January 9th 2007: Fischer athletes win 6 National Championships in Houghton MI. With all of the nation’s top Nordic racers in attendance, athletes using Fischer repeatedly captured the top step of the podium at the Michigan Tech trails. Kris Freeman added to his National Championship hardware by taking both men’s distance races, while ‘Kicking’ Randall and Andy Newell displayed their world class sprinting speed by blazing to victory in the Individual Sprint events. Out of...
Rick Halling of Atomic USA called Atomic’s International Nordic Race staff the day after the Tour de Ski. He was able to get the Director, Peter Jurich, and the Senior Technician, Roman Toferer on a conference phone. Team Atomic’s Tobias Angerer won the inaugural event. Tobias was favored to win the overall title and he followed through with consistent racing. A pleasant surprise for Team Atomic was newcomer Simen Oestensen of Norway who took third...
The men’s 15K Classic event at yesterday’s Oberstdorf stage of the first annual Tour de Ski was won by Franz Goering on the Atomic Multi waxless ski. Snow temp. at race time was 0 C./32 F. and air temp. was .5C./33 F. The track was natural snow. It was warm enough before race time for the classic track to become highly glazed, but it remained cold enough for the track to stay firm and not...
Everyone realizes that ski racers must spend a lot of time training in order to excel. Obviously, the skis need to be waxed and cared for in order for them to be fast. Clearly, time must be allotted for sleep and proper recovery. Once all this is accomplished, however, the racer still needs to get to the race, and that can be a daunting task in the widely dispersed American racing scene. Traveling plays an...
With US Nationals coming up in less than 2 weeks, Fischer athletes have positioned themselves as the odds on favorites to take home hardware at the 2007 US Cross Country Nationals in Houghton, MI. Last weekend at the final SuperTour stop before Nationals, athletes using Fischer skis were on the podium 7 times, taking over 50% of the medals. Snow conditions were very soft both days with Soldier Hollow receiving almost 2 feet of new...
The ski season in Bend, OR is in full swing and all of us at WebSkis.com have been working with our suppliers to keep our inventory full. We have received a few more pairs of 187cm and 182cm Fischer RCS Carbonlites, which have been impossible to get. Feel free to call us to find out if we have a pair that is flexed right for you. We also still have a great selection of Fischer...
Carbon technology is far from new. Ancient cavemen used amorphous Carbon in the form of charcoal to make spears and other weapons. This was the first example of sporting goods that used Carbon technology. Amorphous Carbon is one of the three primary allotropes of Carbon. Diamonds are the most glamorous of the Carbon allotropes but not necessarily the most expensive. Graphite is the third and perhaps most widely used allotrope of Carbon. It’s from Graphite...
BOISE, Idaho–(October 12, 2006)– With more than 150 km of Nordic trails throughout the state, lots of snow, few crowds and sunny skies, Idaho serves as a popular destination for cross-country skiers. Several Idaho ski resorts feature cross-country loops and trails, ski schools, camps and rentals, while some feature lodges just to accommodate Nordic skiers. Bogus Basin ( www.bogusbasin.com ) is a perfect spot for those who want to ski during the day and later...
The 2006 Boulder Nordic Sport Thanksgiving Camp at Devil’s Thumb Ranch is rapidly approaching and there are a few spots remaining for the November 24-26th event. The skiing is great in Colorado with Devil’s Thumb receiving an additional 6 inches of new snow in the past 2 days and is set to open this Friday! With snow and great coaches there is no better time to improve your cross country skiing skills. The next 15...
Recently Forbes Traveler magazine polled members of the US Ski Team about their favorite ski resorts in North America. Favorites were solicited from athletes Andrew Newell, Torin Koos, Andrew Johnson and Kris Freeman; coach Chris Grover; and the team's Director, Luke Bodensteiner. The top ten were as follows. Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-Country Centre, Quebec Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Vermont Methow Valley, Washington Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort, California Telemark Resort, Wisconsin...
For those of you who are packing up to head to West Yellowstone – you lucky dogs! We recieved the following report and photos on Monday from Amy Caldwell, Stratton Mountain School Head J1/OJ Coach. The Stratton Mountain School crew arrived in West Yellowstone last night and got on the snow for the first time this morning. The conditions were great with around a foot of snow and temperatures in the mid-20's. Besides our group,...
Classic madness. Atomic used 201cm as the test length, and made over 50 molds with minor variations in sidecuts. The skis were tested daily each morning in the spring with the results evaluated each afternoon in the factory. “I tell you, the technicians on our staff are top skiers. They are very good test pilots, they have good feel for what works and what does not work by testing skis. But a very good thing...
The Yellowstone Ski Festival It’s Saturday, November 11, 2006 and we are skiing in West Yellowstone! With four inches of new snow on the ground and more white stuff still falling from the sky, Doug Edgerton made his first grooming pass of the season late this morning. By evening, there was a total of eight inches of snow, and it was still coming down. Trails that were packed and rolled include Rendezvous, Deja View, and...
All Nordic skiers take note, especially Master, Junior and U23 racers. The trails at the Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club in Rossland, BC will be hosting their two biggest race events ever. The expertly groomed, rolling terrain that Canadian National Team skier George Grey calls home will host both the 2007 Canadian Masters' Championships and the third race of the 2006-07 Haywood NorAm Series. The Haywood NorAm event is a qualifier for the Junior...
Boulder Nordic Sport and Engineered Tuning geared up to bring stone grinding service to West Yellowstone Ski Festival Nov 20-26 Full-service mobile ski shop to provide stone grinding, waxing and ski flex testing during fall camp with pre-season orders of new skis and stone grinding available for pickup in West Yellowstone. Engineered Tuning partners Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) and Caldwell Sport Specialties (CSS) will bring a full-service stone-grinding ski shop to the West Yellowstone Ski...
The Yellowstone Ski Festival November 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2006 There has been a significant change in the weather here in West Yellowstone and final preparations for the Yellowstone Ski Festival are well underway. Here’s an update on a few of the event’s highlights: The Fall Camp Clinics are FULL: Our Fall Camp Clinics are officially full for 2006! Thanks to all of you that have registered. We will offer another set of...
Last year’s 33rd place finisher in the American Birkie, Meiko Hoemke sent us these photos from glacier skiing in Les Diablerets, Switzerland last week. Here is Meiko’s report: – I finally made it up to the glacier this morning. The temperatures in Europe are ridiculous warm at the moment. The glacier is at approximately 9800 feet elevation. Temperatures up there were in the 42F+ range, the conditions were old wet snow with chunks of ice...
Editor's Note: The following was sent to us by APU Nordic Ski Center. In addition to the great skiing at Hatcher Pass this past weekend, it is also worth noting that the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage has also started grooming some of the trails right in Anchorage. Many skiers, myself included, have been enjoying very good skiing at Kincaid Park the last couple of days. Sorry, no pictures from that – I was too...
Whoa! What are those for? Cool as! If you think you get crazy looks as you rollerski in North America, try rollerskiing through the streets of New Zealand. Sometimes little kids come out of their homes to watch us in our rollerski pick-ups, so we get them to help us out by making them the official ‘starters’ of our speeds. While most collegiate skiers have been spending the fall training with their teams, there are...
Siri Halle, the 1991 junior World champion will be racing in the Dusseldorf sprint World Cup opener. She was recently training in Bulgaria. http://www.fasterskier.com/news2371.html Siri Halle (34) has been selected to race for Norway in the upcoming sprint World Cup opener in Düsseldorf, Germany. She is however not a member of the national team, so while the team did their final preparation in Val Senales, Siri Halle got ready at 2000 meter altitude in Bulgaria....