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The Right Tool for the Job: Goal Setting for Juniors
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The Right Tool for the Job: Goal Setting for Juniors

FasterSkierOctober 19, 2011

Pete Phillips is currently the head coach of Burke Mountain Academy. Phillips has decades of experience coaching juniors at many of the top clubs in the country. In addition to his scholastic coaching duties, Philips leads annual spring trips to Norway and Sweden. Sensible goals are powerful motivating factors for any serious athlete. They are tools in the kit. To get the most use from goals they need to become a conscious part of training,...

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SkiRack Hosts Salomon SuperFit Event with US Olympian Garrott Kuzzy

FasterSkierOctober 17, 2011

Event: Salomon SuperFit Event with US Olympian Garrott Kuzzy Date: Saturday, October 29 · 10:00am – 6:00pm Location: Skirack Nordic Center, 85 Main Street, Burlington, VT Event Contact: Will Skolochenko, 802-658-3313 Description: Salomon USA and SkiRack, New England’s most complete source for Salomon Nordic equipment and clothing, are hosting a custom gear-fitting event on Saturday, October 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to kick off the 2011-2012 nordic ski season. The Salomon SuperFit Event will allow local Nordic skiers the chance...

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Ahvo and Ritva are on Snow in Finland
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Ahvo and Ritva are on Snow in Finland

FasterSkierOctober 17, 2011

Ahvo and Ritva Taipale got in some skiing today in central Finland in the city of Jyväskylä only a 15 min jog from Ritva’s flat.  Saturday was the “grand opening” where Orienteering World Champion Minna Kauppi cut the ribbon and throughout the day skiers of all ages started their outdoor ski season. The sun was shining an it was about 40 degrees. The snow was made in the late part of the winter and stored under a pile of sawdust all summer...

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Motorpacing on Rollerskis: Circus Act or Training Tool?

FasterSkierOctober 17, 2011

A native of Fairbanks, Alaska, Reese Hanneman currently races for the Anchorage, Alaska-based APU Nordic Ski Club. The chromed-out hog fired right up, and it sounded mean. An old friend from my high-school swimming days straddled the bike, and twisted some life into the Harley. Or was it a Star? An Indian? Either way, it had some throat to it. I’m sure that among hardcore motorcycling circles, the thing was a piece. By which I...

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Atomic Skintec: Attention Hard waxes and Klisters – Love Don’t Live Here No More
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Atomic Skintec: Attention Hard waxes and Klisters – Love Don’t Live Here No More

FasterSkierOctober 17, 2011

That’s right, take your old wax box full of nasty sticky stuff and just throw it away.  After almost ten years of testing, Atomic introduces its Skintec classic ski to the general public.  The idea behind Skintec technology?  Atomic agrees with the industry that it is nice to have a waxless ski that outperforms waxable skis for those difficult zero degrees Celsius conditions.  But why stop there?  Why not have a waxless ski that is...

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USST Looks to Fill Coaching/Service Positions for Junior World/U23 Championships and J1 Scando Trips

FasterSkierOctober 17, 2011

Coach and Service Positions Open for 2012 Junior World / Under-23 Championships Erzurum, Turkey – February 12 – 27, 2012 The U.S. Ski Team is hiring two coaches and three servicemen to join Trip Leader Bryan Fish (USST) and Head Serviceman Casey Fagerquist (APU / USST) to this year’s championships in Turkey. The positions will be funded by National Nordic Foundation. Each position filled will provide invaluable experience to individual, club, and our developing ski...

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The Hoffman Chronicles: Part 7 – Spring
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The Hoffman Chronicles: Part 7 – Spring

FasterSkierOctober 15, 2011

This is the seventh and final installment of a seven part series in which the U.S. Ski Team’s Noah Hoffman recounts his 2010-2011 season. With the 2012 season just around the corner, the series comes to its conclusion with a SuperTour Finals, and a spring rest. 5/11/2011 I had an extremely eventful end to the race season with some really good and some disappointing results.  In addition, I’ve had an incredible, whirlwind spring. I’ve spent...

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2012 Ski Season Officially Underway

FasterSkierOctober 15, 2011

When does the season start – Thanksgiving camps? First World Cup Races? How about the when the rollerskis are swapped out for actual skis? This week we received two reports of on-snow skiing. Welcome to winter! The Auburn Ski Club enjoyed a record-setting summer – just three months without skiing. Mark Nadell filed this report. The shortest dry-land training season in recorded history ended yesterday on the Auburn Ski Club “Glacier.” Since the last day...

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Roller-Ski Race Returns to Mt. Greylock this Sunday

FasterSkierOctober 13, 2011

The Mt. Greylock Roller Ski and Roller Blade races are back. The event, a benefit for the Northern Berkshire Special Olympics, will be held on Sunday, October 16th, at 10:00 A.M. beginning at the Mt. Greylock Visitors’ Center in Lanesboro, MA. Brought to you by Berkshire Outfitters and FasterSkier.com the race will prove to be a great fall workout and a blast… after all there is just one hill, it just happens to be 8...

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