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USSA Nordic Combined Juniors Train in Europe
FasterSkierAugust 26, 2010
Here is the summary of the recent training trip to Europe for some top U.S. NC Juniors. First, let me explain why we recommend a trip to Europe in the summer. There are several important reasons: The majority of the World Cup and Continental Cup (COC) events are held in Europe. It is important for aspiring WC & COC athletes to travel in Europe, to experience the time changes, different languages, foods, cultures, climates and...
Presque Isle, Maine Paul Stone, who was just named the head ski coach at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, has added another title to his resume this week. He was elected by NCAA ski coaches nationwide to be president of the United States Collegiate Skiing Coaches Association (USCSCA). The USCSCA is responsible for the professional development of ski coaches in the US and for advocacy on behalf of collegiate skiing within the NCAA....
Hoppet on Tap Down Under
FasterSkierAugust 25, 2010
Skiers from 23 nations are gathering at Falls Creek in south eastern Australia for this weekend’s Kangaroo Hoppet, the opening event of the 2010 / 2011 Worldloppet season. After a slow start to the ski season in July, good snowfalls over the last two weeks have ensured excellent snow conditions for the event. Australian Ben Sim is favourite for the podium and hoping to make this his fifth Hoppet win after taking the National 10 k...
Kristin Stoermer Steira suffered a heel injury in late June, which prevented her from taking part in European Athletics Championships. She had to adapt her summer training schedule. She should have started in KirkkebakkenGrand Prix, but the recovery took longer than expected. “Thursday last week I was in hospital for a CT image. It showed that the heel was healed. I got off the plaster was allowed to walk in higher heels. I was really...
Kara Doescher and Ben Grasseschi provide overviews of the PNSA/Far West Nor Cal Nordic Camp near Mt. Lassen. Kara is a high school skier from Corvallis and Ben coaches for the Auburn Ski Club. Nor Cal Nordic Camp, by Kara Doescher As a high school skier the Nor Cal Nordic Camp was my first XC ski training camp. It was a wonderful experience, I really learned a lot, and I met some great new people....
OBERWIESENTHAL, Germany (Aug. 20) – The women’s ski jumping crew were flying through the sky on Friday, competing in the Oberwiesenthal Continental Cup. USA’s Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) stomped on the podium in third. Austria’s Jacqueline Seifriedsberger won the event. The women competed on the normal hill Friday with Seifriedsberger landing two consistent jumps of 96.5 meters for a total of 232.5 meters. Second place Coline Mattel of France scored the longest jump of...
U.S. Ski Team Announces National Elite Group Roster
FasterSkierAugust 21, 2010
Top regional junior skiers participate each year in one of four Regional Elite Group (REG) summer camps. The camps include general and ski-specific assessments, ski technique support as well as athlete and coaches education. Each camp includes U.S. Ski Team coaching staff which observe, interact and coach. With the help of regional coaches attending the camps, the U.S. Ski Team coaching staff selects the top athletes from all four REG camps (East, Central, West and...
As part of the IOC Olympic Solidarity ‘Courses for Coaches’ project, long-term coach and FIS Cross-Country expert Georg Zipfel was sent by FIS to Ulan Bator, Mongolia from 9th to 14th August to deliver a coaches’ training. 18 Mongolian Cross-Country coaches from around the country including five ladies took part in the seminar entitled “From pupil to an elite skier” and followed with interest the education provided by the former national coach of Germany. “We...
Boulder Mountain Tour Puts Up $13,000 in Prize Money
FasterSkierAugust 18, 2010
The Boulder Mountain Tour (BMT), along with the Sun Valley Nordic Festival has secured a substantial prize money package. With the help of the city of Sun Valley, nearly $13,000 in prize money will be paid to the top ten finishers in the men’s and women’s races for the 2011 BMT–as well as the second annual Thursday night co-ed sprint relays in downtown Ketchum, ID. The BMT is the centerpiece of the nine-day Sun Valley...
