Men's Quarterfinal heat in the skate sprint (I'm in the red suit and black hat, second from left)Skiing in the 15km skate raceQualifying 5th in the skate sprint(All photos are courtesy of Ian Harvey at Toko US)
The new Madshus Nanosonic skate boot.Some 2012/13 Madshus Nanosonic skate boots passed through the shop yesterday, and they happened to be my size, so I got a fit check, and nabbed a couple pictures while no authority figures were looking too closely. ...
The Annual Valley Cup RaceWill be held Sunday, January 22 at Ole's, with the first racesstarting at 10AM. For grown-ups, this year's race will be a 10kfreestyle race; there will also be a 5k race for J1 and J2 youths anda BKL race for the littler kids....
I don't know what went down in the Sprint Finals so I won't weigh-in on the DQ question, but for certain Torin had great skis and Torin was clearly the fastest man on the course.---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------...
Tested and picked glide waxes yesterday as was the plan as I anticipated that today’s kick solution could be a demanding one. It did some freezing raining last night before they groomed. Still, the tracks got an ice glaze on them which made things a bit tricky this morning. We tested kick waxes, straight base green, straight klisters, and klisters covered. Before qualifying, our best wax was Nordic Green Klister covered by Nordic Red...
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy – The hill today, and the races, were epic. Here are FasterSkier’s images from the way up. Enjoy.
HINTERZARTEN, Germany — Sarah Hendrickson has now won two out of the three World Cup competitions so far this season after a resounding 30-point victory Sunday over second-place finisher Sara Takanashi, of Japan. And the U.S. celebration doesn’t stop there. Teammate Jessica Jerome fought back to a decisive third-place after battling unlucky wind and snow conditions on Saturday that cut the competition short after just one round. Lindsey Van finished 7th. Alissa Johnson was 23rd and Abby...
As the snow beat down on me in Oberhof during the Mass Start today, I was psyched to learn that my sis, mom, and a bunch of friends in Portland were cheering me on back home in the States via the interweb. For those of you confused by the hand gestures in the photo as [...]
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy – Kris Freeman (USA) raced to a poor result yesterday, consistent with his highly variable season, finishing the day in 55th place, and losing his hopes of a respectable Tour de Ski finish. He vowed, however to finish the event, completing the 9th stage and crossing the finish line on the Alpe de Cermis. “Yesterday, any sensible person would’ve dropped out, but I wanted to race today. ” He did just...
Oh, man. The Final Climb on the Alpe Cermis tomorrow is going to be pretty exciting - just the sort of stage that should conclude the Tour de Ski. On the men's side, I can't see Cologna doing anything but finishing first (becoming the first triple cha...
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy – The bell lap of the 2012 Tour de Ski kicks off on Sunday with the famed climb up the Alpe Cermis, and after a decisive victory over Marit Bjørgen (NOR), Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) will start with an eleven second lead. Kowalczyk demonstrated that she may have been down for a few days, as Bjørgen won four consecutive stages, but she was certainly not out. Back in her preferred classic technique...
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy – Kris Freeman (USA) started off stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de Ski, a 20k classic mass start in Val di Fiemme, with a bang. He was skiing at the back of the tight lead group. He looked strong and smooth. He reported that “I didn’t…feel like I was going out too fast…the first lap felt easy.” But then something happened, and he was gone. Each lap he fell farther...
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy – The course today for Stage 8 of the 2011/2012 Tour de Ski was tough! There was not much in the way of flat, and those poor World Cup souls who did not have perfect kick – amazing athletes every one of them – fell back quickly. Here are FasterSkier’s pictures on the day.
TOBLACH, Italy – In all the confusion of travel, race coverage, and eating delicious Italian cheese, we failed to post the Tour Day 5 A to Zeller. While slightly dated, here it is in all its glory…Ranging from ‘A’ for Alexander Legkov to ‘Z’ for…well you should know by now. A – Alexander Leglov: Victorious today. B – Benzene: This is not diesel. Don’t put this in your vehicle over here. Ooops! C – Cappucino: ...
OK, so the plan was to have old manmade snow today and to go with Base Green and then alternating layers of Base Green and Carbon Grip Mint. So it snowed of course. By the time the women’s race got going, there was maybe 2 inches and it kept snowing until the men were almost done. So, since using lots of Base Green works better for older snow, we tested and ended up predictably on...
The mass-start classic races in Val di Fiemme see a lot of action every year as racers jockey for the bonus seconds that could advantage themselves and disadvantage their rivals in the last race of the Tour de Ski, the Final Climb. Remember how Lukas B...
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TOBLACH, Italy – Images from today’s race, a 15k pursuit freestyle, Stage 7 of the 2011/2012 Tour de Ski. The tight race that all expected, between Bjoergen (NOR) and Kowalczyk (POL) did ensue, as seen in picture after picture of the Pole leading the Norwegian and vice versa. Numerous others to share as well. Enjoy.
Yesterday we tested a whole lot. It was really cold (below 0f overnight) and it stayed pretty cold during the day. The course received a whole lot of freshly shot and freshly distributed manmade. This was mixed in with old snow, but was still pretty dominant on the distance part of the loop. Freshly shot manmade is slower than manmade snow that has been around for a while. The best wax that I know of...