Video by the US Ski Team’s Torin Koos – Skating with Liz Stephen. Be sure to read the commentary below the video by US Ski Team Coach Matt Whitcomb. Commentary with Matt Whitcomb The New Zealand on-snow footage with Liz comes from a threshold session. Liz does a fine job keeping a controlled intensity effort in actually very steep terrain. Notice how Liz is light on her feet and moves side to side very efficiently...
The USST is in Lake PLacid for the annual fall training camp. Joined by athletes from CXC, SVSEF, NENSA, and more, the group is hard at work. Visit
The US Ski Team’s Torin Koos put together a number of videos from the the recently completed training camp at the Olympic Venue in Whistler and the on-snow camp in New Zealand. These videos show the best in the country mixing it up during training. If a picture is worth a thousand words, when it comes to technique, video is off the charts. USST Mens Double Pole USST Ladies Double Pole USST Ladies Classic Torin...
The US Ski Team’s Torin Koos put together a number of videos from the the recently completed training camp at the Olympic Venue in Whistler and the on-snow camp in New Zealand. These videos show the best in the country mixing it up during training. If a picture is worth a thousand words, when it comes to technique, video is off the charts. USST Ladies Skating USST Mens Skating Torin Koos is a member of...
WHISTLER, BC (Sept. 14) – The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team wrapped up camp this week at its 2010 Olympic venue in Whistler and, according to Cross Country Coach Matt Whitcomb, everything is falling right in line with where the Team wants to be. “This was our fifth time up here in the past two and a half years and everything is feeling right on time. Nothing is rushed, nobody is panicked. The Team is collected...
Skate TT Whistler Access Road 9/6/09 10.0km 1.7k Split Place 7k Split Place Finish Finish Place Andy Newell 5.21 2 16.52 1 29.28 1 Garrott Kuzzy 5.25 3 17.09 3 29.57 2 Lars Flora 5.16 1 17.01 2 30.26 3 Simi Hamilton 5.43 6 17.54 5 31.03 4 Colin Rodgers 5.40 5 17.42 4 31.12 5 Chris Cook 5.50 7 18.10 T-7 31.32 6 Torin Koos 5.33 4 17.57 6 31.49 7 Michael Sinnott 6.09...
“After Torino, I wasn’t going to spend the next four years to hope American skiers could win Olympic medals in Vancouver. I am done with hoping,” said Pete Vordenberg on the first night of the September National Team Camp in Whistler, B.C. “I dedicated the last four years to knowing we can have that success this winter. That’s what the last four years have been about. This is the difference from Torino to now. This...
So you think you can double pole? The US Ski Team’s Torin Koos put together a technique video from the recent Whistler Training Camp. The movie features excellent footage of the top US women. This is a much watch if you are looking for good images to take with you on your next double pole workout.
WILMINGTON, NY — The New York Ski Educational Foundation and the Olympic Regional Development Authority announce the third annual NYSEF Whiteface Climb to the Castle Roller-ski Race on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 9 am. The course starts at the Whiteface Toll Booth, climbing for 5 miles with an average 8% grade up the Whiteface Memorial Highway to the castle on the summit of Whiteface Mountain, New York’s 5th highest peak with an elevation of...
As the sports world gears up for the Vancouver Olympics in February, the faltering economy has forced the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) to make cuts to its programs and staff. According to USSA Nordic Director John Farra, the American athletes with a chance at medaling at the Olympics have been insulated from the cuts. But both employees of the organization and some of the athletes who depend on it for financial backing have...
PARK CITY, UT (Aug. 21) – The 2010 U.S. Adaptive Cross Country Team is rich with talent with three of its five members Paralympians, including World Cup winner Chris Klebl (Heber City, UT), as it heads into the 2010 season according to Program Director Sandy Metzger who released the team’s roster Friday. “We have a veteran team with experienced athletes,” Metzger said. “We have the ability to have an amazing season and we are hoping...
The 2009 National Elite Group (NEG) has been named. The NEG is comprised of a select group of junior skiers that have proven that they deserve to train with the best in the country. The U.S. Ski Team staff has selected using race results from previous seasons, in addition to time trials, tests, and technique and work ethic observations from the REG camps. While the camp will receive some coaching assistance from U.S. Ski Team...
VANCOUVER, BC – In six months, U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes will be among the nation’s best competitors as they march together, united under the American flag, into Vancouver’s BC Place for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. But, though they have to wait half a year for the Olympic torch to be lit in downtown Vancouver, the spirit of Olympic competition already burns bright in the hearts of athletes...
WANAKA, New Zealand – With a summer already full of rollerskiing, the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is in the southern hemisphere to get some vital on-snow time prior to the start of the 2010 Olympic season. Based at Snow Park Resort in New Zealand, the athletes are getting some time to test new equipment as well as transfer their rollerski skills to the snow. “The conditions down here at the Snow Farm represent what...
The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team’s Kris Freeman had an outstanding year in 2009 as he earned two U.S. titles and a fourth place at World Championships. But, even with intense training for the 2010 Olympics at the forefront of his mind, Freeman is taking the time to speak to youth about Diabetes. A Type 1 diabetic, Freeman was told when he was diagnosed that he would have to end his career as an endurance...
Over the past few months we have added a number of new bloggers to the FasterSkier blogroll. Since the end of the winter, US Cross-Country Ski Team members Morgan Arritola and Morgan Smyth have joined the ring. Smyth scored the first World Cup points of career this season, and looks to build upon that success heading into the Olympics. A two-time National Champion and a member of the 2009 US World Championship Team, Smyth is...
Three years ago USSA made the decision to support a fledging international US Women’s Jumping program, a risky decision given the stage of development of the sport on the world stage. But the move paid off when Lindsey Van won the first-ever Women’s Ski Jumping World Championship Gold Medal in Liberec this past winter. But now Van, and her US teammates are struggling to find funding after USSA decided not to name a US Women’s...
Recently Olympians Torin Koos and Lars Flora met with children from their home town of Bend, Oregon at the local Boys and Girls Club to share their Olympic experiences. KOHD News was there to capture the day for local Bend residents. You can watch their news story at the following link; Olympic Days by KOHD News
PARK CITY, UT (June 26) – Fans of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding will have a chance to get behind the scenes at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s new national training and education facility, the Center of Excellence, at a July 17 dedication ceremony. The public is welcomed for the dedication beginning at noon Friday, July 17, followed by public tours. The tours will provide fans with the opportunity to see the...
In the middle of May, the U.S. Ski Team (USST) dropped seven of the 18 skiers that were on the team. Three of those seven skiers are currently attending college: Matt Gelso and Alexa Turzian at Colorado University (CU), and Rosie Brennan at Dartmouth. Following those skiers’ dismissals, the USST released a new set of recommendations that called for elite high school skiers to take time off to train before starting college. That announcement spawned...