Rossignol is excited to announce its strongest, fastest Nordic team ever. Rossignol supports all levels of Nordic Racers, and the 2009-2010 Rossi Nordic Team proves that by including US Team Members, top level elite racers, master racers, and college racers through our Red, White, and Blue program.
The following is a letter sent to Dr. Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC, from the elite women ski jumpers seeking inclusion in the 2010 Olympics. September 4, 2009 Dear Dr. Rogge: We appreciate the International Olympic Committee’s prompt response to our letter seeking a resolution to the issue of us competing in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. But we are disappointed that the letter appears to be silent in recognizing the inconsistency of this...
CXC and CXC Team Vertical Limit is set to launch the SUPER FIT Program at six Midwestern ski shops for all level skiers to assist with equipment fitting, ski clinics, training and wax seminars. “SUPER FIT” is an exciting weekend long educational and sale program filled with seminars, presentations and store specials at six local retail shops around the region. Skiers at all levels will have equipment fit by CXC Team Vertical Limit professional athletes...
Middlebury Union High School, Middlebury, VT, is seeking a High School Cross Country Ski Coach for the 2009-2010 winter season. The season runs from mid-November through the end of February. We train at the Middlebury College Rikert Ski Touring Center. Coach should have experience in competitive cross country skiing and have worked with high school student/athletes before. Salary ranges from $3200 – $4100 depending on the related experience of the applicant. Interested applicants please contact:...
During their autumn meeting on Thursday and Friday last week, the members of the Coordination Group for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Oslo 2011 had a chance to bear witness to the construction progress at Holmenkollen, where massive work has been underway all summer. The group saw the advances with the two new jumping hills – the new large hill Holmenkollbakken and the new normal hill at Midtstuen – as well as with the...
At the end of August, the first indoor skiing facility opened in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. With 7,000 cubic meters of snow covering 18,500 square meters, Ylläs-Halli offers conditions for a wide range of different winter sports activities such as biathlon, curling, ice skating and ice climbing. The main attraction, however, is the 1.2 km long cross-country skiing loop which follows variable terrain in winter surroundings. The goal of Ylläs-Halli is not only to provide top athletes with...
Stratton Mountain in conjunction with SMS Nordic is currently working on 6+km's of Nordic trails less than 1 mile from campus at the Sun Bowl. The trails are part of a 12 km. system that has seen better days. They are now being carefully and properly...
Rick Halling is the Director of Nordic Racing for Atomic US. The summer preceding an Olympic year is a tense time for coaches, athletes and suppliers. The old saying that skiers are made in the summer definitely holds true. Both the quality and quantity of summer training are highly scrutinized in an Olympic year. Along with the training, athletes are reviewing their equipment needs and many are switching to what they feel are more competitive...
The US Ski Team recently completed their last training camp at the 2010 Olympic Venue before the Games. They were joined by the National Elite Group and the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. A few highlights below. For photos and commentary: Whistler – September Camp Update 2
So you think you can double pole? The US Ski Team’s Torin Koos put together a technique video from the recent Whistler Training Camp. The movie features excellent footage of the top US women. This is a much watch if you are looking for good images to take with you on your next double pole workout.
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Sauce Headwear, in the wake of a name change from SOS Headwear, has launched a new website. Sauce Headwear produces high-quality ski hats, which are worn throughout North America by all levels of skiers. In addition to selling individual hats, on both the web and in retail stores, Sauce specializes in orders with custom logos for teams and clubs. FS Store. Visit the Sauce Headwear website at
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After three weeks of intense training, I am enjoying an easy week of training on my own before the team meets up again Ruhpolding, Germany next week. Our training camps normally last 3 weeks, but this year we decided on a 7 week Europe camp in order to maximize one on one coaching time and [...]
Rossignol is proud to partner with the US Biathlon Team again for the upcoming season. We are excited to support the best athletes in the country and the most distinguished team. The US Biathlon team shares Rossignol’s commitment to passion and excellence. The Rossignol athletes on the US Biathlon A team are Tim Burke, Jay Hakkinen, Lowell Bailey, Russel Currier, and Haley Johnson. Rossignol’s B Team athletes are Sarah Studebaker, Anneliese Cook, and Carolyn Bramante....
Well, we’re in Hayward again. It’s absolutely nuts how quickly the summer is passing! It’s September already and we can technically consider it fall, yikes. Don’t get me wrong, fall is probably my favorite season, with all of the leaves changing colors and the temperature dropping a bit, but I don’t think I’m quite ready [...]