HAYWARD, WI (DECEMBER 15, 2008) After a successful weekend of racing at Silver Star a week ago, the fate of our challenging North American SuperTour/NorAm race season was going to be tested again and again (and again). We finished the two races a week ago Sunday hoping that the lack of snow in Whistler, BC at the 2010 Olympic Park would not mean an early trip home and an end to our Western racing series....
SOLDIER HOLLOW, UT (Dec. 14) – Four-time Olympian Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) made it two wins in a row to open the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup season Sunday at Soldier Hollow. Lodwick won over countryman Brett Camerota (Park City, UT). Defending Continental Cup champion Marco Pichlmayer of Austria was third. An 87.0 meter jump put Lodwick further back at the start than the opening competition on Saturday, starting a minute behind jump leader...
SOLDIER HOLLOW, UT (Dec. 13) – Veteran Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO), returning after a two year absence, led a podium sweep of U.S. nordic combined skiers in the opening FIS Continenal Cup event Saturday at the Olympic venue in Soldier Hollow. Lodwick ran away with the win, followed by the U.S. Ski Team's Brett Camerota (Park City, UT) and Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO). Defending series champion Marco Pichlmayer of Austria was fourth. Wind...
Vernon, BC – David Nighbor double poled his way to victory in the men's Nor-Am classic sprint yesterday. The 24-year-old Nighbor, who is known more for his strength as a distance skier, chose to forgo kick wax on the 1.1 kilometer course. With heavy snow dumping down on the Sovereign Lake track, Nighbor’s technique choice was used by the top-30 athletes in the men’s field. “I just find in the fresh snow the grip grabs...
Vernon, BC – Daria Gaiazova (CAN) posted the fastest qualifying time and skied through the heats to victory in the women's classic sprint at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Center in Vernon, BC. Gaiazova chose to double pole on skate gear, forgoing kick wax in the new, wet snow. “I surprised myself today and wasn’t sure if my arms would last, but they did last longer than everyone else’s,†laughed Gaiazova. “I trained very hard over...
While snow was the Achilles heal of organizers last week in Western Canada an aggressive weather system from the north has dumped more than 30 cm of snow on Silver Star Mountain over the past two days. While Friday conditions remained mild, Enviroment Canada forecasts a dramatic turn to colder weather starting Saturday. With forecasts now in the mid -20's by Saturday evening and -30's on Sunday organizers at Sovereign Lake are again forced to...
VERNON, B.C.—Canada’s Alex Harvey held off a hard-charging field of North America’s top young skiers to win the men’s 20-kilometer skate-skiing race at the Haywood NorAm Series at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Ski Club, near Vernon, B.C. on Thursday. The 20-year-old Harvey, of St-Ferreol les Neiges, Que., posted the fastest time at 50 minutes 49.9 seconds in the men’s field of 69 athletes representing Canada and the United States. It was the second victory of...
Vernon, BC – Caitlin Compton (CXC Elite) won her second consecutive skate Nor-Am, skiing away from the field for a 33 second victory in the Women's 15km Mass start event. Compton, who returned to cross-country after a year on the biathlon circuit has started her season on a strong note. She bested Melaine Theriault (CAN) by 17 seconds last week in the 5km individual start Nor-Am and was fourth in the West Yellowstone SuperTour 10km...
Birthdate: May 25, 1981 Hometown: Putney, VT Current Residence: Bend, OR Ski Club: XC Oregon Height: 6′ Weight: 173 Best Results: 2x SuperTour Victories, 4x7th US Nationals, 2x NCAA All-American Sponsors: Fischer-Craft, XC Oregon, Therapeutic Associates, Alpina Full Inteview When did you start ski racing, and what were some highlights of your young skiing career? I started racing as a Lollipopper in the Bill Koch Ski League, back around 5 years old. My first big...
The American Birkebeiner is the US event in the World Loppet series. The largest ski race in the United States, this race is also a part of the SuperTour this season.
Garrott Kuzzy first began ski racing in eighth grade in his hometown of Hayward, Wisconsin. Starting as a ski jumper and nordic combined athlete, his love of the cross country aspect of the sport won over. Early on he was exposed to the real world of nordic by his dad, Jim, who was a Worldloppet Master and took his young son first to watch and later to race in several of the historic European marathons....
The Nor-AM events scheduled for the Whistler Olympic Park have been moved to Sovereign Lake due to poor snow conditions. There have also been several changes to the race schedule. Cross-Country Canada reports: Callaghan Valley NorAms for Dec 12-14, 2008 have been canceled and relocated to Sovereign Lake. A decision by the CV NorAm Race Jury was taken this Sunday morning to cancel the event in CV and move it to Sovereign Lake under a...
Birthdate: 2/10/86 Hometown: Vernon, VT Current Residence: depends on the day! I have an apartment in Marquette, MI but at the moment I am in Park City, UT at a camp. Ski Club: NENSA/NMU Status on U.S. Ski Team: 3rd year on Continental Cup team Height: 5’4 Weight: 120 Best Results: 8th Classic Sprint 2007 U23 Championships 2nd and 3rd 2007 NCAA Championships 7th Freestyle Sprint 2006 World Junior Championships Sponsors: Salomon Boots and Bindings...
Birthdate: 10/23/1985 Hometown: Anchorage, AK Current Residence: Anchorage, AK Ski Club: APUNSC Height: 5’9” Weight: 140 Best Results: 2x Supertour Podium in 2008, 5x Junior National Champion, 15th World Junior Championships Sponsors: Atomic, Swix, Hammer Nutrition Website: www.katieronsse.blogspot.com Full Interview When did you start ski racing, and what were some highlights of your young skiing career? I learned to ski at age five, as a Polar Cub in Anchorage’s Junior Nordic program. By age ten...
Birthdate: April 13, 1984 Hometown: St. Paul, MN Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN Ski Club: CXC Elite Team Height: 5’6’’ Weight: 140 Best Results: 12th Women’s Division, American Birkebeiner, 2008 3rd Women’s 5k skate, Midwest SuperTour, Telemark, WI, 2008 2nd Women’s skate sprint, Midwest SuperTour, Duluth, MN, 2008 26th Women’s 10k classic, U.S. Senior Nationals, 2008 26th Women’s 5k skate, U.S. Senior Nationals, 2008 Sponsors: Lake Express High Speed Ferry, American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation, Salomon, Toko,...
Video shot by FasterSkier reader Kirk Nichols – good coverage of the top skiers from both the men's and the women's freestyle SuperTour in West Yellowstone. Kirk was standing near the bottom of the last big climb in the race.
