After some off-again on-again decisionmaking due to a lack and then a surfeit of snow in Davos, we're going to see some unusual events this weekend: long(ish) individual-start skate races. A 15k for women and 30k for men are being run over a big 7.5k l...
2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Under $20 Skinny Skis. 09: Cross Country Skier Pendant or Pin. Price: $60.00. Let the jewelry wearing skier on your list proudly publicize their love for our sport. Hand-carved and cast in sterling silver this one is sure to be a hit. Available online here. 05: Yurbuds Ironman Inspire Pro. Price: $59.99. If the person you’re shopping for likes to work out in all weather conditions and listen to music...
JOSIE!!!! Congratulations for making it into this world and for picking such incredible parents to be raised by! I can't wait to meet you. Congratulations parents:)This blog goes out to my teammate and friend, Sadie Bjornsen, as she got on her first ...
A wonderful morning to wake up! After 48 hours of relaxing warm weather after camp, now there is snow to play on in the hills. We took a jaunt up Mad River Glen this morning. Tomorrow and the next day we will be skiing at Craftsb...
Once again the FasterSkier staff has weighed in on their favorite gift ideas for the 2011 holiday season. Today’s installment of the Holiday Gift Guide features items priced from $20 to $50. Previous 2011 Holiday Gift Guide Suggestions: Sauce Headwear and Gear West. 08: Rubber Encased Dumbbells. Price: starting from ~$25.00. It’s winter so the days are short and it is hard enough to find time to get out for a long ski, let alone...
Sadie and Erik Bjornsen will be back at home in the Methow Valley for the holidays.While they're at home, they will be putting on a FREE ski clinic for kids.The Cascade Challenge Camp (clicky for camp flyer) will be on Wednesday, Dec 21st, a...
The international long distance cross country ski tour Ski Classics continues its growth. 2012 prize money of 110,000 Euros is more than double than the previous season’s amount. Ski Classics consists of seven ski races across Europe, Jizerska Padesatka Czech Republic, Marcialonga Italy, König Ludwig Lauf Germany, Tartu Maraton Estonia, Vasaloppet Sweden, Birkebeinerrennet Norway, Ski Classics Final Norway. The professional skiers compete for three different leader bibs: The green sprint bib, the yellow overall leader...
Bozeman SuperTour 2011, December 3, 2011 - Bohart Ranch Women's Results - 5K Freestyle1 Kinsey Loan 19 FJ APUNSC &n...
... from my Randall-centric posts lately. Back in the States, Jessie Diggins is killing it on the SuperTour. After seven races at two venues, she's scored 200 points out of a possible 210. Not shabby: classic sprint (West Yellowstone): 1st place/3...
CANMORE, Alta.—Cross Country Canada has named two of Canada’s best-ever femalecross-country skiers, Beckie Scott and Milaine Theriault as chairs of its Women’s Committee. The Committee has recently been given a fresh mandate that will improve the profile of the Committee as it facilitates opportunities for girls and women in all facets of cross-country skiing. The Women’s Committee is an operational committee of Cross Country Canada (CCC) which exists to ensure equality of opportunity for girls...
Why isn't someone making a wedge that will click onto a NIS plate, and which has threaded inserts for attaching a Pilot SNS bindings?This seems simple enough. It would allow fore/aft adjustment of the SNS binding, even if it might r...
L.L. Bean. 09: Bag Balm. Price: starting from $5.00. Yup, we’re recommending you rub something that was created for the treatment of dry, cracked cow udders all over your face. Bag Balm works great to keep your face warm and frostbite-free! Keep a 10-ounce box of this in your ski bag for whenever sub-zero temperatures strike, plus it will give you a jolly glisten as you cruise down the trails. Available at most pharmacy/drug stores or online...
Well it’s official: World Cups #2 and #3 will be held in Hochfilzen, Austria over the next two weeks. We were slated to head over to Annecy, France for the third WC but they have had an incredibly mild start to the winter there and had to cancel. So Hochfilzen is picking up the slack. [...]
SkinnySkis.com for an extensive selection and check out the latest in production technology! Also at SkinnySkis.com, is a specialty selection of Nordic eyewear from Casco Shields to Uvex Track and Julbo Ultra Light Eyewear! The Casco Shields, Casco Spirit Comp and Casco Spirit II all offer an external hinge allowing the shield to be flipped up to function as protection against the snow or the rain. Similar to a spherical goggle lens in a...
Here is something I’ve just started doing with Toko Base Green. I did this twice last year with huge success – both for kick and glide. I decide on the kick wax of the day for kick, let’s say blue to make it easy. Then I’ll put on a coat of the base green and heat it with a heat gun and then cork it in real good. Then I add another coat of the...
There was a lot going on this weekend on the ski racing scene and many of our readers have better things to do then sitting in front of their computer (if you don’t that is cool too – we don’t either). Here is a recap of the weekend’s action with links to the main stories. World Cup Cross-Country The big story of course was Kikkan Randall winning the individual sprint and coming back the next...
DENVER – Håkon Johansen has been named Nordic assistant coach of The University of Denver ski team, Nordic head coach Dave Stewart announced today. Johansen, who skied for the Pioneers from 2000-03, returns to Denver after working in his native Norway. “We are thrilled to welcome Håkon back to the DU family,” Stewart said. The opportunity to coach at DU attracted a tremendous amount of interest, both domestically and abroad. We had many highly qualified...
60 days on the road may seem like a long time but the time is flying by. This is my favorite time of year when all the hardwork of summer finally has a chance to show itself in the races. This year's new Salomon skis arrived stone...
Once again photographer Evan Dethier was trailside to capture the action at today’s 10/15km classic race at the SuperTour in Bozeman, Montana.
The SuperTour made its second stop in Bozeman, Montana at Bohart Ranch. Green Mountain Valley School’s assistant coach, Evan Dethier, was able to capture some of the action for us.