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News Roundup for Early August

The Power of One during the Power of Four: Here are some vital stats from trailrunproject.com as it relates to the Audi Power of Four 50k trail run in Aspen, Colorado: 32.6 miles, 9,873’ vertical climb, 9,407’...

Rebooting with Virginia Tech’s Bicycle Helmet Ratings

Last year, we ran a story on Virginia Tech's Bicycle Helmet Ratings titled: Every day is Safety Day. That much remains true, every day is safety day. With some medical systems around the country stressed with obvious...

Ford Sayre Seeks Nordic Skiing Assistant Coach for the Fall/Winter season

Ford Sayre, a growing ski club that supports nearly 300 Nordic skiers of all ages in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, is seeking a Nordic Skiing assistant coach for the winter season. Ford Sayre Memorial...

An Interview with Matthias Scherge: Helping FIS Jump the Fluoro-Free Hurdle

Matthias Scherge is the director of the Fraunhofer Microtribology Center in Germany. As one of the major European research institutes specializing in industrial lubricants, Scherge and his colleagues have a hand in the ski...

Q & A: Nordiq Canada and Biathlon Canada Discuss the Nordiq Sports Strategy MOU

On Wednesday, FasterSkier reached out to two representatives from Canada potentially impacted by the announcement of the Nordiq Sports Strategy MOU. Jennifer Tomlinson, Chair, Nordiq Canada Board of Directors, spoke on behalf...

Five Fun Cross-Country Ski Centers Close to NYC

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most people skipped their summer vacations. We don’t know what will happen by the time ski season is open, but we hope for the best. Hopefully, we’ll be back to the old normal instead of...

Nordiq Sports Strategy Frequently Asked Questions (Press Release)

Press Release What is the Nordic Sports Strategy? The Nordic Sports Strategy is a concept that Biathlon Canada, Nordic Combined Ski Canada, Nordiq Canada and Ski Jumping Canada can improve their operations and...

Canada’s Four Nordic Sports Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Explore Joint Opportunities to Achieve Performance and Operational Goals (Press Release)

Press Release New Steering Committee to guide Nordic Strategy research focused on evaluating opportunities to do more together CANMORE, Alta.—Canada’s four Nordic sports have signed a memorandum of...

Kangaroo Hoppet 2020 – coming soon to a trail near you (press release)

Press release Kangaroo Hoppet 2020 - coming soon to a trail near you. With the Covid-19 restrictions on social gatherings, not to mention domestic and international travel bans, the 42km Kangaroo Hoppet, the largest...

Are Fluorinated Ski Waxes Really the non plus ultra?

Last November, the International Ski Federation announced in a press release the banning of fluorinated waxes starting with the 2020-2021 race season. FIS states, “The use of fluorinated ski waxes, which have been...

News Round-Up for Mid-July

The Biathlon Integrity Unit Comes Online: Earlier this month, the website biathlonintegrity.com came online. The site is the digital interface of the Biathlon Integrity Unit, an independent arm of the...

Guiding to a New Outlook: By Clarence Feng

My VIP was slow and deliberate, but in control. “Okay Joanne,” I directed her, “This is a grade 1 downhill, flat camber with a slight curve to the left part way down. Move forward and...

A Conversation with Ben Popp of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation

Last week, FasterSkier connected with Ben Popp, Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) based in Hayward, Wisconsin. It’s mid-July and needless to say, some of our readers are already...

Stride by Stride at Mary W. Jackson Elementary

This is a two-part series exploring how some students in the Salt Lake City area are exposed to cross-country skiing through the good work of community members. Part-one features Gilberto Magana of Hartland Community 4...

U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing Names 2020-21 National and Development Teams (Press Release)

Press Release COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing today announced the five Para Nordic skiers named to the national team and two skiers named to the development team for the 2020-21 season. All...

Covid-19 Trends and Early Season World Cups

The Covid-19 news in the United States is unequivocally grim: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, July 3rd stands as the current peak of Covid-19 cases diagnosed in the U.S. The curve is spiking as opposed to...

The Virtual Eastern REG

Skiers are made in the summer, and one of the hallmarks of summer training is periodic training camps. But as with racing, the coronavirus pandemic has upended summer group training. In April, the New England Nordic...