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Continental Cups are one step below the World Cup. Each year the top ranked male and female skiers in each Continental Cup series qualify to race on the World Cup. The use Continental Cup series is the SuperTour. The Canadian series is the Nor-Am.
With the help of some good snow and skiing conditions, this year’s Continental Cup could be one of the most successful. This is why: 1) The Nor-Am and Super Tour schedules mesh so as to encourage maximum participation in both series from both Canadian and US athletes. 2) With a large number of athletes competing to make it onto the Olympic Team, the best racers will be sure to make it to every race possible and the...
Once again Kirk Nichols of Salt Lake Nordic sent FasterSkier some great highlights from the SuperTour classic distance races in West Yellowstone. Men’s Race Women’s Race
More Photos From West Yellowstone SuperTour Classic Race
FasterSkierNovember 28, 2009
Once again FasterSkier photographer Win Goodbody brings us imagery of the SuperTour Classic Race in West Yellowstone. Click thumbnails for large versions.
Swix Athletes Shine During the SuperTour’s Classic Race
FasterSkierNovember 28, 2009
Swix Sport US sent us more photos of their athletes in action during the Super Tour’s classical race in West Yellowstone.
Garrot Kuzzy (USST/CXC Team Vertical Limit) has had a terrific first week of racing. He won Wednesday's classic sprint, took second in yesterday's 15K skate, and won today's 10K classic race in a close finish with Chris Cook (Steinbock Racing). Cook took second only 2 seconds behind Kuzzy and looked very strong on the course, while Canadian National Team members Sean Crooks and Stefan Kuhn finished third and fourth, together 30 seconds behind the winner.
SuperTour: Williams Wins Classic Race, Brooks Second
Train WreckNovember 28, 2009
Madeleine Williams of the Canadian National Team won today's SuperTour 5K classic race in West Yellowstone. Holly Brooks (APU) was today's fastest American in second place just under six seconds back, followed by Shayla Swanson and Dasha Gaiazova (Canadian National Team), and second American Rosie Brennan (Dartmouth).
The day dawned clear and cold in West Yellowstone – providing excellent conditions for today’s SuperTour classic race. Win Goodbody sets the scene.
Video of the SuperTour Freestyle Race
FasterSkierNovember 28, 2009
Kirk Nichols of Salt Lake Nordic sent FasterSkier some great highlights from the SuperTour freestyle distance races in West Yellowstone. Men Women
Photos From West Yellowstone SuperTour Distance Race
FasterSkierNovember 27, 2009
You can view more race photos from Toko US here.
The story of the day for SuperTour action is easily APU’s Holly Brooks winning today’s 10K skate in West Yellowstone. Brooks beat second place Dasha Gaiazova of the Canadian National Team by 4.5 seconds, and Madeleine Williams of the Alberta World Cup Academy by 9.7 seconds. An elated but nervous Brooks waited without warmups at the finish line for the last two A-seed finishers, 5th place finisher Kristina Trygstad-Saari (Bridger Ski Foundation) and 18th place...
Former USST member Leif Zimmerman of Bridger Ski Foundation/Madshus brought the funk back to the trails today to win the Mens’ 15K skate in West Yellowstone. Garrot Kuzzy (USST/CXC Team Vertical Limit) took second, and Noah Hoffman (USST) took third. The course was not technically challenging, but the lack of any big climbs or downhills made the high altitude terrain difficult. Racers had to continually put the hammer down, and those the better open-field cruisers...
Swix takes top Men’s and Women’s podium placings at West Yellowstone SuperTour Freestyle races
FasterSkierNovember 27, 2009
Leif Zimmerman (Bridger Ski Foundation) skated to a commanding victory winning by 14.9 seconds over Garrott Kuzzy (USST/CXC). Noah Hoffman (USST) takes the third podium position. In the Women’s race Holly Brooks (APU/Swix) wins over Canadian National Team member Dasha Gaiazova and Alberta World Cup Academy team member Madeleine Williams Today’s race winners used Swix FC78 Super Cera for glide wax. Swix Sport Race Service Director Kevin Sweeney provided a technical perspective on today’s conditions,...
Brooks Wins SuperTour
FasterSkierNovember 27, 2009
West Yellowstone, Montana – Holly Brooks (APU) skied to victory in the 10km freestyle SuperTour. Wednesday’s sprint winner, Dasha Gaiazova (CAN) was second, followed by fellow Canadians Madeleine Williams and Brooke Gosling. Full results and coverage to follow.
The SuperTour 10/15km freestyle is underway. Here are a some photos from the venue. Higher quality photos will be posted following the race.
Start Lists Posted For West Yellowstone SuperTour Freestyle
FasterSkierNovember 26, 2009
West Yellowstone, Montana – 130 men and 99 women are scheduled to start tomorrow’s 10/15km freestyle in West Yellowstone. The weather should be good with partly cloudy skies and temperatures starting in the 20’s early, and rising into the mid 30’s by the end of the women’s event. The complete start list can be viewed
Photos From West Yellowstone SuperTour Sprint
FasterSkierNovember 26, 2009
FasterSkier photographer Win Goodbody captured the action at yesterday’s SuperTour Sprint in West Yellowstone. Click thumbnails for large versions.
SuperTour: The One Heat Wonder
Train WreckNovember 25, 2009
Today’s sprint in West Yellowstone was a bit of an easy season-warmup. Reminiscent of a mid-season high school race, it was a relatively long course with 15-second individual starts and no heats. Removed from their typical stadium setting, the start and finish areas were posted in the middle of the Volunteer Loop, a very typical heavily treed Rendezvous trail corridor. There was no staging area, no finish area, and relatively little spectator access. Ahhh, just...
Canadian Dasha Gaiazova won today's women's race in West Yellowstone in front of APU's Laura Valaas. An enthusiastic Gaiazova is glad to be here racing in the US, and for the first time at West Yellowstone.