Highly anticipated SuperTour racing kicked off Friday in West Yellowstone, Mont. with a weekend of freestyle races and FasterSkier was on-site to document it all! Check out our photo gallery of the weekend, and if you haven't already, make sure to read our SuperTour preview and recaps of each race.
Saturday's Climb to the Castle was a success for both organizers and participants. Despite strong winds, the weather held and skiers were able to ski a challenging 5-mile climb on roads that had been paved just the day before. Take a look at our photo gallery to see the race for yourself.
The U.S. Men's Ski Team and APU recently wrapped up their summer training camp in Alaska. They spent their final week on Eagle Glacier where they trained hard, cemented technique, and had a few laughs.
Sylvan Ellefson, 26, knew it was going to take some gutsy skiing to win the men's 30-kilometer freestyle mass start Wednesday at the 2014 U.S. Cross Country Championships, but he didn't want to go too crazy, too soon. Here's how he executed to win his first national title by 2.8 seconds.
Images from the men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit at the Ethan Allen Firing Range on Aug. 11, the last of the two-day North American Biathlon Rollerski Championships in Jericho, Vt. (Women's 10 k pursuit photos to come.)
Photos from Day 1 of the North American Biathlon Rollerski Championships at Ethan Allen Firing Range: women's 7.5 k and men's 10 k sprints.
There was plenty of sun and snow to go around at the backup course SuperTour Finals at Auburn Ski Club on Wednesday. Professional, junior and college athletes from all over the country were out training and testing skis to dial in their game plans before the races series gets underway at 9:00 a.m. Thursday with the 3.3 k freestyle prologue. A few trailside images.
Petter Northug, in an impressive rebound from two disappointing races this week at World Championships, finally got the gold he was looking for on Wednesday in the 15 k individual freestyle. The effort took everything he had; he began to collapse before he even crossed the finish line to take over the lead from Johan Olsson. Our photos from the finish and the high point of the course.
On the first sunny day of racing all week at World Championships, Norway's Therese Johaug skated to a 10-second win in the 10 k individual freestyle over teammate Marit Bjørgen. Our images from the race.
It was a sea of red on Saturday at the front of the women's 15 k skiathlon at World Championships. Marit Bjørgen took home her second gold medal of the week with an impressive show of strength on the final climb that left the field in her dust.
Russia's Nikita Kriukov won a dramatic classic sprint on Thursday to claim the first World Championship title of 2013. Every emotion showed as he and fellow podium-finishers Petter Northug (NOR) and Alex Harvey (CAN) enjoyed their successes.
On an overcast morning before the freestyle sprint kicks off at Soldier Hollow, volunteers work hard on course preparation, coaches dial in wax and athletes arrive at the venue for one more nerve-wracking race. Some images from the final hours before the start.
Soldier Hollow gets busy as athletes arrive for the mass start classic race and coaches make last-minute adjustments to kick and glide. Some scenes from the stadium.
Only minutes remain until the first starter takes off on the 5 k course at Soldier Hollow. Thermometers read - 7 degrees F early this morning and were still at -4 with only half an hour to go until takeoff. Some images from the scene
While we wait for results to start coming in this morning, here's a snapshot of the scene in the stadium. Qualification begins at 10:00 am and heats start at 1:00 pm MST.
Friday's team sprint was the first World Cup held on North American snow in nearly three years. FasterSkier captured the action in front of the Parliament.
Check out our batch of photos from Friday's team sprint in Quebec, which saw Americans Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins capture the victory.
Images from Saturday’s 1.6 k freestyle prologue on the Whisky Trail. Though it wasn’t a full sprint, it sure didn’t look like anyone pushed themselves less.
FasterSkier had two cameras on location at the South Plateau to take in all the 9 k freestyle action.
MIDWAY, Utah — The 2012 Cross Country Junior Nationals wrapped up at Soldier Hollow last weekend, and if you’re longing for more (or missed any of the action), check out our comprehensive videos and photo galleries of each day’s events. For photos, visit our FasterSkier’s YouTube channel and scroll down for the most to least recent.