FasterSkier – Page 190

Hello Silver Star (Take 2).

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

We’re back. And I’m excited. Very excited. After two weeks in Montana we made the two day drive across the border and I’m again settling into a condo on the Knoll at Silver Star (if it sounds fancy and resorty, that’s because it is). Yesterday’s drive (Bozeman to Spokane) was smooth sailing – 400 miles and 6 hours of I-90. Today wasn’t particularly hard, but it just didn’t go as fast. Between crossing the border (3 minutes) and shopping for food in Vernon (more than 3 minutes), it took somewhere between 7 and 8 hours to get up here, but we still made it in time for an evening ski.

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Bozeman Update

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

After the first weekend of races, we stuck around in West Yellowstone for a few days to get in some good skis before moving on to Bozeman. We lucked into getting a nice spacious cabin only a five minute walk from the Bohart Ranch, the site of Sunday’s races, which also featured a beautiful [...]

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Nice Skiing at Foret

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

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Testing Grinds for Cold Temps

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

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General News Product News

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: $20 – $50

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: Under $20 Swix Fanny Pack MSRP: $23.95 This Swix Fanny Pack is small, lightweight and comfortable with a clip waist strap. Great for longer skis when you need to pack extra clothing, food and/or a camera. This product is available here. W’s Power Dry Crewneck MSRP: $24.50 This Polartec® Power Dry® crewneck is an affordable base layer option, providing excellent moisture-wicking properties at a great price. Bula Stereo Hat MSRP:...

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Speedy Recovery

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

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Continental Cup

West Yellowstone SuperTour – 5/10km Classic Photos

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

The final West Yellowstone installment from FasterSkier photographer Win Goodbody is now available online. The race is the 5/10km Classic SuperTour. These photos are available for download for non-commercial use (this means no use in any for-profit publication). A selection of photos is below, but to view all 750 and download high res versions, you can visit Win’s SmugMug Gallery.

General News

Argentina 2010 Shaping Up

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

Skifire, Inc., the Club Andino Ushuaia, and Spanish coach Noel Marcen Cinca are working on a cross-country ski based camp for juniors paired with language classes to take place in and around Ushuaia, Argentina during the 2010 austral winter. Skifire’s Matt Muir was in Ushuaia in 2007 when Marcen Cinca and one other Spanish coach led a group of Spanish juniors on a training camp trip there, Marcen Cinca and Muir stayed in touch, and...

General News

NCCSEF is Back!

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

NCCSEF, which has been supporting the development of cross country skiing in the U.S. for 12 years is back and ready to expand its reach to support even more development projects that affect the national pipeline. In addition to providing its traditional financial support for coaching and logistics for the Junior Scandanavian Championships (J1 Trip), NCCSEF will fund the volunteer coaching staff for Junior and U23 World Championships, and plans to provide support for OPA...

Racing Regional / Local Results

Hanneman, Konieczny Sprint to Flint Hills Victories

FasterSkierDecember 8, 20091

Reese Hanneman (FAST) and UAF student Rebecca Konieczny were the winners in Saturday’s Flint Hills Resources Town Series event, the Fairbanks Youth Sports Classic Sprint. Comfortable temperatures in the mid-to-high 20’s, Fahrenheit greeted the racers – an improvement of nearly 50 Fahrenheit degrees from the first race in the series, held two weeks earlier. The day started off with the elementary and junior high races before getting to the elmination heats for the high school,...

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Escaping Anchorage

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2009

As soon as a trail opens across the Big Susitna River, it's time to escape from Anchorage and go to Alaska.

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Bohart, Road Trippin, and Sombreros

FasterSkierDecember 7, 2009

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Continental Cup Racing

SuperTour Standings: Brooks and Kuzzy Qualify for January World Cups

FasterSkierDecember 7, 20092

Holly Brooks (APU) and Garrott Kuzzy (USST/CXC Team Vertical Limit) have both qualified for the January World Cup races in Estonia and Russia, based on the SuperTour standings as of today. These World Cup starts are in addition to the U.S. quota, and offer lodging and travel reimbursement by FIS according to World Cup rules. Both USSA SuperTour Leaders have been notified of this opportunity, but have not decided if they will take advantage of...

Continental Cup Racing

Bozeman SuperTour Classical Distance Race Photos

FasterSkierDecember 7, 2009

Once again photographer Stuart Jennings provides a glimpse at the action during yesterdays classical distance race at the Bozeman, Montana SuperTour.

Biathlon Racing

Canmore North American Biathlon Cup

FasterSkierDecember 7, 2009

The Canmore Nordic Center did an excellent job preparing separate courses so that an Alberta Cup XC Ski Race and North American Cup Biathlon Races could be held simultaneously on the same weekend. Since the Biathlon Races were held mostly on the cross country side the preceding weekend – the Biathlon races were held on a 2.5 km loop. It was supposed to be near 0 F races for both Sat and Sun. Warmer then...

General News Product News

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: Under $20

FasterSkierDecember 7, 20092

2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: $20 -$100 This product is available here. This product is available here. The Zen of Snowy Trails With the forward written by Kris Freeman and quotes from Bill Koch this book has to be a winner. Skiing Santa Ornament MSRP: $12.95 Does someone on your Christmas list need even more proof that they are Nordo? Boulder Nordic Sport, Free Heel and Wheel, High Peaks Cyclery, Ski Rack, WebSkis. www.skidasport.com and click on the fabric...

General News

A Tribute to Nikolai Anikin

FasterSkierDecember 7, 20091

In honor of a Dec. 6 celebration of Soviet skiing legend and Midwest coach Nikolai Anikin, Christa Case Bryant collected anecdotes from a broad swath of former colleagues and athletes including Vladimir Smirnov, John Bauer, former USST staff, and a museum worker in Nikolai’s birthplace of Ishim, Siberia. A profile and shortened version of the anecdotes was published by the Duluth News Tribune. When the Iron Curtain still hung supreme, the US and Soviet ski...

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Currier 10 for 10 in win!

FasterSkierDecember 7, 2009

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Leaving Canmore’s Paradise at O’Dark Hundred

FasterSkierDecember 6, 2009

Pre- Race; receiving race instructions from the "Institute" and while Simultaneously deriving Unfathomable Mental, Physical, Social, and Psychic Euphoria from watching Tim Burke REPEADETLY make the European's and the "Grown" Men who coach them cry...

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Leaving Canmore’s Paradise at O’Dark Hundred

FasterSkierDecember 6, 2009

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