I did not do any rollerskiing for the first eight days of our Norway vacation. That changed dramatically to three sessions in a row after I had made arrangements to get together on August 1st for some rollerski workouts with FIS marathon cup skier and leading authority on double-poling, Fredrik Aukland. Since I live and train at 2000 meters (6500 feet) in the Utah mountains, I felt I should do some fast double-poling for a...
Kristen Skjeldal is doing an exotic summer trip. – My wife has worked with an aid-project for street children in Mongolia for five years. She is going back to visit children and colleagues in Ulan Bator, the capitol. I want to go with her and it’s possible to train by running, biking and doing strength there. I’m going to stay in shape, says Skjeldal. Skjeldal got married on May 22 and the couple is calling...
The second set of my vacation photos are from a running and sightseeing session on some of the trails I used to run daily when I was a kid, training for track, cross country running and skiing. The myth: A rock to the Viking Queen ensures good luck The first stop was after only a few kilometers to “throw a rock to the old Viking Queen†in order to ensure good luck. This is a...
New photo mini-series: I grew up in a small sleepy town called Langesund, on the coast of Telemark, Norway. The population is roughly 3000 and I’m currently “back in the old country†on summer vacation for three weeks. Not much is putting this place on the nation’s map or in the headlines except the music scene. A few years ago, Bob Dylan performed a half a kilometer from my parent’s house and a few weeks...
Cross-Country ski racing will begin this weekend in Australia with excellent snow conditions heralding the beginning of what could be an exciting season of racing. In the last two weeks over a metre of snow has fallen on Australian XC trails, leaving mid-winter like conditions for the beginning of the season! Down south at Falls Creek, the home of the Kangaroo Hoppet, it will be slap on the stick wax or klister for the Birkebeiner...
The Perfect Skating CD-ROM is the best learning tool we have ever seen for not only learning and understanding all skate techniques, but also for seeing and leaning just about every possible drill to improve every aspect of every technique. It’s like having your own personal coach telling you how to skate better and then which drill to go and work on. A must for skaters of all ages as well as coaches. Learn new...
Editor: This article, by David Susong, Cross-Country master skier, husband of Olympic skier Kelly Milligan, and President of The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA) in Salt Lake City, Utah, was first published in The TUNA News (see
Editor: This article, by David Susong, Cross-Country master skier, husband of Olympic skier Kelly Milligan, and President of The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA) in Salt Lake City, Utah, was first published in The TUNA News (see
The winners of the May 15th FasterSkier and TorbjornSport's drawing for PRO-SKI rollerskis and $100 gift certificates were this time from Canada, Alaska and Maine $100 Gift Certificates: Andy Shepard, Yarmouth, Maine Tanja Britton, Anchorage, Alaska Rollerskis (classic or skate): Yves Bourget, Timmins, Ontario, Canada To enter next 7 months' drawings sign up for our email update list. Winners will be drawn from among TorbjornSport’s and FasterSkier’s free e-mail update subscribers and customers. Enter your...
Concord, NH – April 23rd, 2003 Fischer Sports USA is excited to announce that America’s top ranked cross country skier, Kris Freeman has chosen to race on Centrix Boots. Freeman, who also races on Fischer skis, has contracted to race on the new Fischer boots through the 2006 Olympic season. He joins World Cup Sprint Champions Marit Bjoergen and Tobias Fredrikson also on Centrix boots. Fischer Race Service Director, Eli Brown is thrilled with Freeman’s...
Over the past fifteen years I have raced and trained on cross-country ski trails all over North America. From Fort Kent, Maine to Fairbanks, Alaska, I feel I have skied a sizeable chunk of what the U.S. and Canada have to offer. With the 2003-2004 ski season now behind me I decided to come up with a list of my all-time favorite ski trails. Some of these trails are racing trails, others are touring trails,...
Fasterskier.com gets frequent inquiries about technique and training videos as well as for books covering training. The following videos and training guide are available from the manufacturer TorbjornSport –
TorbjornSport (TBS) and FasterSkier.com are giving away one pair PRO-SKI Rollerskis of your choice and two $100 gift certificates on the 15th of each month from now until December. That's a total of 9 pair of rollerskis and 18 gift certificates! All you have to do to enter is sign up for our email update list. Winners will be drawn from among TorbjornSport’s free e-mail update subscribers. Enter your e-mail address below to be a...
Birkie report from Fasterskier.com sponsor TorbjornSport/SOLDA A large number of SOLDA skiers reported having great skis with TorbjornSport’s 2004 Birkie wax suggestions SOLDA Glide wax can only be purchased through mail-order from TorbjornSport ( A number of other very good SOLDA results from a wide spectrum of age categories show the wax’s speed, durability and popularity. Here are some more reasons why you should consider SOLDA for the future: Last years introduction of the SOLDA...
SEELEY, Wisconsin. It has been a good 18-20 years since I have raced the Birkie, so this is basically a new experience for me. What’s more, I am not only seeing it through my own eyes, but my wife Karen and I have brought along our three budding Nordic skiers, ages 5, 7 and 9. I think that I am enjoying their perceptions and reactions to this event as much as my own. Yesterday, our...
CENTRIX Fischer announces a complete new series of performance boots called CENTRIX. These state-of-the-art boots were developed for World Cup athletes and demanding racers to maximize their skating and classic performance. WHY CENTRIX? Fischer’s overall design goal with Centrix is to maximize power generated by the skier to the ski. The key to this concept is fit. Energy can only be transferred into forward movement on cross-country skis if your feet are securely supported inside...
Mark Nadell, the Far West Nordic Coordinator dropped us some lines and some photos. The Far West is the West Coast of USA and Mark is located in Truckee, California. Fasterskier.com readers, especially Europeans might mostly associate California with beaches, surfing, Hollywood and Los Angeles. The reality is in fact that the California Mountains especially in the Lake Tahoe, Truckee area receives some of the heaviest snowfalls in World. Fasterskier.com staff has skied at numerous...
A few of our US readers (about 250) are flying to Norway next month to participate in the World Masters’ Cross-Country Championship – the equivalent of the World Championship for age group skiers. Depending on where in the US we’re living, Norway is 6 – 9 timezones (or hours) ahead of us. It is well known and documented that flying across this many timezones may create negative physical and mental consequences – often referred to...
This article is provided by TorbjornSport/SOLDA Glide Wax, one of Fasterskier.com sponsors. Many TorbjornSport members participated in the recent US Masters Nationals in Marquette, Michigan. The conditions were with the exception of the first race, the 30/20 kilometer skate race cold and windblown. We had very good skis in all four races. Here is what we waxed with as well some details regarding application of cold waxes and some suggestions on when to choose synthetic...
SOLDA ski wax will be posting wax recommendations for races around the country this winter. For this weekend, check out the recommendations for the Noquemanon in Michigan and the Besh Cup races in Alaska.