very good thing, but it does create some issues. Here are a few tips to...
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine – The International Competition Committee of the U.S. Biathlon Association conducted a final review of results from the IBU Cup races in Altenberg, Germany this morning. As a result, the U.S Biathlon Association will forward the following list of athletes to the United States Olympic Committee. Men’s Olympic Team Nominations: 1) Tim Burke, Paul Smith’s, NY- prequalification from 2008-2009 season (2 top 15 results at WC) 2) Jay Hakkinen, Kasilof, AK- prequalification from...
Our older kids have been in Alaska, the younger ones were in Canada, and the up and comers have been tearing things up closer to home. One of the nice things about a large team is that you'll most likely always have a group to train with, and that's re...
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VAL DI FIEMME, Ita.—Canada’s Ivan Babikov nearly defended his title as the King of the Mountain when he finished fourth in the final and toughest stage of the 10-day Tour de Ski – a 10-kilometre pursuit race up a mountain in Val de Fiemme, Italy on Sunday. In one of the most difficult races on a cross-country skier’s schedule that begins in the stadium with six kilometres of classic skiing, the final march to the...
Jeremy Teela of the US Biathlon Team was not able to race in today’s Mass Start. Only the top 30 in the world start. So a day after a top-20 finish, he was on the sidelines. He used the time to shoot a great video that captures the excitement of a World Cup biathlon race. J Teela on
Editor’s Note: The cross-country portion of th race was held on the same course as the Tour de Ski final climb. VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (Jan. 10) – It was history in the making in Italy Sunday as World Champions Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) and Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) took first and second, marking the first time two U.S. athletes have made the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup podium together. Demong had built a...
OBERHOF, Germany – Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) continued to make biathlon history today finishing in second place in the Mass Start World Cup event in Oberhof – the first ever Mass Start medal for a U.S. athlete – and resuming the top spot as Overall Leader in IBU World Cup standings. Burke finished today’s race at 40:00.2, 1:02.9 behind biathlon king Ole Einar Bjoerndalen’s (NOR) winning time of 38:57.3 . Strong winds and dense...
There will be fun kids' ski events at the SuperTour both Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17th. Come bring your little skier and watch the Big Shots in the Skate Time Trial Saturday morning ... but bring skis. Eleven year olds and younger get ...