Oregon State University – Cascades (OSU-Cascades) located in Bend, Oregon recently announced plans to add multiple club sports to the campus, including Nordic Skiing. OSU-Cascades signed an agreement with the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation to provide coaching for the teams. Former Olympian and World Cup skier Dan Simoneau is the head Nordic coach and will be training and coaching the OSU-Cascades Nordic team. The team will begin competing this winter 2012/13 in United States...
The Two Day event will be the only US Stop on the 2013 FIS Tournament Circuit Brattleboro, Vt. – The Harris Hill Ski Jump, the only Olympic-sized, 90-meter ski jumping hill in New England, will play host to its annual two-day ski jumping event February 16 & 17, 2013. This year’s event will be the only domestic stop in a nine-event International Skiing Federation (FIS) competition schedule, and will also serve as a stop on the...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (Dec. 8, 2012) Kelly Brush Davisson has been selected as one of 10 Athletes Who Care by Sports Illustrated magazine. The magazine’s December 10 issue, on newsstands now, includes Brush Davisson on a list of athletes singled out for the charitable work they do off the playing field. Brush Davisson, 26, founded the Kelly Brush Foundation in 2006, following a ski racing crash that left her paralyzed. Despite her injury she remained active...
(SIGN UP NOW! For Your “Second Chance” Entry Choose the “Register Now” option QUESTIONS? Call JDRF at 1-866-233-3354. Here are the details – The first 50 people who sign-up for this “Second Chance” fundraising option will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Register online through the link above (16 of these 50 entries are still available). – To register, each of these people will be required to make an initial, non-refundable deposit of $50. – JDRF will...
Congratulations to the 10 youth cross country ski programs that will get a boost this winter thanks to funding from the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation’s (ABSF) Skier Development Grant program. The Foundation recently awarded a total of $10,000 to programs targeted to youth skier programs.
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Team XC United (formerly Team Birkie) is a Nordic race team comprised of master skiers that have come together to support elite skier Matthew Liebsch in his pursuit of the next Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The following is a press release from the Alberta World Cup Academy. The Alberta World Cup Academy (AWCA) coaching staff play an essential role in our National Nordic Skiing Success. The AWCA was developed to offer developing athletes a means to improve their Nordic skiing technique and physical capacity. Many of the AWCA athletes are now representing Canada in the world cup circuit. The week following the world cup the AWCA is planning to run...
Graduate Study of Exercise Physiology in Nordic Skiing The Department of Health & Human Development (HHD) at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman, MT, is actively seeking applications for graduate study in applied exercise physiology (Masters degree only; Fall 2013). Dr Dan Heil (http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9158 We also have lots of lab testing photos on the Facebook page for the Movement Science / Human Performance Lab (MSL): http://www.montana.edu/hhd/facultyandstaff/dheil.htm More information about our graduate program is here: http://www.montana.edu/wwwdg/apply.html...
announced earlier this month will put Sugar Bowl Resort in charge of operating Royal Gorge – America’s largest cross country ski area. Sugar Bowl Resort is home to Sugar Bowl Academy, an independent, college-preparatory school for competitive alpine, Nordic, and freeride skiers and the Sugar Bowl Ski Team, an organization serving over 400 junior skiers from around the region. Understandably, the news, along with over 24 inches of fresh snow in October, has energized the...
The NENSA Annual Fall Auction is now open for biding! Bid early and bid often here:
Enter for a Chance to Ski the Historic Re-Enactment of the Original Birkebeiner! (media@birkie.com or call 715-634-5025.
The Kingston Nordic Ski Club is gearing up for its 9th annual Kingston Roller Ski Race on Nov. 18 at the Miller Middle School at Lake Katrine, N.Y. Races include a 5 k classic, 2 k novice and 10 k freestyle. Registration begins at 10.m.; races start at noon. (From kingstonnordic.blogspot.com.
Fundraise to Help Cure Diabetes and Get an Entry to the 2013 Birkie or Korte! ( We’re glad to hear that 34 skiers have already signed up for these entries! There are still 16 left. Here’s how it works. Raise a minimum of just $500 for JDRF by November 30 and its research to cure diabetes and receive one of these remaining entries to the Birkie or Korte, your choice. SIGN UP NOW! For Your “Second Chance”...
PARK CITY, UT–November 5, 2012—In a joint agreement announced today USA Ski Jumping and Ski Jumping Canada announced they have reached an innovative agreement to pool coaching resources and other related programs to form an alliance as the FIS World Cup ski jumping season beckons. USA Ski Jumping CEO Jeff Hastings said today in making the announcement…”the Canadian program faces all the same challenges that we do–they’re small with limited resources and are based 5,000...
Birkie On-Snow Ski Demo Moves to Sunday, Feb. 24 at Birkie “OO” Trailhead ( The On-Snow Ski Demo at the American Birkebeiner each February is a tradition for cross-country skiers from around the country and the world. Everyone from newbie skiers to elites can try out the latest in new equipment–skis, poles, boots, bindings, and more—with many products that will be new for the following season. Now, the venue will be bigger and better as...
PARK CITY, UT–October 24, 2012–In an announcement made today by USA Ski Jumping’s CEO Jeff Hastings, two members of the USASJ squad have been elevated to “A” Team membership. Based upon their Grand Prix performances this Summer Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, NY) and Anders Johnson (Park City, UT) will be named immediately to the top team. In making the announcement today Hastings–a 1984 U.S.A. Olympian, who was fourth in Sarajevo– said he was delighted by...
The 7.5 category at Årefjällsloppet will be Swix Ski Classics Final 2013. Årefjällsloppet is Sweden’s new international long-distance cross-country ski race and will be held by the end of March. The race have an easy track profile, very similar to Vasaloppet and everyone can participate. Panoramic sceneries and the finish line in the center of Åre will make this a spectacular race. After the final the prizes and prize money will be awarded, and “The...
Press release) Raise a Minimum of $500 for JDRF by November 30! JDRF, the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, is the Birkie’s new Skiers For Cures partner for the next three years. As a way to help kick-off this fundraising effort and help skiers who did not get a 2013 Birkie or Korte entry on time, JDRF and the Birkie have arranged to make 50 entries available through JDRF’s “Second...
Press release) Greetings Again! Registration for the 2013 Birkie and Korte races is officially closed: Online Registration (and Fax) closed Monday at 3:00 p.m. (CST), October 15. Mailed Registrations postmarked October 15, 2012, will still be accepted and processed. The Prince Haakon 13K is still open, and you may continue to register online, and by fax and mail. Please note, too, as a follow-up to the final Birkie.com and Click Here to Register To Register for the Prince Haakon If you have additional...