The Canadian National Ski Team is currently training in New Zealand. Here are links to a few photos and updates on the Cross Country Canada site. A Coach's View of New Zealand By: Mike Cavaliere http://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=doc&ID=3005&lan=0 Canada Ski Team Gallery:
This year marks the 26th season that West Yellowstone, Montana has played host to cross country skiers during the month of November. Known for years as Fall Camp, the renamed Yellowstone Ski Festival takes place during Thanksgiving Week on November 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, 2005. West Yellowstone's location and elevation mean that we usually have enough snow to start grooming our trails by mid-November. Back in the late 1970's, the US Ski Team...
NENSA Elite Team Camp — “It’s not about Prettiness. It’s about Power-ness†Pete Vordenberg July 10 (Hanover, NH): The NENSA Elite Team camp is over and now there are over 30 cross-country skiers headed back home, looking like Jesse James and dreaming of stealing some heavy medals on the World Cup circuit. USSA coach, Pete Vordenberg was on hand to update the athletes and coaches on technique and training of the US athletes. Starting from...
The Western Regional Camp started last weekend and is now winding down after six days of training, instruction and fun. Twenty-seven top junior athletes from seven Western states as well as coaches from around the region and USST coach Pete Vordenberg were in attendance. Morgan Arritola from Sun Valley and Glenn Randall from Colebrann, Colorado showed everyone that their training is coming along well by both setting new hill time-trial records on the famous Harpers...
Source: Langrenn.com The Norwegian men’s team is experiencing good skiing conditions for their June camp at the Sognefjellet glacier.
APU Nordic Ski Center is offering a masters training camp at the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier, August 8-13, 2005. The camp includes six days at the center (Monday to Saturday) skiing on the groomed trails on Eagle Glacier, and full use of the Thomas Training Center facilities. Coaching will be provided by the APUNSC staff, including technique sessions on snow, video feedback, and evening discussions regarding training. The standard camp cost is $720...
Source: CXC Central Cross Country Skiing is pleased to announce the addition of four-time Cross Country Skiing Olympian Nina Kemppel to the staff of the Central Regional Development Team Training Camp being held June 18-24 at Cresthill Resort, Hayward, WI. Nina will spend several days at the camp. She will lead a discussion group on goal setting as it worked for her, and discuss some of the highlights of her many years of national and...
Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Lots of volume and intensity. Skating is still in focus at the first camp of the year for the Norwegian men’s team. The Norwegian men’s team completed their first training camp of the year last week. Coach Soregard wraps up the camp: – Lots of volume and intensity This was a “get going campâ€. The men did their first hard training week in their preparations towards next season....
By Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Almost 700 junior cross country and biathlon skiers have signed up for what might be the World’s largest and most popular training camp of the year, the Scandinavian summer ski school. Daily TV reports will be produced by the camp’s hired production crew. Seven hundred skiers! These are numbers that the organizer Hans Jorgen Rena is very satisfied with. He is also excited about the names and quality...
Source: Norwegian SkiSport Magazine
Crested Butte On-Snow Camp June 17-19 with US Ski Team coach extended to Seniors and Masters The Rocky Mountain Division's 3rd Annual June On-Snow camp has been expanded to include Seniors and Masters. Get a great start to the summer technique work by joining us in Crested Butte, Colorado June 17-19 for three days of on-snow skiing with some of the best coaching in the country. The camp is a fundraiser for RMD to help...
Central Cross Country Skiing is pleased to announce open positions for Central athletes for the Central Regional Elite Group Camp which will be on June 18-24, at Cresthill Resort, Hayward, WI. Interested athletes from Central must send a written request with their name, full contact information, coach’s name, name of the program and best three results from the last two years. Send information to Yuri Gusev, http://cxcskiing.org/TrainingInfo/CXC%20Athlete%20Agreement%2005-06.pdf Central Cross Country Skiing is the designated body...
Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen The Norwegian women’s team has their first camp for the season in Mysen on May 11-13. On the agenda is goal setting, planning, a sprint rollerski race and an interval session at what might become Norway’s first ever Formula-1 racetrack. The meetings at the camp are important for the Olympic season. – We might adjust the training as we go along, but are now laying out rules and...
Source: Langrenn.com Norway was the best nation at the 2005 Oberstdorf Worlds. The 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy is up next. A lot is at stake. Here is the Norwegian camp schedule for the upcoming season: Men elite: May 18.-24: Klekken – dryland June 10.-17: Sognefjellet — on snow June 18 : Kragerœ on-snow show race July 3.-7: Stokke – dryland August 4.-10 Kvitfjell August 30 — to September 5: Stelvio, Italy — on snow...
Dear Coaches and Athletes, As the summer encroaches and the temptation to leave Nordic skiing behind in favor Playstation and sun lotion grows heavy, the Rocky Mountain Division will again offer a summer training trip to the Snowfarm Nordic Centre in Wanaka, New Zealand. Scheduled to depart on July 5th and return on July 22nd, the program for the trip to Kiwi land will attempt to improve on last years trip. Who is elidgible? Any...
Many people have been wondering about the snow conditions in West Yellowstone. We received the following report and photos today from Andy Canniff of Fischer Skis: There is plenty of snow in West Yellowstone. 3 inches of new snow as of Wed morning. We are skiing in town and the races are on. More snow for tonight and Thursday.
The US Cross Country Team is currently in Muonio, Finland preparing for the regular World Cup opener in Ostersund Sweden on November 20-21. FIS races are on the agenda already this weekend and coach Trond Nystad reports that they currently have great training conditions. Trond, can you give us a quick situation report from Finland? – We are now in Muonio, northern Finland. The skiing is great. We have about 12-kilometers of great skiing and about...
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Sept. 29) – U.S. cross country skiers are finishing an intensive two-week training camp at – and around – the U.S. Olympic Training Center outside San Diego. Training at sea level for more than a week “is just what we were looking for,” said Coach Trond Nystad. The camp closely follows a nearly one-month camp on snow in New Zealand (at The Snow Farm outside Wanaka) and a summer of daily sessions at...
It’s time to sign up for the popular annual Fasterskier.com on-snow December 9-12 training camp in Park City, Utah. This is a great opportunity for anyone that is planning on racing this season to improve their race results. The coaches Our on snow camp is run by coaches Torbjorn Karlsen and John Aalberg. Torbjorn is 2002 Olympic gold medal winner Beckie Scott’s personal coach and 10-time Master’s national champion. John Aalberg is a former NCAA...
The Yellowstone Ski Festival November 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2004 West Yellowstone, Montana It’s late September in West Yellowstone, Montana and judging by the snow on the mountains and the chill in the air, it’s almost time to put away the mountain bike and dig out the skis. And that means it’s time to make your plans to attend the Yellowstone Ski Festival! This year the Yellowstone Ski Festival dates are November 23,...