The 9th annual PNSA Trout Lake training camp welcomed nearly 40 junior and senior Nordic ski racers to Trout Lake, Washington July 15-19, 2009. The camp is the second in a series of three Nordic development camps sanctioned by the Pacific Northwest Ski Association. The first camp was held in Bend, OR in June and the final camp will be a joint effort between PNSA and the Far West divisions August 12-16 in Somes Bar,...
Mike Sinnott is in his third year out of Dartmouth College, skiing for Salomon and the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. Last year, he was fourth in the sprint at U.S. Nationals in Anchorage, participated in the team sprint and classic sprint at the Whistler World Cups, and took a victory in the Noquemanon Ski Marathon. FasterSkier: Before we talk about the Olympics, stuff like that, I remember back to the winter of 2006-2007 when...
In thousands of homes live many, many ski racers. Some are better than others. Some may be better than the rest. And also we have those that don't care if they are any good at all. Some are good even without caring if they are good, and can be called "irritatingly good."
Swix Sport USA announced it has reached an agreement with Uvex Sports GmbH to become the exclusive distributor of Uvex winter sports products for the U.S. market starting August 1, 2009. The Uvex winter line including snow sports helmets, goggles and sunglasses will be shipped from the Swix Wilmington MA warehouse beginning August 1, 2009. Swix will also assume all sales and marketing functions for the Uvex winter sports products. Steven Poulin, President of Swix...
ALBERTVILLE, France (July 22) – World Champion skier Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) learned Wednesday that watching the Tour de France can be as dangerous as competing. The U.S. Ski Team athlete was involved in a car-bike collision while riding back from spectating at a Tour stage. Cycling back to Albertville shortly after watching the early portion of stage 17 of the Tour on the Col de Les Saisies, Lodwick rounded a corner and, in...
The City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation has issued a Request for Proposal to provide event timing and results reporting at the 2011 USSA Cross Country Junior Olympics scheduled for March 7-12, 2011 and related Cross Country Junior Olympics Qualifying events scheduled for January 23-24, 2010 and January 22-23, 2011. All events will be held at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation based...
As a freshman at the University of Anchorage, Amy Glen skied to a fourth place finish in the skate sprint at the 2009 U.S. National Championships. She only raced two other sprint races that whole winter: one at the World Junior Championships, and the other at a local race series in Alaska. Her story is a common one at the college level—with most programs focused on the distance races that will qualify their racers for...
CALGARY, AB — Innovation Inc., North American distributor of Italian ski wax company Briko- Maplus has named John Dyste as U.S. Nordic Manager, providing wax and technical services to elite cross country teams and athletes, according to company President Rick Weissenborn. “We view building a strong Nordic racing service as critical to the success of Briko-Maplus Ski Wax as we roll out our new brand.” said Weissenborn. “We’re pleased to welcome John with the perspective...
The cycling king believes that active endurance racers go way too fast during OD sessions.
At just 19 years old, Noah Hoffman is brimming with potential. He followed 2008’s 12th place in the 10k classic at the World Junior Championships with a 17th and a 14th this year, but then emerged from a month off to take a solid fourth place (second American) at Distance Nationals in Fairbanks. Hoffman is currently training with the U.S. Ski Team in Park City, Utah. FasterSkier: Before we start talking about what you’re doing...
Vancouver – The women ski jumpers denied justice in last week’s BC Supreme Court decision have decided to file an appeal with the BC Court of Appeals seeking a ruling on men and women’s ski jumping events at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. “It’s not over,” Deedee Corradini, president of Women’s Ski Jump-USA and spokesperson for the group, said today. “We took a few days for our lawyers to review last week’s judgment and to...
Today FasterSkier launched a new blog featuring training tips from high-level coaches around the country. Check it out at info@fasterskier.com. To start out, we’re offering three sets of tips from some college coaches. First, Middlebury College’s Andrew Gardner writes about setting goals for summer training. http://blogs.fasterskier.com/trainingtips/2009/07/16/eli-browns-tips-for-rollerski-safety/#more-19 And Tracey Cote, Colby College’s head coach, offers some general strategies to make summer training more effective and enjoyable.
Snow conditions in Australia and New Zealand are extremely good at the moment. Following early snow falls in June, the major Cross-Country Skiing resorts in the two countries have been grooming tracks regularly for over a month now. There is a base of over half a meter of snow in both countries. In Australia club competitions have been held the last two weekends at Falls Creek and at Perisher Valley, while at the Snow Farm in New...
"I know that it's a long time to be away. But the "road trip" was worth it's weight in gold for morale and motivation, recalls Eirik Brandsdal after his five week long tour in the USA.
After some brutally long hours striping all of the old graphics off of the motor-home we finally have a new look to our home on wheels. You’ll notice that the back is still pretty blank. Well… that just means we have some space available to fill. If you, or someone you know, would like to have [...]
Rossignol has recalled some Xium and X-11 ski boots sold from December 2007 to June 2009, due to a potentially hazardous defect. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Rossignol, announced a voluntary recall of the boots. The recall effects nearly 3,000 pairs of boots in the US and 1,000 in Canada. According to CPSC and HC, the sole of the boot may separate from the upper, potentially causing a crash....
The Whistler Question reports on the issue of home-fieled advantage at the 2010 Olympics. Whistler – Coach Geret Coyne and the Canadian biathlon team spend most of their time during the winter in Europe, living out of suitcases while competing on the World Cup circuit. Their European rivals are often just a few hours from home, and normally, the “home” teams gets plenty of perks beyond just having the home crowd on their side. So...
Here Here Here. There was a big mountain race named Mount Marathon last weekend on the fourth of July in Seward, AK. It was 81 degrees at mid mountain, and even hotter in the trees where there wasn’t a cooling breeze. The conditions were just right for racers to hammer to the top without realizing that they’d gone overboard, and then pass out at the bottom once they have to start running again. Two of...
Vancouver – BC Supreme Court Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon has denied the 15 elite women ski jumpers suing VANOC the declaration they sought, but found discrimination by the International Olympic Committee, but she will not declare that if the men’s ski jumping events are held at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, then women’s ski jumping events must be held as well. According to the plaintiff’s lawyer Ross Clark, Q.C., though Madame Justice Fenlon found VANOC...
