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Three U.S. Jumpers in Top 10; wind wreaks havoc in Oslo comps

FasterSkierSeptember 21, 2010

Oslo, Norway — Jessica Jerome overcame erratic winds and a number of course holds and restarts to tally a pair of fourth-place finishes to lead the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team in Continental Cup competition over the weekend in Oslo, Norway – site of the upcoming Nordic World Championships in February. Jumping took place amidst continuing construction surrounding the famous K120 Holmenkollen and K95 Midtstubakken jumps in the Norwegian capital as it readies to welcome the...

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NCCSEF Invests $5000 in Racing Trip to Finland for FIS Opener

FasterSkierSeptember 20, 2010

Salt Lake City, Utah-September 20, 2010: In its continuing effort to aid the development of American cross country ski racers, the National Cross-Country Ski Education Foundation (NCCSEF) will help support a racing and training trip to Finnish Lapland this coming November. The trip will offer select racers and coaches an opportunity to experience European racing intensity at the very outset of the 2010-11 competitive season. Will Sweetser, Director of Cross-Country Skiing at the Maine Winter...

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Presque Isle’s Nordic Heritage Center Gets a New Look

FasterSkierSeptember 20, 2010

Six months ago, the U.S. Nordic community descended on Presque Isle for the X-C skiing Jr. Nationals. Families, athletes, and staff from around the country experienced the best the communities in and around Presque Isle could dish out at the Nordic Heritage Center. Fast forward to September and we sit now only six months away from the next big event. The IBU Biathlon World Cup will come to the County not just for one WC,...

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Roller Skiing Season Nearing Finale

FasterSkierSeptember 15, 2010

The 2010 FIS Roller Skiing World Cup season will soon be over. Only two of a total of 13 competitions for each gender are left and they will take place in Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece on 25th-26th September. The schedule foresees a mass start uphill competition and a sprint, both in free technique. The best chance for the ladies’ overall victory belong to the Norwegian Cross-Country skier Guro Stroem Solli who dominated...

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U.S. Ski Team Officially Names 2010-2011 Squad

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 2010

SUN VALLEY, ID (Sept. 14) – World Championship medalistAndy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and top distance athlete Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, VT) and Noah Hoffman (Aspen, CO) and 2010 Olympian Morgan Arritola, Fairfield, ID (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; Fischer, Salomon, Kris Freeman, Andover, NH (Andover Outing Club; Fischer, Alpina, Alpina, Swix ) 10/14/1980* Kikkan Randall, Anchorage (Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center; Fischer, Salomon, Salomon, Swix) 12/31/1982* Noah Hoffman, Aspen, CO (Aspen Valley Ski Club;...

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Denver Ski Team Heads to White House

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 2010

DENVER – The three-time defending NCAA Champion University of Denver ski team traveled to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House for a ceremony on Monday, September 13. “Every member of the team is excited to be visiting the White House on NCAA Champions Day,” Nordic head coach Dave Stewart said. “It is a true honor to be recognized by the President for the team’s accomplishments and to represent the University of Denver at our nation’s capitol....

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Q&A with Lindsey Van, Who Rejoins Continental Cup After Year-long Break

FasterSkierSeptember 13, 2010

Lindsey Van of the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team returned to the Continental Cup the weekend of Sept. 11-12 in Lillehammer, Norway, resuming high-level international competition after taking last season off to rest and recharge after a tumultuous yet exciting couple of years. Van made history in 2009, becoming the first-ever World Champion in women’s ski jumping. She was also a leader in the fight to include women’s ski jumping in the 2010 Olympic Winter...

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Jerome Hits Stride, Podiums in Lillehammer

FasterSkierSeptember 13, 2010

Jessica Jerome of the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team found her way back onto the podium, while teammate Lindsey Van made a successful return to Continental Cup competition over the weekend in a pair of events in Lillehammer, Norway. The competitions were held Saturday and Sunday on the HS 104 hill in Lillehammer. Jerome, having finished second on back-to-back days on this hill in 2008, found it to her liking once again Saturday, finishing in...

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Ski-O Bids for Spot in 2018 Olympics

FasterSkierSeptember 9, 2010

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has applied for ski orienteering to be included in the programme of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. In the past few years, ski orienteering has grown considerably in terms of global spread. The growth has been boosted by the inclusion of ski orienteering into the Asian Winter Games and the CISM World Military Winter Games. Some 35 nations are expected to participate in the World Ski Orienteering Championships to be...

