We did some skate speeds down by the Kincaid Chalet on Friday. After I had finished my speeds I was skiing back down the road. Bart Dengel still had a couple speeds to go and as I was starting my cool-down he took off V2-ing in front of me. Now Bart wa...
We did some skate speeds down by the Kincaid Chalet on Friday. After I had finished my speeds I was skiing back down the road. Bart Dengel still had a couple speeds to go and as I was starting my cool-down he took off V2-ing in front of me. Now Bart wa...
National Elite Group camp, USST camp, SVSEF camp and several other top invited athletes...
National Elite Group camp, USST camp, SVSEF camp and several other top invited athletes...
National Elite Group camp, USST camp, SVSEF camp and several other top invited athletes...
The nineteenth annual Kangaroo Hoppet, Australia’s international ski marathon, was held today at Falls Creek in north-east Victoria. Rain and wind caused the races to be shortened and the main event was held over 25km instead of the usual 42km. Twenty-four year old Australian Ben Sim from Cooma won the men’s 25km event, breaking away from Thomas Diezig of Switzerland in the last 3km and winning by 40 seconds. The winning margin in the women’s...
The IOC has launched a contest on YouTube, inviting the general public to post a video reply to the question “What do you think is the future of the Olympic Games?” asked by triple Olympic gold medalist and recent world champion Usain Bolt, as you can see here. Source: FIS
Yesterday I hopped onto a plane and flew to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to meet up with my teammates and coaches for an offical US ski team training camp. We loaded up the van and made the drive up to Whister (the home of the 2010 Olympics, which is just a few short months [...]
The Vancouver Sun reports on the issue of swine flu and the upcoming Olympics. No “Draconian” swine flu measures for Vancouver Olympics Two Olympics, two different view on handling the swine flu pandemic if it hits during the Games. In Britain, the government is putting in place contingency plans as the flu pandemic escalates, including possibly banning crowds from sporting events, Read the full article at the Vancouver Sun
(video work by CXC Team Vertical Limit member Audrey Weber)
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09 Kangaroo Hoppettbr /br /The 09-10 nordic racing season is open and in full swing. Recent events in New Zealand and Australia have kicked off the competitive year. br /On Saturday, August 29 Oceania’s best Nordic skiers will be contesting the Kanga...
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www.birkievideo.com “This is just a beginning of the creation of a model for digital event webcasting in Nordic skiing in the U.S. The experience from the 2009 American Birkebeiner was a test of the quality and level of interest, which was engaging and interactive. Over 600 DVDs sold since March with great consumer feedback, with 4500 web promotional video displays and 105 hours of promotional video plays,” commented Yuriy Gusev, CXC Executive and Athletic Director....
FasterSkier is proud to host the free 2009 American Birkebeiner webcast. Once you begin watching a video, you may enter fullscreen mode by clicking the diagonal arrows in the lower right of the player, next to the volume control.
WHISTLER, BC – Callaghan Country Wilderness Adventures, Cross Country Connection and Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Park (WOP) have formed a strategic alliance to ensure that the majority of trails in the Callaghan Valley will be open to the public for the bulk of the 2009-2010 winter season. Approximately 30 kms of the WOP trail system and all of Callaghan Country’s 42 km of trails will be open for public skiing from November 21, 2009 through until January 31,...
Vancouver – Pointing out it is the Court’s duty to make sure the hosting of the 2010 Olympic Games complies with the Charter or declare it invalid if it does not, lawyers for the 14 elite women ski jumpers battling for inclusion in the 2010 Olympics filed their arguments with the BC Court of Appeal today. “We are not asking the Court to determine which sports are to be included in the Olympics – that...
On 3 September Perisher will celebrate the start of spring in style by hosting a cross-country race with a twist. Perisher’s iconic Pub-to-Pub Cross-Country Classic, now in its 27th consecutive year, sees a mix of serious racers and dressed up cruisers having fun traversing the resort on skinny skis. The Classic takes in five watering holes in Smiggin Holes and Perisher Valley and is open to anyone with a pair of cross-country skis and a ‘thirst’ for...
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Gotta love Russia! Seven months after the fact, the Russian sports federation announced today that Julija Tchepalova and Yevgeny Dementiev tested positive for EPO after the final Tour de Ski races last January. Nice going, guys.They're apparently going to retire, leaving behind a pair of pretty good - but now smelly - careers. Dementiev has an array of solid results, including his phenomenal gold