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The Season Opener to be held at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park will welcome the world’s best skiers from around the world to compete for 6 days in December 2021. The world’s best para athletes are back in the Canadian Rockies, as the Canmore 2021 World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup returns to the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park on December 4 – 12, 2021, hosted by the Alberta World Cup Society. Building from...

Join the SkiErg World Sprints! You can do this 1000m race solo on your home SkiErg, with your friends, at your club or at an in-person event near you. Wherever you do it, it makes a great training goal, a good chance to discover your personal best, and a chance to see where you stand up against others around the world! This year’s edition of the SkiErg World Sprints takes place November 11–14, 2021. You can...

Madshus USA is excited to announce the hiring of Lina Hultin as the new Race and Service Manager. Lina will work towards finding, developing, and retaining the most talented and influential Nordic athletes in every age category. She will also work closely with the rest of the Madshus team to develop, and execute, a club and coach program that supports the brand and its dealers throughout the country. Lina has accumulated an immense amount of...

  With hand-picked skis arriving and heading out the door to customers, we are prepping a high percentage with a grind on our Tazzari Stonegrinder followed by a Thermo Box and Race Hardening treatment. This may seem like overkill for a brand new product but there are countless reasons why we take the time to grind your brand new skis before they see the snow. Buying a new pair of race skis without grinding them is a little like buying a...

Catching up with Team Birkie from their summer altitude camp thanks to the generous support of Pioneer Midwest.  I have just returned from a long hiatus from the shop on a trip out west with Team Birkie. For the latter half of July we planned on spending two weeks in Bozeman to work on a base volume block and add in a little bit of altitude training. One of the most important races this season...

The Alberta World Cup Society is pleased to announce to the International Masters Cross Country Ski Community that the Masters World Cup 2022 is just over six months away. We invite all Masters Cross Country skiers to join us in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. At this time, the Organizing Committee for the Masters World Cup 2022 (MWC 2022) and the World Masters Cross-Country Ski Association are confident that the event will go forward as planned on...

Madshus racers shine at the Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival in Annecy (FRA) this weekend. Biathlon prodigy Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) won the prestigious biathlon roller ski mass start event on Saturday, sharing the podium with Benedikt Doll (GER) in third place. For Lægreid, the huge and enthusiastic crowd at the Martin Fourcade Nordic Festival made the experience particularly exciting: The 24-year-old raced his first World Cup event in March 2020, and had his first World Cup season last winter, when all events...

Come and join our professional coaching staff to get a “jump start” on your 2021 – 2022 ski season during the Yellowstone Ski Festival, November 23-27, 2020.  The staff provides a solid understanding of cross country fundamentals, and gives you the tools and drills to gain efficiency and strength at the camp and throughout your ski season. The coaching staff is composed of an elite group of XC ski professionals which includes retired world class skiers,...

Check out how the new king of biathlon Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR) prepares for his first Olympic Winter Games. Four gold medals from his first World Championships will be hard to match at the upcoming 2022 Olympics. Add to that ten World Cup podiums at the IBU World Cup level. The expectations are sky high for Lægreid, who rose from national team rookie to king of biathlon in just one single season. Madshus caught up with Lægreid...

When the 2021 Cross-Country World Championships drew to a close, 31 year-old Sadie Maubet Bjornsen announced that she would retire from international competition to pursue a career in accounting. Bjornsen, who grew up in Washington’s Methow Valley has called Alaska home since moving there to attend the University of Alaska at Anchorage in 2008. Bjornsen attended her first World Championships in 2011 and has been a member of the U.S. Ski Team on the World...

Our ski picking trips are right around the corner this summer and we are looking forward to getting you out onto a new rocket-fast pair of skis this upcoming season! We will be traveling to each of our manufacturer’s major warehouses and sorting through thousands of skis to find the best available options to fit your needs. Whether it be a warm specific skate ski, cold weather classic ski, or anything in between; we have...

    Madshus Elite Team Seniors – US Ski Team member, World Cup skier, World Championships member, or Super Tour Top-5 overall season ranking U23s – Top-10 at NCAA Championships, or U23 World Championships Team Member U20/U18/U16s – World Junior Championships Team Member   Madshus Select Team Seniors – Top 20 on the USSA Overall Points List or Super Tour Top-10 overall season ranking U23s – Qualify for NCAA Championships or Top-25 at the USSA...

Yet another “best in test” stamp of approval to Madshus skin skis, this time the winner is the Nordic Pro Skin model. In a large test of the most versatile skin skis for the 2020-21 season from all the major manufacturers, Madshus Nordic Pro Skin was rated best in test. “Versatile, all-round skis for training and recreational skiing account for the largest volume of skin ski sales. Accordingly, we have put a lot of effort into...

  GRP Ski & Biathlon are now accepting applications for the 2021-22 training year as well as for their summer U23 training program. Applications for what is likely to be limited spaces in either the ski or biathlon program will be due by end of day March 31 and decisions will be made by April 15. In exchange for coaching, travel support, room & board, year-round GRP skiers, biathletes and summer athletes are asked to...