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Hendrickson Leads Ski Jumping Cup

FasterSkierSeptember 5, 2010

PARK CITY, UT (Sept. 3) – After four Continental Cup events in August, the USA’s Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) leads the tour by 29 points. While the Park City teen has her sights set on the World Championships in Oslo, Norway this February, she is going to take a break from the fall tour to focus on the classroom. “This summer in Germany, I jumped well. I have jumped better, but I had consistent...

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Cross Country Skier to Celebrate 30th Anniversary

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

CABLE, Wis. – The 2010-2011 publishing season will mark the 30th year of Cross Country Skier magazine – 30 years as the first name in Nordic ski publications and the #1 source of all things Nordic. Since 2000 Cross Country Skier, LLC, Ron Bergin and John Torinus principals, has published Cross Country Skier. During that time Bergin has served as publisher and editor. “The 2010-2011 publishing season also marks our tenth season as publisher of...

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Salt Lake Medical Firm to Help Team

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

PARK CITY, UT – A new medical partnership with Salt Lake MRI will bring added benefits to U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced a partnership with Salt Lake MRI to provide support to injured athletes providing priority bookings and scan support. “The efficiency of quickly getting our athletes assessed and undergoing the right treatment modalities takes our sports medicine program to another level,” said USSA High...

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Vasaloppet 2011 Already Sold Out

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

The popular skiing season only just began last Saturday, August 28th at Falls Creek (AUS) where the weather gods smiled on the 20th running of the Kangaroo Hoppet, and perfect racing conditions saw local Mt Beauty skier Esther Bottomley and her boyfriend Valerio Leccardi from Switzerland take the season’s first victories. However, if you had been thinking about participating in the famous Vasaloppet next March it is already too late and you will have to...

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Work for Falun 2015 Kicks Off

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

The kick-off meeting for the FIS Coordination Group of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 took place in Falun (SWE) on Monday-Tuesday, 30th-31st August 2010. The main purpose of the first gathering of the main stakeholders for the 4.5-year process – FIS, the Swedish Ski Association, the Falun 2015 organizing committee, city of Falun, region of Dalarna, the TV and marketing rights holder European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and its marketing partner Tridem Sports –...

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Countdown for the 5th Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

Only 122 days are left until the start of the fifth edition of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear that will take place from 31st December 2010 to 9th January 2011. Last week, the main FIS organizing team involved with the FIS Tour de Ski visited the four Tour host venues Oberhof, Oberstdorf (both GER), Toblach and Val di Fiemme (both ITA). The site inspections started in Oberhof which is a...

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Tickets now on sale for Oslo 2011

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

The new Holmenkollen Arena which includes the spectacular new Holmenkollen ski jump and the naturally beautiful Midtstuen hill are just some of the reasons pointing to a huge spectator turnout during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 at Oslo’s Holmenkollen this winter. Ticket sales started Wednesday, 1st September 2010. With 21 events over 11 days (24th February-6th March), the WSC program is tightly packed. Two evening ski jumping competitions, many attractive weekday afternoon events...

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American Birkebeiner® Announces T-Shirt Design Contest Winner

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

HAYWARD, Wis. – The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) has determined a winner of the Birkie T-Shirt Design Contest for the 2011 event. The winning t-shirt design will be the featured retail t-shirt for the event. “We created the t-shirt design contest last year as a way to allow artists and those who love the Birkie a creative way to participate in the event,” said Ned Zuelsdorff, Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation....

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Fletcher, Red Banjo Pizza to Help Fight Cancer

FasterSkierAugust 31, 2010

PARK CITY, UT (Aug. 30) – Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO), who makes his training home in Park City, is partnering with Red Banjo Pizza on Park City’s Main Street to host an autograph party to help fight cancer Thursday (Sept. 2). The public is welcomed from 5:00-7:00 p.m. to meet Fletcher and some of his Olympic medal-winning teammates. Proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. According to Fletcher, Red Banjo will match...

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Fast and Female Celebrates September 18 Sports Day in Canada by Hosting Women’s Fit-Fest in Canmore

FasterSkierAugust 27, 2010

Fundraising event to feature dancing, fitness bootcamp, drumming and inspirational talk by Olympic gold medalist Chandra Crawford Canmore, Alberta – Fast and Female presented by Best Buy will host its first Women’s Fit-Fest in Canmore, Alberta on September 18, 2010. Held in conjunction with CBC’s Sports Day in Canada, the women-only event will be held at the Canmore Collegiate High School from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature dancing, bootcamp circuits, drumming, and...

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MWSC Biathlon D2R2 – One of the Hardest Century Rides Around

FasterSkierAugust 26, 2010

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