The signs of winter are appearing way up north, and some people have been skiing already. Today we published an article from Fairbanks, Alaska that showed snow on the ground. We also received this email from Thomsen D'Hont, who is a 2nd year junior boy from Yellowknife, NT, Canada: I just read how you're interested in new pictures, so here are a few from the past week. Like last year, I have been out skiing...
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Source: Fischer Sponsorship Agreement to Run Through 2007 Auburn, New Hampshire September 15, 2005: Yogi Tea has signed a two year contract to sponsor Team FSx. Eli Brown, Fischer Nordic Racing manager has brought Yogi Tea on to help American Cross Country Ski racers compete at the top level in national and international competition. Yogi Tea joins Fischer and Swix as the third official sponsor of the Team FSx Cross Country Ski Team. “Yogi Tea...
Source: Atomic “Last year, Atomic Marathon Team skiers spanked the other skiers like the naughty Russian girl spanks a rich German businessman,†beamed Atomic’s International Race Director, Peter Juric. “It was not pretty. But racing is not about pretty, racing is about winning. Our boy Rezac took overall title for World Loppet, Martina Glagow was overall World Champion for Biathlon, we took Gold at World Championships and even in USA Atomic won every men’s and...
PRO-SKI rollerskis are the choice of many of the World’s best skiers including the Norwegian and Swedish men’s and women’s national teams as well as many of the most successful FIS marathon cup skiers. Do you wonder what the double pole powerhouses that win the Worlds largest ski race, the Swedish Vasaloppet are training on? The answer is PRO-SKI Rollerskis. Improve your upper body strength by rollerskiing this fall. You’ll see improved results in both...
Marit Bjorgen hit the wall after only two kilometer when the Norwegian women’s team did a rollerski time-trial at altitude in Italy on Monday, reports Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen. Bjorgun was not the only one that experienced problems. Several of her teammates also stopped and jumped into the support car in the tough hills up to Livigno. – I was a bit too optimistic when I started and hit the wall. It's bitter to have to...
This is a story written by Greg Harkay about his experiences at the Vermont Academy Summer on Snow Camp in Vuokatti, Finland. This year it was the 10th annual European Summer on Snow Camp run by VA coach, Alexei Sotskov. Anyone interested in next year's trip can contact Alexei at To add more excitement we ran up and down a 60 degree slope covered with foot-deep sand for half an hour at top speed (and...
Every good road trip must have a partner in crime. Colby Frazier’s my usual Southwest mate. Since turning in his running shoes after graduating from the University of Utah, Colby’s been writing for the Salt Lake Tribune. In August he heads west to Sideways country to learn the winemaking ropes from Longoria Winery (www.longoriawine.com). Could this be our last trip together to Southern Utah? I hope not. First day out, and we’re racing the sun...
FAST, the Sun Valley, Idaho based Foundation for Active Sports Training, is a very active masters sports organization, and this group is not messing around. The organization has for some time been sponsoring masters ski groups in the winter, dry-land ski conditioning in the off-season, a ski trip or two, and most recently a summer-time road biking program. We caught up with the FAST President, Jon Engen, for a quick chat recently while he was...
In keeping with the slower pace of Argentine culture, the beginning of groomed nordic skiing in Tierra del Fuego is being announced nearly two weeks late [I was on vacation, away from email]. The grooming machine started work in the last days of June in the Valley of Tierra Mayor, near the alpine area of Cerro Castor, about 30 minutes drive outside the city of Ushuaia. Local skier Sebastian Menci stated in the first days...
Eli Brown, Knut Nystad, and Chris Hall report from the race room at Fischer in Ried, Austria… We are here to hand select skis for some of the best skiers in the US. Things are going well. With a really big production this year, there are many skis to pick from and we are finding a lot of really nice looking skis. Franz ski museum sneak peak at next years ski Last night after work...
Here's a link to a great article on skiing in New Zealand by Canadian Ski Team member Devon Kershaw:
Sponsor news: North America’s distributor of PRO-SKI Rollerskis is TorbjornSport (TBS). The TBS office will be closed for summer vacation from July 9-22. Get your PRO-SKI rollerski, parts or race DVD order in now! Some PRO-SKI models have sold out several times this spring/summer. Get them while you can. The TBS’s staff’s vacation plan’s includes river and hiking trips in Wyoming and Idaho as well as vacationing on the coast of Norway. As usual we’ll...
Illinois Skiers: See The Underwater People At The House Of Blues In Chicago Friday July 15 Rocker and cross country skier Jim DiDomenico’s band, The Underwater People is hitting the BIG stage and will be the headline at the World famous House of Blues in Chicago on Friday night July 15th http://www.hob.com/tickets/eventdetail.asp?eventid=33166. or at the door that evening (if you count on luck). The band is also performing this Friday (1st) at noon at the...
The European uphill championship will be held in Austria on July 10th. Norway has entered a team of three good skiers including Anders Aukland. Source: Langrenn.com altitude profile The men will start at 1301 meters altitude in Heiligenblut and the women at 1415 meter. The altitude difference from start to the finish at Keiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe will for men be 1069 meters and for women 955 meters. The total climb is even greater since there are some...
PRO-SKI rollerskis are the choice of many of the World’s best skiers including the Norwegian and Swedish men’s and women’s national teams, the most successful FIS marathon cup skiers and the Canadian women’s team. TorbjornSport is the North American distributor. Check out the C2 ultimate classic skis used for decades by the Worlds most successful skiers, the revolutionary TECH classic skis, the S2 skate skis excellent for good pavement and the all new, market’s lightest...
From FasterSkier sponsor TorbjornSport: Get going, train smarter and more efficiently, get fitter and ski technically better this summer. Here is a great opportunity to save money on a great training, technique and racing package from TorbjornSport The package contains the following items: The Perfect Skating CD-Rom, a World Cup Race DVD from 2005 (Men’s pursuit or women’s pursuit or the two-person sprint relay), The How to, When to, Why to…A Norwegian model Training guide...
Feeling Lucky? Check to see if you won PRO-SKI Rollerskis, DVDs or CD Roms in FasterSkier's May, 2005 drawing sponsored by TorbjornSport. The rollerski winners were this time from Vermont, Utah and Germany. CD-ROM/DVD winners were from Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, Vermont and Ontario, Canada. Sign up now to take part in future drawings. www.torbjornsport.com for PRO-SKI details Robert Thibault, Stowe, Vermont Jeff Giles, Orem Utah Meiko Hoelmke, Germany/Salt Lake City, Utah One Perfect Skating CD-ROM...
Rollerski News From PRO-SKI Rollerskis: The New S3E Skate rollerski from PRO-SKI is developed in cooperation with some of the Worlds best skiers. This is a short and extremely light weight ski. It’s a ski for those who want their rollerskiing to feel like skiing. Only 1.4 kg/pair! Wheel diameter: 100 mm Wheel width: 23 mm Frame/ShaftLength: 550 mm Weight: 1.4 kg www.torbjornsport.com 435-645-8181
PRO-SKI rollerskis are the choice of many of the World’s best skiers including the Norwegian and Swedish men’s and women’s national teams, the most successful FIS marathon cup skiers and the Canadian women’s team. TorbjornSport is the North American distributor and reports that all models are now in stock. http://www.fasterskier.com/news2082.html To view PRO-SKI rollerskis go to Photos from a TorbjornSport April rollerski product testing and “let's get started” workout in Sugarhouse park in Salt Lake...