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Kikkan Randall skied to a 16 second victory over USST and APU teammate Laura Valaas in the 6km mass start event. Kristina Strandberg (XC Oregon/Factory Team) rounded out the podium another 10 seconds behind Valaas. The field was not large – 20 women completed the race, but it was very competitive. Tazlina Manniz (APU/USST) was fourth. In the men's race, Lars Flora (APU/Factory Team) beat out APU's Jeff Ellis by 21 seconds. Yet another APU...

“Elite Sports Week” was met with incredible success last weekend in the little town of Aure, Norway, as many of the world’s best Nordic skiers went head to head in a two-day quad-competition showdown. Names like Axel Teichmann,Eva Sachenbacher, Vincent Vittoz, Matthias Fredrickson, Charlotte Kalla and nearly the entire Finnish and Norwegian National Teams compiled the start lists. Saturday’s events started with a 35 km mountain bike race, followed by a classic rollerski sprint race...

HINTERZARTEN, Germany – Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) came back from seventh in the jumping round to finish second overall in the first of three FIS Grand Prix Nordic combined summer competitions in rainy Hinterzarten, Germany Saturday. The summer competition has athletes going head to head in dryland jumps and racing the cross country portion of the event on inline skates. “Bill finished second today after it started pouring rain 30 minutes before the start of...

New Gloucester, ME July 23. Douglas Hoover (Williamsburg, PA) dominated both the Mass Start and the Pursuit competitions this past weekend, culminating in his third Summer Biathlon National Championship in a row. Stephanie Blackstone (Everett, PA) captured the Women’s National Championship after winning the Mass Start and finishing second in the Pursuit with the fastest overall time. This was Blackstone’s first Summer Biathlon National Championship. The 2008 US Summer Biathlon National Championships/ World Team Trials,...

Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation and US Ski Team members Noah Hoffman (Madshus) and Morgan Arritola both won the 10 mile race, with Hoffman breaking the nine-year-old course record by 35 seconds. He completed the challenging mountain course in 55:14, 2:29 better than his performance last year. Arritola literally ran away from the competition, posting a six and a half minute victory over Nicole DeYong (Fischer/Craft), finishing in a time of 1:04:35. Another SVSEF skier,...

Robert Douglas and Ilke Van Genechten outpaced the field in the 10km Climb to Mountain Top – the first event in the NENSA Summer Rollerski Series. The pack stayed together for the first several kilometers, spreading out as the grade increased. Winner Douglas broke away from Montana State University skier, Norwegian Anders Folleras on the final climb to take the victory by an impressive 50 seconds. Jessed Downs claimed the third spot, +1:13. In the...

The NENSA Rollerski Series kicks off next weekend with a 10km hill climb in Chittenden, Vermont. The three race series also includes two races on the Ethan Allen Firing Range rollerski track in Jericho, Vermont. July 13, 2008- Climb to Mountain Top Chittenden, Vermont 10K all uphill Freestyle Registration is now open for the first race. To register and view the course profile please visit http://www.nensa.net/v2series/ August 9, 2008 – Jericho, Part 1 Jericho, VT...

The second annual roller ski race around the Delaney Park Strip in downtown Anchorage was held on Saturday, June 7, 2008. Traffic was closed for the ROLL FOR THE WAVES, a skate-technique team sprint relay. The relatively small but highly competitive field (9 women teams and 11 men teams) included holders of 13 of the individual medals awarded at the 2008 Junior Olympics (plus 12 relay medals). In the women's race, the top three teams...

The event format was different than in past years, with a 5k mass start run preceding a 6.5k classic rollerski. The running leg was held on the Mt. Ararat High School cross-country trails, a challenging, hilly course with variable footing – a true trail race. In the men's race, John Swain of Colby opened up a big lead in the run, but Briggs reeled him in on the rollerski leg to win by 11 seconds....

As the ferry from Rockland chugged into the dock and the trucks out on the deck came to life, growling as they waited for the boat to come to a halt, I looked across the narrow straight between North Haven and Vinalhaven Island. The water was choppy from the wind, but the sun was shining brightly on the large houses that stared back across the water at me. This type of crisp New England day...

This video begins the same as the earlier NYSEF video posting, but the entire 10 minutes consists of footage of the “Climb to the Castle” roller-ski race.

Wilmington, NY ─ The New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF) Nordic Program hosted the first annual “Climb to the Castle” Rollerski Race up the 5-mile Whiteface Memorial Highway on October 13. With clear skies and fall foliage coloring the trees at the start, racers climbed up New York’s 5th highest peak for an elevation gain of 3,000 feet. They were greeted at the top by frost covered trees and snow on the grass, to make...

Today is the last day of pre-registration for the New York Ski Educational Foundation's Whiteface Rollerski Hill Climb. Sign-up now to take advantage of the reduced price and test yourself against the country's best skiers. One of the more challenging roller-ski races around, the 5-mile course averages an 8% grade. Technique: freestyle. Saturday, October 13. For more information and on-line registration, please visit

This past Sunday, 52 rollerski racers gathered at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska for the 5th and final race of the Anchorage Municipal Rollerski Grand Prix. Sunny skies were in order for the classical mass-start race. APUNSC skier Bart Dengel edged out UAA skier Andy Liebner in a sprint for the finish in a five man pack. It was a photo finish with identical times of 29:33, but in the end Bart was just a...