Julia Kern Keeps Perspective
Since Dec. 1, twenty-one-year-old Julia Kern (SMS-T2) has barnstormed the elite level domestic racing calendar. She qualified first and won the SuperTour freestyle sprint in West Yellowstone. The following...
Russia’s Belov Earns First World Cup Win; Sixth Podium in Davos for Manificat
It seems there is something in the water in Davos for Maurice Manificat, as he earned his sixth podium there today in the 15-kilometer individual skate event, demonstrating his continued prowess on the course. It was the...
Norway Holds Off Russia for Another Relay Win; Americans in 12th
As Emil Iversen took command of the field from the gun during the men's relay in Beitostølen, Norway, striding smoothly up the first climb in the lead, the question quickly became, can anyone take down Norway?
The...
Bolshunov atop the Podium Again in Ruka; North Americans Feel Encouraged About the Season Ahead
“I have no secrets,” Alexander Bolshunov told FIS in regard to his back-to-back wins in Kuusamo, Finland. On Saturday, the Russian had won a drag race with Norway's superstar Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo during...
World Cup Distance Race #1 in the Books: Johaug Wins, Bjornsen in Eighth
The most important story within the story was the fight within Sunday’s aerobic fight during the women’s World Cup 10-kilometer classic in Kuusamo, Finland.
Each of the seventy starters in the women’s field wore...
Lights, Camera, Action: U.S. Ski Team Stars in Latest Warren Miller Film
Big and bold. Published on the latest press release from Warren Miller Entertainment are the rarefied featured athletes in the season’s cinematic siren call that winter is imminent: The Warren Miller ski film Face of...
Minnesota’s World Cup: One Day of Skate Sprints, $1.6-1.7 Million
Following the 2017 World Cup Finals in Canada, John Munger, executive director of the Loppet Foundation, received a phone call from a fellow Minnesotan. Jessie Diggins had just completed her 2016/2017 season, and she had...
Minneapolis to Host 2020 FIS Cross Country World Cup
(Press release)
The International Ski Federation (FIS) today officially confirmed that Minnesota will host a World Cup cross-country ski event in Minneapolis in March 2020. U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the Loppet...
Nordic Nation: All Criteria Considered with Grover and Kaeding
In late August, U.S. Ski Team (USST) Head Coach Chris Grover broke his own news, releasing three new sets of criteria on behalf of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the national governing body for cross-country skiing. The three...
Fish on Promoting the U.S. Development ‘Pathway’ vs. the ‘Pipeline’
JACKSON, Wyoming -- Last last month, U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced that Bryan Fish had been promoted to cross country sport development manager. FasterSkier sat down with Fish on Sept. 14 at Jackson Hole's Center for...
The College Conflict: Part 2
The following was written by Alayna Sonnesyn, a new member of the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team who graduated from the University of Vermont (UVM) this past spring.
Originally from Plymouth,...
The College Conflict: Part 1
The following was written by Alayna Sonnesyn, a new member of the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team who graduated from the University of Vermont (UVM) this past spring.
Originally from Plymouth,...
Americans Dominate the Field, Podiums at Winter Games NZ (Updated)
Note: This article has been updated to include comments from Simi Hamilton of the U.S. Ski Team (USST) and Stratton Mountain School (SMS) T2 Team, and Kevin Bolger of the USST and Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation.
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Keeping Up the Positivity, Randall Nears Day 60 of Chemo
Day by day. That’s how Kikkan Randall is approaching her battle with breast cancer after being diagnosed about three months ago. Now more than 50 days into her treatment — with six rounds of chemotherapy over an...
Bolger Spends His Summers Training with Big Guns in Norway
There’s a reason Kevin Bolger has spent his last four summers in Trondheim, Norway, rent free.
You could say it started in 2014, when his older brother, Conor, began his Ph.D. work at the Centre for Elite Sports...
Bryan Fish Promoted to U.S. Ski & Snowboard Cross Country Sport Development Manager
(Press release)
PARK CITY, Utah (August 30, 2018) U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced that Bryan Fish has been promoted to the position of Cross Country Sport Development Manager. This is a new position and includes...
Kaeding on Shepherding the U.S. D-Team and Crunching Data
The newest hire to the U.S. Ski Team (USST) coaching ranks is 34-year-old Gus Kaeding. Kaeding is a newly minted MBA as of 2017 and is fresh off a gig with the U.S. Olympic Committee based out of Colorado Springs. Kaeding...
Wednesday Workout: Team Sprinting with the U.S. Ski Team
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- This past Sunday, July 15, FasterSkier visited the U.S. women's cross-country team in Lake Placid, where the team has been holding a dryland camp since July 11. Most all of the team's top athletes are...
Pink Takes New Meaning for Randall, Recently Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
On Wednesday, Kikkan Randall went public with the news that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
“Although we caught it early and the prognosis is good, my life will change quite a bit in the coming...
ESPN ‘Body Issue’ Prompts Diggins to Open Up About Past Eating Disorder
Jessie Diggins is having a big month. Nominated for an ESPY Award (along with Kikkan Randall for “Best Olympic Moment” and Paralympic nordic skiers Dan Cnossen, Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch for “Best Male and...
