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The Seeds of Collaborative Coaching

Fostering cultural change within complex organizations is painstaking. U.S. Ski & Snowboard is no different. Most often the most effective type of change comes less from edict and more from many a collection of...

IBU Calendar Changes, Prize Money Increases, and Mandatory Athlete Anti-Doping Education (Press Release)

Press Release IBU makes important calendar and sports decisions amid Congress preparations The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has set the dates for the IBU World Championships Biathlon in Pokljuka...

NENSA 2019 Rollerski Race Series (Press Release)

NENSA is proud to introduce their 2019 Rollerski Race Series featuring six events across the eastern region and a renewed supplier partnership with Swenor Rollerskis. The goal of the race series, and...

From World Cups to Triathlons: Kris Freeman’s Diabetes Management and Pushing the Envelope

Kris Freeman manages Diabetes. He did this on the World Cup for years and at four Olympics. He remains a competitor and continues to test himself since retiring from elite level skiing in 2018. "Retired" for Freeman...

First World Cup Competitions Scheduled for Women’s Nordic Combined

While men’s Nordic Combined has been a fixture in the Winter Olympic games since the first contests were held in Chamonix, France in 1924, its female counterpart has not existed. Women’s cross country skiing was added to...

IMHO: The Most Challenging Cross-Country World Cup Courses

At the close of the season, after some striding and skating on some heavy courses, FasterSkier sent out a query to get some athletes' opinions on which course (distance and sprint) was the most difficult? We also asked...

Bernie Nelson Leads the U.S. Development Team into a New Era

There are days skiing here in Bend, Ore. when the privilege of sliding on groomed trails becomes ho-hum. Maybe you’re not feeling the energy buzz. Maybe the technique is breaking down. First world problems. But we...

Race-cation: Erik Bjornsen and Marine Dusser on Iceland and the Fossavatn Ski Marathon

While many skiers were blowing the dust off of their rollerskis, hitting the track or trail, or looking for crust to cruise on May 1st, Erik Bjornsen and his wife Marine Dusser were previewing the race course for the...

Biathlon Canada Announces National Training Teams for 2019-2020 Season (Press Release)

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USST 2019-2020 Nominations: The Breakdown

On May 6, U.S. Ski & Snowboard sent out a press release announcing the 2019-2020 U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team (USST). Twenty athletes were named to the team comprised of A, B, and D-Team selections. One of the most...

2019 Coach of the Year

With the 2018/2019 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is running a series of articles highlighting some of the players and performances from the season. This honor goes to the North American coach who most...

Behind the Scenes Organizing the Dresden City Sprint with Race Co-Director Torsten Püschel

Dresden City Sprint World Cup - Torsten Püschel Interview April 29, 2019 In the lead-up to the Minneapolis World Cup in March 2020, there are some parallels to the city sprint weekend in Dresden, Germany. Both are...

International Cross-Country Performance of the Year

International Cross-Country Performance of the Year With the 2018/2019 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is running a series of articles highlighting some of the players and performances from the...

World Cup Prize Money and the Distribution of Wealth

If you’ve read the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) website in the last few weeks and deviated from exploring the cross-country sub-site, U.S. alpine star Mikaela Shiffrin has been...

Biathlete of the Year

Biathlete of the Year With the 2018/2019 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is running a series of articles highlighting some of the players and performances from the season. This honor goes to the...

Junior Skier of the Year

Junior Skier of the Year With the 2018/2019 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is running a series of articles highlighting some of the players and performances from the season. This year, the...

Breakthrough Skier of the Year

With the 2018/2019 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is running a series of articles highlighting some of the players and performances from the season. This year, the breakthrough skier is Rosie...

International Skiers of the Year

Lowell Bailey and the High Performance Vision

For years under the leadership of Bernd Eisenbichler and Per Nilsson, US Biathlon was a polyglot enterprise. It’s often claimed the high performance staff at USBA had a decidedly United Nations vibe. As a sport firmly...