Here at FasterSkier, the primacy of the written word is often emphasized. We remain text driven, but we have delved into videos to help our readership learn more about the sport and of course, we rely on the eyes and vision of sport photographers to deliver visual stories in a way words simply cannot. John Lazenby is a model of the artist and the deep-in-the-trenches photographer who creates some of the images we feature...
Quotes, observations and photos from the Frozen Thunder freestyle distance, classic sprint and skate-sprint qualifier last week in Canmore, Alberta. “Frozen Thunder is definitely a huge asset to western North America. There is no doubt that it helps get you into ski shape long before the season starts,” local skier Russell Kennedy states.
Photos from the final women's race at IBU World Championships in Oslo, Norway, the 12.5 k mass start, where Susan Dunklee placed 11th, Rosanna Crawford took 15th and Hannah Dreissigacker capped off her career in 27th.
Stage 6 of the Ski Tour Canada featured a brutal course for both the women's 15-kilometer and the men's 30 k skiathlons. It was simply survival of the fittest as the classic loop featured a grueling 1.2 k climb while the skate leg was punctuated by dicey soft-snow corners navigated at high speed.
Wondering what Lenny Valjas was thinking after the Quebec City skate sprint, or how Noah Hoffman is feeling going into Canmore? Check out these images from the pursuit stage as well as North American quotes from the last two stages of the Ski Tour Canada.
Photos from the third stage of the Ski Tour Canada: the men's and women's freestyle sprints in Quebec City. Local legend Alex Harvey placed second in the men's race, and American Sadie Bjornsen led the U.S. women in eighth after winning the qualifier.
It was another sunny one at the Canmore Nordic Centre for the final official training day before six competitions take place in a span of four days (Thursday through Sunday) at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Canmore, Alberta. Daniel S. Guay caught more of the action on Wednesday. See his complete gallery here. To watch the races live, Canadians can tune into CBC (IBU’s Eurovision website.
Can't get enough of the Midwest-skiing sensation? Here's an all-Jessie photo gallery from the sixth stage of the Tour de Ski, where the 24-year-old Diggins won the 5 k freestyle to become the second U.S. women to win a stage at this year's Tour.
Photos from Wednesday's 10/15 k classic mass starts at Stage 5 of the Tour de Ski, including those who landed on the podium and several American and Canadians in action. Courtesy of Marcel Hilger.
The second day of U.S. nationals took place Monday with the 1.5-kilometer freestyle sprint on the Michigan Tech Trails. Here's a photo gallery featuring some of the top finishers of the day.
A collection of photos highlighting the North Americans in Tuesday's classic sprint at the fourth stage of the Tour de Ski. Sophie Caldwell made history as the third U.S. woman to win a World Cup race. Photos by Marcel Hilger.
The U.S. Cross Country Championships opened Sunday in Houghton, Mich. with the Patterson siblings sweeping the top spots on the men's and women's podiums. Here is a collection of photos recapping the action.
The 2015 Crested Butte Thanksgiving Camp took place last week, Nov. 26-29. Here are a collection of photos from this year's event.
It wasn't easy, but the crew at the Canmore Nordic Centre got it done. "We have a slightly smaller loop than we had before because we had so many warm temperatures last February and March," Canadian head coach Justin Wadsworth explained. But the Frozen Thunder classic sprint was held on snow Monday with more than 50 competitors, and Emily Nishikawa and Lenny Valjas emerged as this year's winners.
A collection of some of our favorite photos and soundbites from 2015 Canadian Nationals at Lappe Nordic in Thunder Bay, Ontario, courtesy of Martin Kaiser, Gerry Furseth and François Léger Dionne.
Check out our photo gallery from the classic individual starts and freestyle sprints at the 2015 SuperTour Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho.
FasterSkier was on-site at the 2015 NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., where the University of Colorado won its 20th national title. Check out our photos from the nordic events.
Check out a selection of photos from John Lazenby who was shooting at the exciting weekend of SuperTour, EISA, and Eastern Cup racing in Craftsbury, Vt.
Park City hosted the first Nordic Combined Continental Cup of the season last week with jumping at Utah Olympic Park and the 10 k races at the Gorgoza tubing hill, moved there because of a lack of snow. Taylor Fletcher posted the two best U.S. performances in fifth and eighth place, followed by Billy Demong.
The Bozeman, Mont. SuperTour races have come and gone but you can still re-live them through the two photo galleries featured below. With action Dec. 6-7 at the trails of Bohart Ranch in the form of a classic sprint and 10/15 k classic mass start, the country's best gathered for the second weekend of domestic racing which proved just as exciting as the first.