Ski Classics Third Stage in Germany
FasterSkierFebruary 5, 2011
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Central Cross Country Ski Association is Please to Announce CXC Excellence Fund
FasterSkierFebruary 4, 2011
The CXC Elite Team’s goal is to provide coaching, training and financial support to a select few individuals that possess the skill, drive and dedication to compete in World Cup, World Championship and Olympic competitions. Though we have a budget for domestic events, our success internationally requires your support. “One of CXC’s goals throughout the winter has been to better support CXC athletes during their international racing experiences. To do so, we have created the...
Not everyone in Boston is cursing the uncharacteristically snowy winter. Veterans in the area who have joined New England Nordic Ski Association’s (NENSA) fledgling Adaptive Program have put all that snow to good use. NENSA kicked off its first season of Adaptive Programming this week at the Weston Ski Track, just 15 miles outside of the city. Supported by a grant from USA Paralympics, the new program seeks to expand adaptive Nordic opportunities throughout New...
Ski Track and Community Celebrations Return to Canmore
Ben TheyerlFebruary 4, 2011
February 3, 2011- What town dumps 850 cubic meters of snow onto their Main Street in March, just so they can go cross country skiing? Canmore, Alberta does! Building on the overwhelming success of community activities surrounding the 2010 World Cup last February, the folks in Canmore are up to it again with the presentation of the Canmore Ski Nationals Community Celebration 2011, March 11 – 14, to welcome the 600 + athletes who will be...
February 02, 2011 – This week EISA racing returns to the UVM Carnival after a week off. These races are a good opportunity for coaches and racers to compete on the same courses they will see at NCAA Championships in March. Alpine races are at Stowe Mountain on the Main Street Trail. Friday’s races are men’s and women’s Giant Slalom. Saturday’s races are men’s and women’s Slalom. The Nordic races at Trapp Family Lodge are...
NCCSEF, USSA and its 10 JO divisions, are pleased to announce the 2011 J1 Scandinavian Cup Team blog http://usaj1team.blogspot.com This “Scando Cup” trip is one of the premier steps of the elite junior athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. The Scando Cup is most often the first exposure to international level racing and racing travel for U.S. athletes. Traveling to Scandinavia and putting on a race bib is an eye opening experience. Most...
Registration Open for 2011 Fast and Female X-Country SkiFest in Canmore, Alberta This March
FasterSkierFebruary 1, 2011
Calgary, Alberta – Fast and Female will be hosting its sixth Annual X-Country SkiFest in Canada on Sunday March 13, 2011 at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Alberta. The highly anticipated event will take place in conjunction with the 2011 National Cross-Country Ski Championships – set for March 11 to 19, also at the Canmore Nordic Centre. The 2011 Fast and Female Annual X-Country SkiFest will host more than 150 female cross-country skiers and biathletes...
MWSC: The Wohnwagen Adventure
FasterSkierJanuary 31, 2011
Being a biathlete has brought me more opportunity then I have ever imagined in my life. I have been able to travel places I never would have imaged and made some great friends from all over the world. This winter a new adventure came to life while looking for races to do mid-season. Myself and a couple good friends of mine were all looking for new opportunity through the month of February. Looking for great...
Kikkan Randall and Holly Brooks Inspire 200 Girls at the 2011 Fast and Female X-Country SkiFest
FasterSkierJanuary 31, 2011
Canmore, Alberta / Chugiak, Alaska – Three months ago, Alaska’s cross-country skiing superstar and Fast and Female ambassador – Holly Brooks. As planned, this past Saturday, 200 enthusiastic female skiers between the ages of 9 to 19 joined Randall and Brook at the Chugiak High School in Chugiak in Alaska for a unique afternoon of on-snow ski drills, inspirational presentations, dancing and yoga. “Our ski stations were the most fun yet,” admitted Randall who is enjoying...
Hendrickson Jumps to 18th at Junior Worlds
FasterSkierJanuary 27, 2011
OTEPAA, Estonia (Jan. 27) – Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) was the top U.S. finisher in 18th as the FIS World Junior Ski Jumping Championships in Otepaa, Estonia opened up action Thursday with the women’s HS 100. Coline Mattel of France grabbed gold. Mattel clinched the win with a score of 257.5 and jumps of 96.5 and 98.5m. Slovenia’s Spela Rogeli earned silver and Japan’s Yuki Ito, who recorded the longest jump of the day (99m), took...
