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Holderness School Seeks Nordic Program Director

FasterSkierFebruary 28, 2025

Nordic Program Director or Assistant Director (experience dependent) Job Description Holderness School seeks a full-time Nordic Program Director to promote passion and spirit for the sport of Nordic skiing. Reporting to the Holderness School Snow Sports Director, Ben Drummond, this position contributes to the overall success of the school’s on-snow programs. The role is responsible for managing the newly homologated Davis Cross Country Ski Trails, with coaching, instructing, recruiting, and building the ski community...

Community Feature News Regional / Local

Letters to My Younger Self: Adam Verrier and Taming Fire

Gavin KentchDecember 23, 2021

Editor’s note: This is the second essay in our new series, “Letters to my younger self.” Lauren Fleshman provided the modern locus classicus for this genre; Adam Verrier ably takes up the mantle here. While the first two essays, from Adam now and John Wood before him, have set a high bar, the general theme of this series is clear: If you were writing a letter to your younger self, what would you want to...

Job Postings

Dublin School Seeks Full-Time Mathematics Teacher/Nordic Coach

FasterSkierApril 27, 2018

jobs@dublinschool.org. Application Requirements: Cover letter, Resume and List of References.

Biathlon Interviews Juniors News Racing

20-for-20 with Tim Cunningham

FasterSkierFebruary 27, 2018

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) 2018 Youth and Junior World Championships in Otepää, Estonia, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 19-year-old Tim Cunningham, a freshman on the Saint Lawrence University ski team who is representing the United States at his first World Junior Championships. On Tuesday, Cunningham was part...

General News

Friends Remember Charlie Kellogg’s Love for the Sport, the Outdoors and Its People

Chelsea LittleSeptember 28, 2015

An Olympian and longtime racer at the top of the American pack in skiing and biathlon, Charlie Kellogg will be missed for much more than that: he was a friend on trail, a partner in adventure, and a mentor and leader for local and national nordic sports organizations.

News

Jackson Ski Touring Announces New Leadership, Programs & National Ski Patrol Affiliation

Jackson XCOctober 15, 2014

For the first time in nearly four decades, Jackson Ski Touring Foundation has a new leader. Breanne Torrey, who has been with the organization for six years and has held the positions of Head of Ski Patrol and Director of Operations, has been named the Foundation’s new Executive Director. She is the first woman in this role and follows former Executive Director Thom Perkins, who retired in the spring of 2014 after 38 years with the organization.

Other News

Thom Perkins Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Ski NH

FasterSkierJune 12, 2014

Thom Perkins of Intervale, NH, has been given the lifetime achievement award from Ski NH. The award recognized his contributions to Nordic skiing in New Hampshire. The award was presented by Cory Schwartz, the UNH Nordic Ski Team coach, and Ben Wilcox from Cranmore Mountain Resort.

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Jackson Ski Touring Continues a Longstanding Tradition with January Events

Jackson XCJanuary 7, 2014

The Jackson Ski Touring Center’s event calendar is full of events this month for both skiers and spectators, from Ski NH’s Learn to Ski Week and the Collegiate Invitational Criterium and UNH Winter Carnival Races to the White Mountain Classic 30K citizen marathon.

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My Favorite Run In The World

coryOctober 15, 2009

My favorite run is not long. It clocks in at a modest one hour and twenty minutes. My favorite run does not climb big mountains. The elevation gain is less than one thousand feet. My favorite run does not have lots of expansive views. It only has two viewpoints. Obviously, based on what I’ve said so far, my [...]