August 16, 2010 – Sarah Hendrickson earned the second Continental Cup victory of her career, and Abby Hughes recorded a pair of top-five finishes as the Visa U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team began the 2010-11 season over the weekend with summer competitions in Bischofsgrun, Germany. Germany’s Jenna Mohr won Saturday’s opener by a point over Hughes; the two recorded identical jumps of 67.0 meters and 66.5 meters on the HS 74 hill but Mohr eked...
OBERWIESENTHAL, Germany – The first of the two final nordic combined Grand Prix competitions of the summer was completed on Friday in Oberwiesenthal. Norway’s Magnus-H. Moan took home the win, while Olympian Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) crossed the line with a career best finish in 14th and first for the U.S. Moan captured the third of four Grand Prixs this summer, finishing with a time of 28:30.00. Germany’s Johannes Rydzek found himself nine seconds...
Frenzel and Rydzek Victorious at the Start of Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix
FasterSkierAugust 13, 2010
Eric Frenzel won the first of four Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix competition this summer in Oberstdorf (GER) ahead of his teammate and local hero Johannes Rydzek and Magnus Moan from Norway. The competition was influenced by strong and changing winds so the trial round on the “Schattenbergschanze” could not be completed; after a couple of delays also the competition round became a victim of the weather conditions. So the result of the provisional competition...
FIS Interview with John Aalberg
FasterSkierAugust 13, 2010
The FIS Newsflash had a chance to catch up with John Aalberg, the Sports Director for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, who embarked on his new challenge in May 2010. Just prior to joining the Oslo 2011 team, he completed a multi-year stint with VANOC as Nordic Director of the 2010 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games in Vancouver. Q. You worked at the Vancouver Games as the Nordic Director. Which part...
Paralympian Brian McKeever to Headline Field at September Running Event in Calgary
FasterSkierAugust 11, 2010
CALGARY, AB – Cross-country skier Brian McKeever, one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympians of all-time, will team up with the Foundation Fighting Blindness this fall for a unique running event to raise funding and awareness in the pursuit of a cure for inherited forms of blindness. McKeever will headline a field of 500 runners who will lace up their running shoes for the Run for Sight, a 5km run/walk event to be held at noon-hour in...
The University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) is excited and honored to announce that they have hired Paul Stone as Head Coach of their NCAA Nordic Ski Team. Stone comes to UMPI from the University of Vermont, where he has been the head Nordic Coach for the past four seasons, and where he was named NCAA Eastern Coach of the Year in 2009. He has also been the interim head coach of Colby College...
Camerota Ninth in Tight Finish
FasterSkierAugust 8, 2010
OBERTSDORF, Germany (Aug. 8) – A pair of brothers represented the U.S. Nordic Combined Team on Sunday in the final Grand Prix staged in Obertsdorf. Brett Camerota (Park City, UT) slid inside the top-10 for the first time, finishing first for the U.S., while Germany’s Johannes Rydzek won the competition. The nordic combined competition was tight, with the top nine men separated by 20 seconds as they pushed across the finish line in the cross...
Launched for the first time this summer, 40 of the best J2 boys and girls in the U.S. were invited to take part in a the USSA National J2 Talent Camp. The following is a written report with photos from U.S. Ski Team coach Bryan Fish. Original camp announcement can be found at: www.nccsef.org) provided $5k in funding for this camp which greatly helped offset the costs for the attendees. Camp sponsors also include Chums,...
Interview With FIS Nordic Combined Race Director Before Summer Competitions
FasterSkierAugust 4, 2010
The Nordic Combined season 2010/2011 is officially beginning with the FIS Summer Grand Prix that is scheduled for 7th-8th August in Oberstdorf (GER) and Oberwiesenthal (GER) on the following week-end, 13th-14th August. The FIS Newsflash caught up with Uli Wehling, FIS Race Director Nordic Combined, ahead of the competitions. Q. Uli Wehling, what are your thoughts about the summer season, which starts at the upcoming weekend? A. Nordic Combined has a long-standing tradition of summer...