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Birkie Fever: Steve Morales Talks the Early Days of Skiing, The Birkie and Having A Ski Shop in Hayward

Sponsored Content As Birkie Fever is fully here with the 2020 race starting in just eight days, Hayward's Steve Morales brings us back to the early days of the race and the beginning of New Moon Ski and Bike Shop. ...

Nordic Nation: Brian Gregg and Matt Liebsch-Faster Together

Independent of one another, Brian Gregg and Matt Liebsch are always to be feared as they line up for a ski race. Now in their mid-thirties, their lives have transitioned to other responsibilities that include partners,...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Falun’s Mass Starts and Eating Words

Sometimes when the unexpected happens, it's a good thing. That's what went down today in Falun, Sweden. In the men's 15 k mass start skate, it was not a scrum of 20 to 30 skiers in a cluster at the finish. A...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Bravo Falun! We Loved the Classic Sprint Show

In this episode -- an analysis of a wonderful day of classic sprinting in Falun, Sweden. First off, hats off to the organizing committee: the fans were out in force, Sweden showed up to race, Johaug advanced to the...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Slinging Stats with the Statistical Skier

This week, we re-posted a great piece from the Statistical Skier (Joran Elias). Before jumping into this episode, it's worth taking some time to digest some of the findings. He wrote the piece in response to a...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Finding the Magic in Oberstdorf — Day 2 Classic Sprints

In this episode of of The Devon Kershaw Show from FasterSkier, it is all classic: a deep breakdown from Devon on the nature of Obertsdorf, Germany's classic sprint course. The course has some relevance for this basic...

The Devon Kershaw Show: From Oberstdorf with Love — Day 1 Skiathlons

Next season the 2021 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships will be hosted by Oberstdorf, Germany. On Saturday, the women raced a 15 k skiathlon, the men 30 k on what is now a gut-punch of a course. It is...

Nordic Nation: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and the Climate in High Performance Skiing

In this episode, hosted by FasterSkier contributor Rachel Perkins, we dive into the issue of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). This condition was formerly known as the female athlete triad, which was described as...

The Devon Kershaw Show: The Baggy Bib Edition from Nové Město

Nové Město, Czech Republic served up a traditional rock'em sock'em pursuit series on the World Cup. Saturday featured a 10 k/15 k interval start skate, followed by a 10 k/15 K classic pursuit. Bolshunov and...

The Devon Kershaw Show: The Mail is Delivered

In this episode, Devon answers questions from listeners that rang from how World Cup athletes maintain in-season fitness to why in fact relays don't end with a classic leg. Fell free to send in questions regarding the...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Round and Round with the Dresden Team Sprint

We are corrected in this episode: we try to be better Francophiles by improving our pronunciation of the weekend's stand out performer on the men's side, Lucas Chanavat. We also dig down and find the fun in...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Dresden Calling!

Dresden is calling with a wild ride skate sprint. Post-Tour de Ski, it is time to visit historic Dresden, Germany for a weekend of city sprints. With trucked in artificial snow, slick, fast, and icy conditions made for...

Nordic Nation: Bringing the World Cup to Minneapolis

In this episode, we connect with John Munger, Executive Director of the Loppet Foundation in Minneapolis and Garrott Kuzzy, former U.S. Ski Team member who grew up near Wirth Park. From impressions of Wirth...

The Devon Kershaw Show: The Festivities on the Alpe (Stage 7 TdS)

Holy smokes. It concludes. First off, for those who have listened to this seven-episode post-TdS run, we appreciate it. And there was the racing. Johaug. Weng. Diggins and Brennan in form today on the Alpe, and Sadie...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Classic Sprint Val di Fiemme Style (TdS Stage 6 Recap)

A bit of moving day on the women's side today as Stage 6 of the Tour de Ski concluded. The biggest mover, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen eeks within three seconds of Therese Johaug for the overall. So much drama set to...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Thrills, Spills, and Closing Gaps in Val di Fiemme

In this seven part mini-series, this part five of our Tour de Ski breakdown. Stage 5 offered close racing on a famed Val di Fiemme, Italy 2.5 k loop. Mass start classic races, 10 k for the women, 15 k for the men, made...

The Devon Kershaw Show: So Long Toblach, Hello Val di Fiemme (Stage 4 TdS Recap)

The Tour de Ski says so long to Tobalch, where Stage 4, a classic pursuit for the men and women, firmed up the standings for some at the sharp end and saw others take a slide down the rankings. Stage 4, a 10 k/15 k...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Interval Starts and Tight Racing from Toblach (Stage 3 of the TdS)

In this episode, Devon gets into the nitty-gritty of a lovely day of interval start racing. That's for real: 15 k for the men, 10 k for the women ... all skate. Stage 3 starts a run of three distance races in a...

The Devon Kershaw Show: Lenzerheide Sprint Showdown (Stage 2 of the TdS)

Moving on from picturesque Lenzerheide, Switzerland. With two days of racing, the leaderboards are shaking out for the men and women. In this Tour de Ski episode, we break down the day's skate sprint, pay homage to Jessie...

The Devon Kershaw Show: The Lenzerheide Low Down (Stage 1 of the TdS)

Stage 1 of the 2019-2020 Tour de Ski is final. With two distinct shows in the Lenzerheide, Switzerland men's and women's mass start races, the seven-stage TdS narrative has the intro chapter written. Therese Johaug for...

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