The International Ski Federation (FIS) announced Friday that wooden skis and pine tar will be requirements for two World Cup stops this upcoming season. An insider says its part of an effort to stop the double-poling trend, but what are the implications and what could the future look like?
A field of nearly 300 skiers navigated melting snow and ice-out on a river at the Sonot Kkaazoot, held last Saturday in Fairbanks, Alaska. At the end of the day, Fairbanks' Rebecca Konieczny and Anchorage's Seiji Takagi came away victorious in the flagship 50 k skate races.
In an interview in Oslo, Norway, after World Championships, Canada's Zina Kocher talked about why she's calling it quits after 15 seasons on the top international racing circuit, and what she's going to miss. "I see the growth [in Canadian biathlon] and you want to be part of it, but at some point you have to call it quits."
After graduating from college with a math degree, I was stuck in a call-center job that I hated and struggling with a family history of anxiety and heart disease. Then a few good mentors got me cross-country skiing. I've since enrolled in grad school at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and joined their ski team. Almost every aspect of my life changed for the better.
The men's final distance race of the season in Craftsbury, Vt., saw APU's Erik Bjornsen stride away to his second win of the week, taking the men's 50 k classic mass start title at U.S. Distance Nationals by more than 1 1/2 minutes.
Austrian skier and former U23 World Champion Harald Wurm has been suspended from competition for four years, effectively ending the 31-year-old's career. He seems to have been using cobalt, which is highly effective at promoting the production of red blood cells when it is inhaled (much like xenon or argon).
Oksana Masters of the U.S. Paralympics Nordic team never lost a cross-country World Cup race all season en route to a convincing overall World Cup win for the second-straight year. “Oksana brought impressive consistency to her racing this season,” coach Eileen Carey told FS.
Photos from the third day of racing at Canadian Ski Nationals in Whitehorse, Yukon, where Alex Harvey notched his second-straight individual win of the week and Dahria Beatty rose to the top of the women's freestyle interval start.
The last week of the SuperTour season is already halfway through in Craftsbury, Vt., with the men’s 1.5-kilometer classic sprint on Tuesday at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. Check out a few of our favorite photos from the men’s race.
Jessie Diggins was once again unstoppable on the second day of the SuperTour Finals in Craftsbury, Vt., winning the classic sprint ahead of fellow U.S. Ski Team members Ida Sargent and Rosie Brennan. Three SMST2 skiers reached the final, with Annie Hart placing fourth and Sophie Caldwell finishing fifth on her birthday.
The last week of SuperTour racing taking place this year in Craftsbury, Vt. has already hit the halfway mark, with the women's 1.5-kilometer classic sprint taking place on Tuesday at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. Check out some of the photos that capture the best moments of the event.
Nine days after placing fifth in the Ski Tour Canada, the finale of the World Cup season, Jessie Diggins kept her foot on the gas and tallied a win in the women's 10 k freestyle at SuperTour Finals.
With the wrap-up of this year's World Cup season, many U.S. Ski team members made their way to Craftsbury, Vt., for the final races of the U.S. calendar. Noah Hoffman raced to his first win of the season in Monday's 15 k freestyle individual start. “Honestly, it’s nice to get to win a race every once in awhile,” he said.
The biathlon World Cup season was over before the final races on Sunday began. Strong winds and an overturned light post led organizers to cancel the season-ending mass starts in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Awards and Crystal Globes will be handed out Sunday night.
Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen rolled to another victory in the final IBU World Cup in Russia, beating France's Marie Dorin Habert -- the big winner at World Championships -- by 1.5 seconds in the women's pursuit on Saturday. Susan Dunklee placed 22nd despite four penalties and Canada's Julia Ransom shot clean to rise 20 places to 34th.
Earlier this week, Cross Country Canada announced that its head coach Justin Wadsworth will be stepping down at the end of this season. Wadsworth spoke with FasterSkier about his decision and recommendations for developing North America's next crop of World Cup skiers while also bringing international cross-country events to his home continent.
Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen capitalized on her past success in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, and won the final sprint of the season on Thursday after winning the sprint there last year. Susan Dunklee placed 25th to lead the North Americans and ranks an unprecedented 13th overall in the IBU World Cup.
With the conclusion of the 2016 collegiate season, FasterSkier examines the traditional format of NCAA Skiing Championships with two distance races. Part I of a two-part series discusses proposed changes to NCAA Championships, including the addition of a sprint.
At home in Oslo, two Norwegians reached the podium in the final race of 2016 Biathlon World Championships, as Johannes Thingnes Bø won the men's mass start and Ole Einar Bjørndalen placed third, fewer than 7 seconds back. Americans Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke placed 10th and 12th, respectively.
Photos from the final women's race at IBU World Championships in Oslo, Norway, the 12.5 k mass start, where Susan Dunklee placed 11th, Rosanna Crawford took 15th and Hannah Dreissigacker capped off her career in 27th.