With midwinter conditions in the Southern Hemisphere a a collection of some of the world’s top skiers have assembled in New Zealand for training camps and racing. Led by strong contingents from the US and Canada, there is no shortage of talent. On-snow training is occurring at New Zealand’s premier cross country ski venue, Wairou Snow Farm, located just South of Wanaka, NZ. The athletes arrived at the end of July and will stay through...
Basketball is king at the North Minneapolis Boys and Girls Club. We have six hoops and ten balls and there is always a game being played.Alison teaching me a few things about Basketball. Research has said that it takes 10,000 hours to master something...
Basketball is king at the North Minneapolis Boys and Girls Club. We have six hoops and ten balls and there is always a game being played.Alison teaching me a few things about Basketball. Research has said that it takes 10,000 hours to master something...
Basketball is king at the North Minneapolis Boys and Girls Club. We have six hoops and ten balls and there is always a game being played.Alison teaching me a few things about Basketball. Research has said that it takes 10,000 hours to master something...
Basketball is king at the North Minneapolis Boys and Girls Club. We have six hoops and ten balls and there is always a game being played.Alison teaching me a few things about Basketball. Research has said that it takes 10,000 hours to master something...
The campers took part in the Canadian Strength test on Tuesday afternoon. Everyone was on their game putting in solid efforts, as has been the norm for all of the sessions to date. In addition to the strength test the skiers have taken part in a level 1 classic distance roll with a focus on double poling, The Harper Hill uphill running time trial, a challenging agility course on skate roller skis, classic roller ski...
The first full day of the USSA National J2 Talent Camp, sponsored by the National Nordic Foundation is in the books. We have 42 charging young athletes here in Sun Valley and the enthusiasm is super high. Today we started off with a classic roll session with focus on Double Pole Technique. The local training environ is great for rollerskiing with miles and miles of separated bike paths surrounded by inspiring mountain scenery. Most skiers...
Portland, Maine – Celebrities for Charity Foundation today announced its new partnership with United States Biathlon Foundation. Hockey legend Ray Bourque, who serves as a trustee of the United States Biathlon Foundation, also announced the “Ultimate Portland Seadogs Prize Package” charity raffle to benefit the US Biathlon Foundation. One lucky winner will receive an incredible Portland Sea Dogs prize package, including: Winner will sign a 1 day contract as a first round pick for the Portland...
Holdernsess School skier Haley Mahar wrote and recorded an essay for a composition class. Titled “I Believe in Kickwax,” Haley’s piece details a skier’s relationship with her wax. Audio Recording: [podcast]http://images.fasterskier.com/2011/08/This-I-Believe.mp3[/podcast] Written Essay: I believe in kick wax. Any Nordic skier who has ever skied competitively will tell you that classic skiing without kick wax gives you four times the workout, ten times the frustration, and a few dirty looks and a suggestion to clean...
The 2nd annual Facebook/NCCSEF wall (and if possible post a picture of the camp) then ask their friends and team back home to “like” them. Top 3 Liked vote getters by the end of Camp will be awarded USST BD jacket or race suit and Toko HF wax. You must Like NCCSEF to nominate yourself and to vote. www.facebook.com/Nccsef during the camp to like (vote for) your athletes.
We had an afternoon off during the dryland portion of the camp and it was the perfect timing for a Dartmouth reunion and sightseeing trip with Anchorage native Eric Packer. Eric took Sophie Caldwell, Rosie Brennan, and I to the port town of Whittier. It was about a 45 minute drive to a 6 mile [...]
PARK CITY, UT (July 30) – Olympic ski jumper Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, NY) took his third straight U.S. title Saturday at the U.S. Ski Jumping Championships in Park City. Jessica Jerome took the women’s crown for her eighth career U.S. title. Frenette, who swept the large and normal hill at U.S. Championships last year, beat the field by 11 points. Jerome beat out the women’s field by jumping almost ten meters further than anyone...
FasterSkier.com is back to close to 100% after a catastrophic server failure two weeks ago. While there is no way to confirm, we would like to think that there had to have been flames shooting out of poor Hedwig (the name of the now-defunct server). The FasterSkier blogs, which continued to show some erratic behavior over the last week, are fixed. In addition, during the work to get the site back online, we fixed several...
Sun Valley, ID: The 2nd annual National J2 Talent ID camp is set to take place August 1-8th in Sun Valley, ID. The top 22 J2 boys and top 22 J2 girls in the country (14-15 year olds) have qualified to attend this camp through selection from their best two races from the 2011 USSA Junior Olympics last March. This camp is the first national step up the U.S.S.A. development pipeline and is designated a...
Thursday, August 4th 1:00 to 3:00 PM White Clouds Golf Course. Sun Valley, ID White Clouds is just off Sun Valley (Trail Creek) Road across the street from Sun Valley Golf Clubhouse/Nordic Center, Sun Valley, ID The L100 Coaches Certification clinic is free to all USSA licensed coach. The clinics include dryland technique drills as well as drill progressions on classic and skate rollerskis. All ages and levels of coaches are welcome. The...
Bald Mountain Ridge north of Wasilla, Alaska in the Talkeena Mountains can be tough to get to during crust skiing season. I had wanted to ski this area for a long time. I finally managed to get up on the ridge when the crust skiing was good.
U.S. Ski Team Women’s Video Challenge: 24 women’s training groups all over North America submitted their video entry to the contest! The U.S. Ski Team women voted for their five favorite videos. Now it is up to you to decide the winner from finalists posted on USSA Nordic’s facebook page. Voting ends when the Women’s Team comes down from Eagle Glacier on August 1. Prizes will be awarded to the most popular video! Here’s the...
I had the coolest Birthday surprise a few weeks ago for my golden birthday..."Congratilations to our Lake Superior Zoo's chapter of the AAZK for hosting it's first behind-the-scenes tour a a fundraiser.The tour was a birthday surprise for Olympic cross...
I had the coolest Birthday surprise a few weeks ago for my golden birthday..."Congratilations to our Lake Superior Zoo's chapter of the AAZK for hosting it's first behind-the-scenes tour a a fundraiser.The tour was a birthday surprise for Olympic cross...