Ever wondered how you’d stack up against high level talent? Here’s your chance! The Craftsbury Marathon has always drawn a strong field of highly talented skiers (including the elder Freeman, Justin last year), but perhaps never more than this year. Long-time USST member Kris Freeman has announced he’ll join the ranks contesting the 28th annual Craftsbury marathon January 31st. To enthusiasts of Nordic racing, the Andover, NH, native needs little introduction: national team member for...
The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Nordic Ski Program and The Community School have joined forces to offer college preparatory education and competitive Nordic ski training to high school athletes. Nestled in the mountain town of Sun Valley, Idaho, The Community School offers its students an intellectually challenging and supportive environment in a serene and majestic setting. The Community School’s record of college placement is excellent and the student/teacher ratio is low. Under the leadership...
Ruhpolding, Germany – Still feeling a bit worn from his all out effort in the 5th place relay finish on Thursday Hakkinen knew that good shooting would be a key to a good performance today. Hakkinen was able to follow his plan and “clean” his targets. “I am very happy with my shooting today,” said a smiling Hakkinen at the finish. “It was a perfect day with no wind.” His shooting times of 34 seconds...
2009 US Nationals proved to be some of the coldest racing we have experienced in a long time. The race organizers did a great job, but the weather just did not cooperate. The result was two of four events were canceled due to cold temperatures. Despite the cold conditions, Swix Sport USA had outstanding success on the waxing front. With the week of racing said and done, more than 55 viles of Swix LF3 Cold...
ASPEN, CO – Snow conditions are fantastic and the weather forecast looks perfect for this weekend’s Aspen Nordic Festival, the next round of the USSA SuperTour and Colorado Cup. The elite SuperTour registration deadline is Tuesday Jan. 13th while late registration remains open for the Citizen races. The entry fee for the Owl Creek Chase goes up from $35 to $50 on Friday, Jan. 16th as well as on race day. Weather looks great Waxing...
At the recently completed 2009 US Cross Country National Championships in Anchorage, Alaska, Fischer skiers won 3 out of the 4 races held during the bitterly cold week. Originally scheduled for 8 races, cold temperatures below the FIS minimum standard forced the cancellation of the Men’s and Women’s distance classic race and the Men’s and Women’s team sprint competition. On Monday, January 5th, both the Women’s 5km freestyle and the Men’s 10km freestyle races were...
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Justin Easter is the Editor for SkiPost and Head Coach for Summit Nordic Ski Club, CO. This article first appeared in SkiPost – http://www.enjoywinter.com I’ve been sitting in my basement office for the last week thinking of how nice and warm it was compared to what was being experienced in Alaska at US Nationals. It didn’t take long for my mind to wonder back to my days of racing in, but more importantly dealing with,...
All Tour de Ski races are currently available online for on-demand viewing. This year’s Tour has featured some extremely exciting racing. Watch the best in the World battle in the toughest ski event. It is one thing to read about it, another to watch it! The full schedule is here:
Boulder Nordic Sport is having a huge sale featuring up to 40% off. The sale ends today (December 31st). * 40% off all bags & packs * 30% off all clothing * 20% off all boots, 30% on Rossignol Xium and Fischer Carbonlite boots * 30% off Swix T73 Iron, 15% off on all irons Shop at https://www.bouldernordicsport.com/shop/
Many times at Swix we are asked what our BW waxes are, and when to use them. The following article adapted from a paper written by the two top Swix Chemists in Norway should help to answer some of those questions. When gliding on clean, fresh snow, two of the important properties of ski wax are 1: to create a hydrophobic surface repelling water, and 2: create a surface that adapts the hardness of the...
Rebecca Dussalt races for the Saab-Salomon Factory Team. More information on the Saab-Salomon Factory Team can be found at http://www.skipost.com To be inspired is somewhat a gift, especially if inspiration comes form the heart. For several weeks during fall training I had a recurring inspiration. I worked it over in my head while mountain biking, roller skiing, and once in a while in the weight room if I wasn’t lifting too hard. Though the initial...
Editor's Note: The Tour de Xc is a marketing event by One Way and Rossignol – it is not an actual ski race. See the details below. Oneway Tour de XC – Fantasy or Reality You Decide Tour de XC is one of the hardest cross country/biathlon event world wide, 6 stages around the world, featuring some of the top world athletes: Virpi Kuitunen, Vincent Vittoz, Raphael Poiree, Bjorn Lind, Mats Larsson, Anders Aukland, Aino...
Salomon athletes start 2009 season victorious, just as they did the entire 2008 season! Athletes choosing Salomon’s complete Ski, Boot & Binding System win 3 of 4 races and take 17 of the 40 top ten finishes in USSA SuperTour season opener. USSA SuperTour #1 West Yellowstone, MT 8 km Classic Nov 28, 2008 Place Athlete Team Skis Boots Bindings Poles Women 1 SWANSON, Shayla Canada WCA Salomon Salomon SNS Swix 2 STRANDBERG, Kristina Saab...
The RCS Carbonlite ski is the most technologically advanced ski produced by Fischer to date. For decades, Fischer has been using carbon in the production of composite materials. Because of this, Fischer has obtained extensive knowledge and experience in using these strong and lightweight materials to design and build our skis. Combining this knowledge of carbon-composite material design with our proven Air Core technology, a state of the art Computer Flex Control pairing system and...
The latest Toko eBlast has some great photos of last weekends West Yellowstone SuperTour. For more photos and to read the entire Toko eBlast 2008 US National Champion Caitlin Compton (CXC) Anders Haugen (APU) Garrott Kuzzy (CXC/US Ski Team)
Editor's Note: The Tour de Xc is a marketing event by One Way and Rossignol – it is not an actual ski race. See the details below. Oneway Tour de XC – Fantasy or Reality You Decide Tour de XC is one of the hardest cross country/biathlon event world wide, 6 stages around the world, featuring some of the top world athletes: Virpi Kuitunen, Vincent Vittoz, Raphael Poiree, Bjorn Lind, Mats Larsson, Anders Aukland, Aino...
Something for everyone at the 2009 Aspen Parks and Recreation Owl Creek Chase 22nd Snowmass to Aspen Nordic race moves back to mid-January ASPEN, CO- “Something for Everyone” is the theme for the 22nd Aspen Parks and Recreation Owl Creek Chase, which is moving to January 17, 2009, its original date on the calendar. Since 1985 the Owl Creek Chase has been one of Colorado’s favorite Nordic events, drawing hundreds of Citizen racers annually, and...
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