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Wednesday Workout: U.S. Ski Team ‘Coaching Technique’ 101

The U.S. Ski Team (USST) wrapped up its latest spring training camp in Bend, Oregon, on June 1. One of the primary aspects of the annual camp is for the USST coaching staff to work on technique in a low-stress...

Wednesday Workout: Elghuffs with Britain’s Nichole Bathe and Annika Taylor

This week FasterSkier presents a workout from British national ski team members Nichole Bathe and Annika Taylor. Last season, both Bathe and Taylor competed overseas on Great Britain’s national nordic team. They were...

Wednesday Workout: Killer Ski-Specific Strength with the HardCore Training Center

This week's workout comes from Bill Nurge, head coach and owner of the HardCore Training Center in Ketchum, Idaho, who has a master's degree in exercise physiology. Starting July 28, Nurge and Matt Liebsch will be...

Sovereign Lake Hosts 1st Annual Enduro Ski Race (with Video)

https://youtu.be/7FE9Ln-E9wA VERNON, British Columbia -- Each year, the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre reopens its trails in May to let skiers start the new training season on snow at its annual Spring Fling Ski Camp. In...

Wednesday Workout: ‘Good Old Fashioned’ Hill Climbs with Bryan Fletcher

When Bryan Fletcher retired from the Nordic Combined World Cup this spring, FasterSkier asked the national-team veteran and two-time Olympian for a workout that is sure to stand the test of time. Here’s what he had to...

From Cross-Country Skiing to the Marine Corps

Coming off his senior season at Colby College, Andrew Egger, 22, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, submitted the following article on how cross-country skiing has shaped his life and prepared him for the Marines. Egger grew up...

New Year’s Here: First Week of May Training Pics

While we covered who’s still skiing — casually, recreationally, backcountry, basically anything other than full-on training — last week, the start of May marks the beginning of a new season for year-round skiers. And...

Wednesday Workout: Building Intervals with Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt

It’s May 2 and the overall NorAm leader heading into the 2018/2019 race season, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, is champing at the bit to get back at it. Like most other pro nordic skiers, the 25-year-old Morin Heights,...

Who’s Still Skiing? More People Than You May Think

This article has been updated with additional information on pro skiers who volunteered with Skiku, and additional pictures from Montana and New York. * * * It’s the last week of April. Skier New Year, May...

Closing the Gap: Competition Instincts

Editor’s Note: The following is part of a series proposed by Maks Zechel, a 20-year-old Canadian cross-country skier embarking on his first season training abroad. In August, he made the big move to Norway, where...

Wednesday Workout: Kris Freeman on Prepping for Tuckerman Inferno Run-Bike Transition

Four-time Olympian Kris Freeman may be settling into post-elite-level nordic ski racing by broadening his training opportunities. The 37-year-old New Hampshire native is slated to enter a grueling multi-sport race...

Throwback Workout: Reese Hanneman’s On-The-Road Intervals

With ski season winding down, you may be one of the lucky ones hitting the road for some quality family/friend/significant-other time. Here's a one-hour workout you can squeeze in on-the-go, which we received from Alaska...

Climate Change Wreaks Havoc on Nordic Clothing Companies

With an incredibly elaborate hoax from the Chinese now in full swing, winter athletes from all over the world continue to struggle with our planet’s changing climate. Snow sports have been particularly hard hit, as...

2018 Birkie: A Newbie’s Tale

The following was written by Katie Miller, a former University of New Hampshire (UNH) ski racer who recently completed her first American Birkebeiner and 50-kilometer ski marathon, after registering for the race last...

Why Skiing (and Am I in the Right Birkie Wave?): Part III

In March of 2016, we published an article penned by Scott “Bjorn” Cummings, a Postbaccalaureate student working towards his Academic Behavorial Strategist K-12 (ABS) Special Education License at the University of...

FasterSkier’s Unofficial Guide to 2018 Olympic Cross-Country and Biathlon Suits

FasterSkier would like to thank Fischer Sport USA, Madshus USA, Concept2, Boulder Nordic Sport, and Swix Sport US for their generous support, which made this coverage possible. *** PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- This...

Nordic Nation: Vordenberg’s Call to Action/Climate Challenge

Taking a day or two adjusting to the time warp of flying to South Korea, we decided to give former U.S. Ski Team Head Coach Pete Vordenberg a ring to get some vital details on a climate-activism project he's devised for...

Wednesday Workout: Masters Training Trips with Pioneer Midwest’s Brad Johnson

This Saturday, Jan. 20, the Masters World Cup will open in Minneapolis, Minnesota —the first time it has been in the U.S. in 10 years. Of course, the word “master” could be considered a euphemism for “old...

Closing the Gap: Head Games

FasterSkier’s 12 Days of FBD Christmas: Day 12

Editor’s note: This is it -- the final installment of the 12-day holiday gift guide, authored by the one and only “FBD”, our gear-review guru. See also: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day...

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