Andrew Newell has been one of the top Junior skiers in the country for the past few years, and is also one of the top sprinters. He placed 8th in the sprint at the Under 23 CHampionships last February and was also the top American in the sprint at the World Championships. Newell is also a X-Ski Films outfit in his spare time.
Next up in our Interview Series is Frederik Landstedt.
The Canadian Women's Team is proof that good things happen when you have great team chemistry. Sara Renner is a big part of that success. This will be Sara's seventh year on the Canadian Senior National team. Her results speak for themselves (Two-time Olympian, 9th place in the 2002 Olympic Sprint, several World Cup top ten finishes this past year), and her sense of humor (as you will see below) helps create a great team...
Kris Freeman stunned the European skiing World this past winter with a victory in the 30K classic at the Under 23 Championships. He followed that up by going to the World Championships and earning a 4th in the 15K classic and a 14th in the pursuit. All this and he is only 22 years old. What better way to start off our interview series than with America's rising star, Kris Freeman. Kris Freeman Age: 22...
Thomas Alsgaard will wrap up a very successful World Cup career this weekend in Falun, Sweden. In Falun, Alsgaard will be skiing the Pursuit (skiathlon). Fittingly, he won the first World Cup skiathlon ever last year, which was also held in Falun. Alsgaard struggled this season due to a hand injury during the summer, but he did manage to win two gold medals at the recent World Championships. With the recent wins in Val di...
You said you wanted to ski it as a 15km not a 10km, did your strategy work? I paced myself better than I ever had today. I went out conservatively and just kept getting faster and faster. How was the course? The tracks held up very well. The manmade snow is a little more dense. As time went on, I think it did slow down a bit. Can you talk through race today I went...
We tracked US Ski Team member Justin Wadsworth down in Europe for an interview as the US Team prepares for the World Championships. For the folks back in North America, can you compare these World Championships to last year's Olympics? The feeling entering this years World Championships is quit a bit different then that of going into the Olympics last year. For starters, we're not on our home soil, and nothing compares to the size...
One year after the 2002 Olympic Games — February 12th: An update on John Aalberg, the person behind the 2002 Olympic Cross-Country success. This week, exactly one year ago, many of us experienced some of the best days ever as Cross-Country enthusiasts and promoters. Soldier Hollow, the venue for the Olympic Cross-Country, Biathlon and Nordic Combined events was on its way to becoming the most popular and most visited of any of the 2002 Olympic...
FasterSkier.com recently caught up with Beckie Scott for a few minutes. Beckie started the season very well on the World Cup, but she got sick for a while just before the holidays and we haven't heard much news since. She is now in Europe preparing for the World Championships. Where have you been training lately? – We have been training in Pontresina, Switzerland (alt.1700m) and the conditions have been great. Lots of sun, snow and...
I’ve been traveling to many of the races this winter with Patrick Weaver. Patrick’s 16th place finish in the 15km classic at last years Olympics was one of the many fantastic results turned in by the North American contingent. At age 33, Patrick is one of the most experienced racers on the circuit and having him as a traveling companion has certainly made my transition to a full time ski racer much easier. I know...
FasterSkier recently had a chance to ask Beckie a few questions before her latest World Cup races in Sweden.OK a few questions about the situation before the first World Cup race. What's the hardest thing about traveling to Europe and compete there? Beckie Scott: For me, the hardest thing is the jet-lag. I am not a good sleeper at the best of times and it takes me forever to adjust and start feeling normal over...
Dick Hunt has been known for many things and much has been said of him. But what has he done and what is his lifestyle like compared to other people his age? We asked him to to tell us. I got excited about sport at a very young age, mostly by hanging around older athletes. Practically growing up inside an ice skating rink, I made an early career of speed skating, competing on two Olympic...
Editor's Note: There is a saying in cross country skiing that "You know its a big race if you hear Peter Graves on the loudspeaker." Well, ok, I made that saying up a few years ago, but it is catching on because it is so true. And never was it more true than this winter when Graves was the voice of cross country skiing, yet again, at the Soldier Hollow Olympic Venue. We asked him...
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. Her specialty was the classic technique and many times she took the USA to a top five position after the first relay leg in World Cup, Olympic, and...
The rock group Kiss was invited to perform one of their trademark songs at the 2002 Olympic closing ceremony. The chosen song was "Rock and Roll All Night and Party Every Day". You cannot, of course, take the Kiss lyrics seriously, but the song does reflect the public perception of the lifestyle of musicians and especially the rock stars. Two year ago while in Norway on summer vacation I was given a chance to have...
Claude Fiddler—husband to Olympic Nordic skier Nancy Fiddler—is himself an accomplished skier, climber, and mountaineer. However, what he is best known for is his fine art photography, collected into to two books, The High Sierra: Wilderness of Light, and The Great Basin: A Vast and Ancient Wilderness. One of his shots ins pictured below this article. His Wilderness Light gallery is slated for a fall opening in Mammoth Lakes, CA, and he will be teaching...