Interviews

Per Elofsson from Sweden was the 2003 World Champion in double pursuit, 2001 & 2002 Overall World Cup winner and many times World Cup winner.

Jon Engen is a former Olympic Biathlete and a very strong Master Skier. He is also the new ambassador for the US Ski Team's SuperTour Masters Races. Boulder Mountain Tour – Sun Valley 2003.  By Darlene Young Did you take a vacation after this past race season ended? If so, where did you go?   Yup.  Southern California. Do you have any notable experience from any other sport?  (Mountain) running, cycling, rifle shooting on State Champion...

Per Johnsen is an outstanding Master Skier. Age: 59 Height: 5' 11" Weight: 165 lbs Single or married: Married (Sandy) 2 daughters, Kristianna (33) and Randi (27) Hometown: Born in Bodø, Norway. Moved to Seattle at the age of 13 with my parents Current town of residence: South Colby, WA. Across Puget Sound from Seattle Occupation: Human Resource Director, Kitsap Transit Coach: Self coached (fool that I am) Sponsors: TorbjornSport Favorite movies: The Grand Illusion....

Vegard Ulvang 1992 Olympic Champion (3 Golds) in his best year of skiing. Numerous Norwegian Championships, World Championship medals, and World Cup victories. Enormously popular in Norway and Europe, for his skiing abilities, adventure expeditions, and outgoing personality. Continues to be a media attraction in Norway and other European skiing nations. Owns and directs a sport-underwear and wool product company, and is heavily involved as a volunteer and ski community representative in the International Ski...

Nancy Fiddler was one of North America's top female skiers from 1987 to 1993. She captured 14 National Championship titles, has a half dozen top twenty results in World Cup and World Championship events, participated in two Olympic Winter Games and four World Championships in her career. Age:  47 Height:  5'7" Weight:  125 Single or married:  married Hometown:  No place in particular, all over east coast! Current town of residence:  Crowley Lake, CA. Full-time or...

Cami Thompson is a former member of the US Ski Team and was a member of the 1985 World Championship Team. She has been the women's cross-country ski coach at Dartmouth College for thirteen years. Age:  41  Single or married:  SINGLE  Hometown:  STOWE, VT  Current town of residence:   HANOVER, NH  Full-time or part-time coach:   FULL TIME  On salary/paid or volunteer coach:  ON SALARY  Athletes or Team working with (or has worked with):  DARTMOUTH SKI TEAM  Favorite movies (elaborate if you’d...

Ben was one of the top US skiers for much of the 1990's. He is a two-time Olympian and is currently the Cross-Country Director for the Mount Bachelor Ski Education Foundation in Bend, Oregon. Age: 37 Height: 6'2' Weight: 195-210 Single or married: Married, Lisa Hometown: Eden Prairie, MN Current town of residence: Bend, OR Full-time or part-time coach: Full Time- Nordic Director, Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation On salary/paid or volunteer coach: Salary Athletes...

Beckie needs no introduction. She is one of the best skiers in the world, North America's first female cross-country Olympic medalist, and a wonderful ambassador for our sport. Beckie wins the sprint for a medal

After years of top results, in 2003 Justin Freeman made the World Championship Team and was named to the US Ski Team. Age: 26 Height: 5'11.5" Weight: 173 Single or married: married Hometown: Andover, NH Current town of residence: Park City Coach: Trond Nystad, Zach Caldwell Sponsors: I am very happy to have just signed with Fischer skis this year. I am also still sponsored by Toko and Rudy Project. Favorite food: blueberry pie Favorite...

Cory Schwartz has been the Head Cross Country Ski Coach at the University of New Hampshire for the past 17 years. Age:    44 Height: 5'4 but working on it Weight: 150 and also working on it Married to Julie Wolny who I met on the UNH Ski Team. We have two children Jacob and Jesse , both boys. Hometown:  Center Conway, NH Current town of residence: Dover, NH Full-time or part-time coach:  Full Time.  I...

Dan Karig was a 2003 Masters National Champion in the M8 age class. Age: 66 Height: Age has shrunken me to 5'  6 1/2" Weight:  130+ (but much plus) Single or married: married Hometown: Ithaca, NY, I guess. I've lived here now over 25 years, but I still think I'm a Californian-from La Cañada, the same town Dick Hunt calls his hometown-but he lies Current town of residence: Ithaca Occupation: retired geology professor Coach: Torbjørn,...

George Grey is a member of the Canadian National Program's Team 2006. He was on the 2003 Canadian World Championship Team and was the second Canadian overall in last year's Continental Cup.

Kelly Milligan is a former US Ski Team member, who is still very fast. She may be a master skier now, but she is still a threat to win any race she enters. The vitals: I am 42, 5 feet 6 inches, 125 lbs married with one 8 year old daughter named Katie. I live in Park City now but have always considered Grand Teton and Jackson Hole my hometown or where I am from....

Will Sweetser is a former Dartmouth Ski Team racer, who is currently coaching with the highly sucessful Maine Winter Sports Center. Age: 32 Height: 5’8" Weight: 156 Single or married: married (ex racer Sarah Dominick) Hometown: Auburn, ME Current town of residence: Stockholm, ME Full-time or part-time coach: full time On salary/paid or volunteer coach: salaried Athletes or Team: currently working as County Team Coach (high school age group) for the Maine Winter Sports Center....

Andrew Johnson Andrew is proof that hard work and belief in your training program can pay off. Five years ago, when the US Ski Team wanted to start a residency program in Utah for promising young skiers, Andrew Johnson was the only person to sign on. He left Middlebury College (only a year from graduation) to train with the US Ski Team coaches full time. Despite having to be the guinea pig for the new...

Did you take a vacation after this past race season ended?

Top American master skier Gordon Faulkner made US Track and Field Team in the 5000 meter for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico – he never raced due to a broken foot, but is today a hard working, "tough to beat" master skier. Age: 60 Height: 6 ft Weight: 168 lb Married, three wonderful children Hometown: Basking Ridge, New Jersey Residence: Madison, Wisconsin Occupation: Pediatrician Coach: Torbjorn Karlsen Fav. Movie: Dr Zhivago Fav. food:...

Rick Kapala has been ski coaching for over twenty years. He has been with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation since 1987 and has built that program into a successful model for ski clubs around the country.

Kikkan Randall is one of the rising stars in US Women's skiing. She trains with the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center in Anchorage, Alaska. She was a 2002 Olympian and competed in the 2003 World Championships and U23 Games.

Over the past few years, Dave Chamberlain has been consistently one of the top five or so skiers in the US.. He is, arguably, the best US skier not to be named to the U.S. Ski Team. He was a member of the 2001 and 2003 World Championship Teams and is currently a member of the Maine Winter Sports Center training group.