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Klaebo, Valnes, Vike—Red Sprint Podium in Falun

John TeafordFebruary 14, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Erik Valnes (NOR) might be the most durable skier of his generation: seemingly never sick, hardly ever injured, lined up at just about every World Cup event on every available weekend, and always in...

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The Devon Kershaw: Back from the Dead with a Cogne Recap, and Looking Ahead

Nathaniel HerzFebruary 13, 2025

We’re sorry. Life intervened, and this podcast is nearly two weeks late. But it’s here, and we had a fun session breaking down a weekend of World Cup racing in Italy where Devon was present in the flesh. We’ll be back after Falun and on scene, both of us, in Trondheim. Reach us at devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com.

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Technique and Durability—FasterSkier’s Ben Ogden Interview

Ned DowlingFebruary 7, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. As this interview gets into, I was really interested in the connection between the movement quality I saw Ben display during dryland training and the improvements in his skate technique that Devon saw on snow. What better time than a physio session to ask some...

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The 2025 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour: A Lesson in Perseverance and Faith in the People Around You

FasterSkierFebruary 6, 2025

By: Jody Zarkos Epic. The 2025 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour was a lesson in perseverance, faith in the people around you, and the knowledge that Nordic skiers are made of pretty tough stuff. What other group of people will tackle a stormy 34-kilometer point-to-point race with 20 millimeters of fabric between them and the outdoors? After a spate of bluebird Boulders, the 52nd annual race rolled in on a stormfront that dropped almost a...

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The FIS Junior and U23 World Championship Take to the Italian Alps

Matthew VoisinFebruary 4, 2025

While cross-country skiing in Schilpario, Italy, offers an exquisite experience amidst the stunning backdrop of the Italian Alps, from February 3rd through 9th, the quiet, small Italian village of just over 1,000 inhabitants will be abuzz as it hosts the FIS Junior and U23 World Championship. National teams from around the world will compete head-to-head, likely with strong representation from countries with successful skiing traditions, such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Canada, and the United...

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I’m Losing My Edge – The Plight of the Aging Athlete

Ned DowlingFebruary 3, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. I’m losing my edge The kids are coming up from behind I’m losing my edge LCD Soundsystem I knew it was coming. I have the conversation all the time with patients in the physical therapy clinic: “The older we get, the less our bodies...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Diggins Dominates Cogne 10 k Freestyle

Kennedy LangeFebruary 2, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The first thing viewers might have wondered going into today’s race was, “Is this the same World Cup I’ve been watching all season? Where are all the racers?” With 59 women starting the...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Amundsen Returns to the Top, Schumacher 10th in Cogne 10 k

John TeafordFebruary 2, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. 10 k Freestyle is a speed race . . . and so much faster than the fastest runner in my home town can RUN a 10 k that it’s not even funny. Age grouper...

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Dahlqvist is Back! Diggins Grateful for “Miracle”

John TeafordFebruary 1, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Two weeks ago, Jessie Diggins—hampered by a lingering injury (plantar fasciitis)—was compelled to double pole her Classic Sprint qualifyier, leaving her in 40th that day. Since then, Diggins has been spotted a time or...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Norway Sweeps Cogne Sprint, Schoonmaker 9th, Ogden 12th

John TeafordFebruary 1, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. It’s rumored that World Cup Sprint (and Overall) leader, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo will return to action next week in Falun, Sweden, leaving room at the top for a host of contenders to battle for...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Understudies Fill Team Sprint Spotlight in Cogne

John TeafordJanuary 31, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. It was a day for hard-working backup players to show what they can do . . . A few weeks from now, the World Championships in Trondheim, Norway will include a Team Sprint, an...

Collegiate Feature News Racing

Kirkeng Tied for Most RMISA Wins, Laven Continues Her Winning Streak for Utah

FasterSkierJanuary 29, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch Racers gathered in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday for the Bozeman Supertour and Montana State University Invitational. With a 20 k skate mass start on Friday, skate sprint Saturday, and 7.5 k classic race on Sunday, it was a full weekend of racing....

Collegiate Feature News Racing

Western Collegiate Season Off to a Speedy Start

FasterSkierJanuary 28, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch The Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) holds a very high standard for racing; although teams are small and the field is not more than 40 per gender, international athletes and some of the nation’s fastest skiers flock to the west to...

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Enga-dang: Three days of racing mayhem and a special, tree-planting guest

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 27, 2025

We’re back to recap a long weekend in glorious Switzerland, with some familiar names topping the podium but still doing it in exciting fashion. Plus, hear from Canada’s Sonjaa Schmidt about her star-is-born moment in the sprint and her, shall we say, unconventional summer training. Fan mail to devon@fasterskier.com; hate mail to nat@fasterskier.com. We’ll be back soon.

Feature News Racing World Cup

Slind Accelerates to Effortless Victory as Sanness Earns First World Cup Podium in Engadin 20 k

Kennedy LangeJanuary 26, 2025

Skiers competed in a point-to-point race today, a rarity on the World Cup circuit these days as races favor small stadium loops, with better spectating and easier logistics for the host venue. The first 9 k of the race traversed flat terrain following the frozen lake of St. Moritz. Around the halfway point, skiers entered the World Cup stadium, completing three laps of a 3.7-kilometer course before crossing the finish line. This Sunday’s competition may...

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Klaebo Leads Six-Deep Norwegian Sweep in Engadin 20 k Mass Start

John TeafordJanuary 26, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. We feel like we know what World Cup skiing looks like—then FIS schedules a Mass Start race that begins in St. Moritz, and we watch a pack of racers V2-Alternate across the opening kilometers...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Sundling Wins Engadin Freestyle Sprints. Diggins Breaks Pole in Finals, Finishes Sixth

Ken RothJanuary 25, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Today’s Freestyle Sprint in Engadin, Switzerland was an opportunity for Jessie Diggins to expand her lead in the chase for the Overall leader’s position in the World Cup. Entering today’s race—held at...

Feature News Racing World Cup

The Boys are Back—Klaebo Schools Anger in Engadin Freestyle Sprint

John TeafordJanuary 25, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. You just can’t believe how fast . . . when skiers at the front of a World Cup Sprint field hit the gas, the top end speed they reach is simply astounding—fast enough that...

Feature News Racing World Cup

Swedish Surge Continues in Engadin’s Mixed Relay

John TeafordJanuary 24, 2025

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Right now, Sweden is on a roll. Soon, Norway will be back at full-force. The top of the field is definitely getting ready for a World Championship showdown in a few weeks. In the...

Collegiate Feature News Racing

Dartmouth Continues its Dominance and Crum Scores Big for Bowdoin in Lake Placid

FasterSkierJanuary 23, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch The Saint Lawrence University Carnival was held this past weekend at Mt. Vanhoevenberg in Lake Placid, NY. Coupled with the Eastern Cup on day two of the carnival, the start list was among the largest in North America this year. Not only...

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