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It all starts one month from NOW. From TOMORROW!  November 6th I will jump on a plane and be racing in Europe until Christmas.  This will be my first time racing World Cup period 1 and it's going to a be a whirlwind tour with up to 14 race st...

The August glacier camp was the latest camp our team has ever attempted.  At some point during the “summer” the glacier transitions from melting away under the sunshine and/or rain (ablation) and begins the annual accumulation process of colle...

The August glacier camp was the latest camp our team has ever attempted.  At some point during the “summer” the glacier transitions from melting away under the sunshine and/or rain (ablation) and begins the annual accumulation process of colle...

The August glacier camp was the latest camp our team has ever attempted.  At some point during the “summer” the glacier transitions from melting away under the sunshine and/or rain (ablation) and begins the annual accumulation process of colle...

The August glacier camp was the latest camp our team has ever attempted.  At some point during the “summer” the glacier transitions from melting away under the sunshine and/or rain (ablation) and begins the annual accumulation process of colle...

The August glacier camp was the latest camp our team has ever attempted.  At some point during the “summer” the glacier transitions from melting away under the sunshine and/or rain (ablation) and begins the annual accumulation process of colle...

Pro Workout: The Over-Under with Holly Brooks

As both an elite team member and coach at Alaska Pacific University (APU), Holly Brooks knows that in today’s racing environments, the ability to ski well with the breakaway is essential. “You have to hang in the pack but also have some speed in your legs for when the pace picks up,” said the 2010 Olympian. To practice the high speed tactics of mass starts and sprints, Brooks and her teammates at APU will do...

Alaska Camp Fueled By Push To Promote Women’s Skiing

About 15 women and their coaches from the U.S. Ski Team (USST), the Canadian National Ski Team (CNST), Alaska Pacific University (APU), and select elite juniors and U23s recently finished up two weeks of training in Anchorage, AK for the first ever “North American Women’s Training Alliance” camp. FasterSkier caught up with former Dartmouth College teammates Rosie Brennan, now at APU, and Sophie Caldwell, a U23 in her senior year, in the days following their...

"NAWTA".... yep, you read it, "North American Women's Training Alliance!!!!"  We recently finished our two week camp here in AK and it was awesome. My previous post chronicled some of our dryland activities and the second week we took our non-Alas...

"NAWTA".... yep, you read it, "North American Women's Training Alliance!!!!"  We recently finished our two week camp here in AK and it was awesome. My previous post chronicled some of our dryland activities and the second week we took our non-Alas...

"NAWTA".... yep, you read it, "North American Women's Training Alliance!!!!"  We recently finished our two week camp here in AK and it was awesome. My previous post chronicled some of our dryland activities and the second week we took our non-Alas...

The 2011-2012 U.S. Ski Team (USST) roster has been out since April, and on the surface, the biggest piece of news in the announcement was sheer numbers.  With seven men and five women named to the team, the squad is nearly twice the size it was last year. In order to take advantage of their new strength, USST coaches decided to officially split the team into a men’s and a women’s squad—an arrangement that follows...

Happy Holidays Everyone!I hope that everyone is reading this post in hind sight after having a fabulous July 4th holiday weekend! Well.... this is it, the Eve of the "Big Day."  The "Big Day" meaning, July 4th, or better yet, known in Alaska as "M...