Thursday, August 4th 1:00 to 3:00 PM White Clouds Golf Course. Sun Valley, ID White Clouds is just off Sun Valley (Trail Creek) Road across the street from Sun Valley Golf Clubhouse/Nordic Center, Sun Valley, ID The L100 Coaches Certification clinic is free to all USSA licensed coach. The clinics include dryland technique drills as well as drill progressions on classic and skate rollerskis. All ages and levels of coaches are welcome. The...
ANCHORAGE – University of Alaska Anchorage head ski coach Sparky Anderson announced Tuesday that the Seawolves have completed their full-time coaching staff with the additions of
TUNA, The Utah Nordic Alliance, is excited to announce the hiring of Matthew Johnson as the new Program Director and Head Coach. Johnson is currently the Assistant Nordic Coach at Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke, Vt. In addition to working at Burke, his coaching experience includes two trips to the Scandinavian Cup, described by the US Ski Association as “one of the premier steps of the elite junior athlete and coach development pipeline.” Johnson...
Ottawa, ON / Canmore, AB – Last Sunday, Ottawa’s Rideau Canoe Club was the playground for a day of inspiration led by Olympic Cross-Country skier Perianne Jones and retired elite Kayak racer Tory Tuttle. The dynamic and accomplished duo partnered with past and future Olympians to host more than 100 young female athletes for a Fast and Female event of fitness, fun and motivation. “It was a busy day, jam packed with activities, and all...
LUSANNE, Switzerland – Longtime U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) partner NBCUniversal has retained the U.S. broadcast rights for the Olympic Games through 2020. The decision was announced Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee following presentations by NBCUniversal, ESPN and Fox. “For two decades NBC has raised the global level of awareness and support for the Olympic movement. Today’s decision continues and strengthens that vision,” said USSA President and CEO Bill Marolt. “This secures NBC’s...
The National Cross Country Ski Education Foundation has added the discipline of Nordic Combined to its roster of supported Nordic disciplines. As NCCSEF director David Knoop states “In both Cross Country and Nordic Combined gaining ongoing and consistent quality training, racing, and coaching experiences is the biggest challenge facing developing American skiers who are spread throughout our vast country and live thousands of miles away from Europe, the center of Nordic racing.” Adding...
The International Ski federation (FIS) has determined to add another stage to the Tour de Ski. The new stage will be held in Toblach (ITA).
dansimoneau@bendcable.com or 541-350-9126. Registration forms for the Fire and Ice camp are available at www.mbsef.org/programs/crosscountry/ or visit BendCamp on Facebook. MBSEF: 563 SW 13th, Suite 201 – Bend, OR 97701. Tel: 541-388-0002 – www.mbsef.org
Canmore, AB – Cross Country Canada announced today that World Cup cross-country ski racing will return to Canmore in December, 2012. Canmore last hosted the sport’s best racers a week before the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, when Sara Renner delighted her hometown crowd by winning a bronze medal in the sprint event. Canada is on the World Cup schedule for at least 4 events in the 2012 – 2013 competitive season, with Canmore and Quebec City selected to each host the competitions...
After a long and exhaustive search, the Southern Ontario Training Centre (SOTC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Petr Jakl as the Centre’s Head Coach. Petr will join SOTC effective June 1, 2011. With this appointment, the Southern Ontario Training Centre invites applications and inquiries from all athletes interested in joining the Centre for the 2011-12 competitive season (details below). About Petr Jakl: Petr has 25 years of ski racing, coaching and teaching experience both...
Montreal, QC / Canmore, AB (May 16, 2011) – La Belle Province will be getting its share of Fast and Female love on June 12, 2011 in Montreal when Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing and Fast and Female Founder – Chandra Crawford – sets to host a Fast and Female FitFest presented by Best Buy. The event will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. (check in at 3:30 p.m.) at the Mont Royal...
SARANAC LAKE, NY (May 13) – Olympic and World Champion Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) will be the first inductee into Saranac Lake’s Walk of Fame during a ceremony held Saturday at the village’s historic Hotel Saranac The Walk of Fame was created by the Board of Trustees as a way to recognize notable community residents and celebrate village history. “Bill Demong is an outstanding citizen of the greater Saranac Lake area. He gives us tremendous...
The 2010 and 2011 season saw the Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Team set new standards for American skiing. APU came away from the national championships with just under half of the thirty medals awarded, and four athletes named to the 2011 World Championships team. For this past seasons successes the Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Center received awards for club of the year, international coach of the year (Erik Flora) and athlete of the year (Kikkan Randall). In the last five years APU has become the...
Former US Ski Team coach Trond Nystad becomes the new head coach for the Norwegian men's all-round team. He replaces Morten Aa Djupvik, who resigned after the 2011 World Championship season.
Roar Hjelmeset will replace Jon Arne Schjetne as the Norwegian women’s national sprint team. Hjelmeset replaced Fredrik Aukland as the Norwegian junior national team in 2008. After three years as the head coach for the Norwegian junior and U23 national teams, Hjelmeset was supposed to be the head coach for the new recruitment/development national team for the upcoming season. “A month ago, I was approached about the position as the women’s sprint team coach, and...
Ottawa, ON / Canmore, AB (May 9, 2011) – Female athletes between the ages of 9 to 15 from the Ottawa region are about to get a boost of inspiration from local Olympian Perianne Jones and elite athlete Tory Tuttle as they host a Fast and Female event on June 12 at the Rideau Canoe Club. Jones, a Fast and Female ambassador since 2005 and a member of the Nakkertok Ski Club, just wrapped up...
The 2nd annual National J2 Talent Camp will be conducted August 1- August 8, 2011 in Sun Valley, ID. The camp will provide a great opportunity for many of the top young cross country skiers in the U.S. to train together, and learn from USST staff and top club coaches. The camp is the first step along the U.S. development pipeline for promising young skiers. Each year the location of the camp will rotate around the U.S. to other great training venues,...
Registration is open to the general public for the 2011 Oregon Spring Camp taking place May 26-30, 2011 (Memorial Day weekend) at Bend/Mt Bachelor, Oregon. Designed primarily as a master/citizen XC ski camp, junior skiers with a chaperone adult camper are also welcome. Due to carefully limited enrollment numbers, this camp is recommended only for skiers at intermediate and above skill levels. Featuring on-snow morning sessions and a variety of optional events including...
