Wagner…again Freeman duo…again Silver Star, BC, Canada. The Freeman duo has done it again. This time younger brother Kris Freeman of the US Ski Team out skied his brother Justin by a bit over half a minute. In third was Andrew Johnson of the US Ski Team who is starting to get into real race shape. David Chamberlain had another good race, placing fourth just a head of Carl Swenson of the US Ski Team.
Thursday: 10 and 15km Classic. The scenario. Wednesday the course skied perfectly with a cold klister covered with a mid range hard wax. The snow was ground up ice, and although soft, the track was holding. I know that it was ground up ice because I had skied the same snow a week before when it was hard as cement. Sovereign Lakes and Silver Star resort have done an excellent job of making good conditions...
Former Classic distance specialist, Wendy Wagner of the US Ski Team won the Silver Star Nor/Am sprint ahead of Alpina’s Aelin Peterson. Wendy, who prior to this season has never done especially well in skate events placed second in the prelim and won all her heats including the final. She spent a great deal of time working on skate technique this summer and fall, and that work has paid off big. It was her second...
There have been some changes made to the schedule and location of the Dec 14,15th Subaru Continental Cup hosted by the Black Jack Ski Club Rossland, BC. These changes are being made due to lack of snow at the original trail site. 1) Saturday's Free Technique races have been changed from Mass start to Individual start races of the same distance. The races are being held at the Paulson Ski Trails, 28 km North of...