Field Tops U.S. in WJC Nordic Combined
FasterSkierJanuary 27, 2011
OTEPAA, Estonia (Jan. 27) – American Cliff Field (Steamboat Springs, CO) took 19th in Thursday’s HS100/10k nordic combined competition at the FIS Junior World Nordic Ski Championships in Otepaa, Estonia. Johannes Rydzek of Germany won the event in 26:37.7 followed by Slovenia’s Marjan Jelenko and Estonia’s hometown hero Kaarel Nurmsalu in second and third. Field’s time of 29:36.6 was good enough to earn him top-20 honors. Other American finishers included Nick Hendrickson (Park City, UT)...
The long distance ski championships across Europe, Ski Classics, move this weekend to Italy and Marcialonga where the second stage of the series will be held. Ski Classics consist of the six most prestigious cross country events in the world. Marcialonga is a 70km race in classic technique running through the two picturesque Dolomite valleys of Val di Fassa and Val di Fiemme. The winner of the Jizerska Padesatka, the first stage in Ski Classics, Anders...
Haywood NorAm Multi-stage Eastern Canadian Championships Will Be Hosted By Club Skinouk of Gatineau
Ben TheyerlJanuary 27, 2011
Gatineau’s Club Skinouk will host the Haywood NorAm Multi-stage Eastern Canadian Championships on February 11-12-13, 2011. Races will be held on Nakkertok-South trails, in Cantley, Quebec. Club Skinouk will be hosting its fourth Eastern Canadian Championships since 2005. The Championships take on a new format this year by spanning over three days in a mini tour de ski series. The Event winners will be crowned at the conclusion of the three races as they cross...
January 25, 2011 (Park City, Utah) – Olympic medalists and World Champions Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO), Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) and Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) will lead the decorated U.S. Nordic Combined World Championship Team to Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway for the Jan. 26 – Mar. 4 Championships. The Team, whose members have achieved four World Championship titles plus one team and three individual Olympic medals, was announced Monday after athletes qualified through...
Defending Champ Van Leads Worlds Team
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2011
PARK CITY, UT – Reigning World Champion Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) will lead a team of six U.S. ski jumping athletes at the International Ski Federation’s 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, Norway Feb. 25 – Mar. 5. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced the World Championship Team that qualified through the Continental Cup circuit on Tuesday. Van will be joined by four fellow Women’s Ski Jumping USA athletes, all hailing...
World Junior Nordic Combined/Jumping Team Named
FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2011
PARK CITY, UT (Jan. 17) – Continental Cup podium performers Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, NY) and Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) lead a squad of 12 nordic combined and ski jumping athletes named by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to the World Junior Nordic Championship Team Monday. The squad, which includes athletes from USSA clubs across the nation, will compete in Otepaa, Estonia Jan. 27-30. Frenette will lead the men’s ski jumping team after...
The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) today announced recipients of funding for this year’s US Ski Team J1 trip, World Junior Championships, and World U23 Games New Gloucester, ME – The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) today announced recipients of funding for this year’s US Ski Team J1 trip, World Junior Championships, and World U23 Games. This new funding was made possible by the recent generosity of NENSA members through its annual fund...
BRAUNLAGE, Germany – Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team members head home after a challenging Continental Cup tour in Germany that ended in heavy rain, fierce wind and several delays. Jessica Jerome’s solid jumping led her to a third-place finish on the five-competition tour. Jerome entered this weekend’s two-event stop in Braunlage having notched three straight fourth-place finishes. “The weather this weekend wasn’t stellar. Our official training was pushed back a day due to rain and...
Fast and Female’s Crawford and Thibeault Make CAAWS 2010 Most Influential Women List
FasterSkierJanuary 17, 2011
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) announced today its Most Influential Women (MIW) List for 2010 to highlight the leadership, strength and accomplishments of Canadian women who made a significant impact in sport and physical activity in 2010. The objective of the MIW List is to inspire and motivate other women and girls to take leading roles in sport and physical activity – at the community, provincial,...
Canadian 2011 World Championship Teams Announced
Ben TheyerlJanuary 16, 2011
January 14, 2011 – Cross Country Canada is pleased to announce the World Senior Championship Team 2011 – selection synopsis to follow. The following athletes have been selected to the 2011 World Championships Team competing in Oslo, Norway from Feb.22-March 6. – Devon Kershaw (Ona-Wa-Su/NST) – Alex Harvey (Club Nordique M.S.A/NST) – Dasha Gaiazova (Rocky Mountain Racers/NST) – Chandra Crawford (Canmore Nordic/NST) – Stefan Kuhn (Canmore Nordic/NST) – Perianne Jones (Nakkertok/NST) – Ivan Babikov (Foothills...