Torin Koos (USST) skied to a convincing win in the freestyle sprint as the SuperTour stopped in the Methow Valley. As a member of the US World Cup Team, Koos doesn’t have many opportunities to race domestically, let alone in his home state. His thoughts on today’s race and the upcoming Olympics. The weather leading up to the race was rather lousy. What were the conditions like throughout the day? How did the course hold...
Laura Valaas (APU), a native of the Methow Valley, dominated the women’s SuperTour sprint today, leading wire-to-wire. “I was thrilled to be racing in the Methow again; it’s been a long time since I’ve had a ski race this close to where I grew up,” Valaas told FasterSkier. “Despite being slushy earlier this week, the course held up and remained fast throughout the entire day,” she continued. “I really appreciated all the time volunteers spent...
here. Women Rank Points First Name Last Name Affiliation 1 283 Holly Brooks APU Nordic Ski Center 2 240 Kikkan Randall USST/APU 3 221 Laura Valaas APU Nordic Ski Center 4 199 Rebecca Dussault CXC Vertical Limit 5 155 Caitlin Compton Go! Training Men Rank Points First Name Last Name Affiliation 1 165 Garrott Kuzzy Central Cross Country Skiing/US Ski Team 2 163 Chris Cook Steinbock Racing 3 162 James Southam APU Nordic Ski Center...
Once again photographer Stuart Jennings provides a glimpse at the action during yesterdays classical distance race at the Bozeman, Montana SuperTour.
The day dawned clear and cold in West Yellowstone – providing excellent conditions for today’s SuperTour classic race. Win Goodbody sets the scene.
Kirk Nichols of Salt Lake Nordic sent FasterSkier some great highlights from the SuperTour freestyle distance races in West Yellowstone. Men Women
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Today’s sprint in West Yellowstone was a bit of an easy season-warmup. Reminiscent of a mid-season high school race, it was a relatively long course with 15-second individual starts and no heats. Removed from their typical stadium setting, the start and finish areas were posted in the middle of the Volunteer Loop, a very typical heavily treed Rendezvous trail corridor. There was no staging area, no finish area, and relatively little spectator access. Ahhh, just...
Clinic Options, Race Correction, and Kids Activities We are getting closer to the 2009 Yellowstone Ski Festival and this year is sure to be a blast. All of your favorite Nordic vendors and a few new and unique companies will be in West Yellowstone this year. With the Olympics in the near future, we expect to see many of the big names in cross country ski racing on the Rendezvous Ski Trails later in the...
As the sports world gears up for the Vancouver Olympics in February, the faltering economy has forced the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) to make cuts to its programs and staff. According to USSA Nordic Director John Farra, the American athletes with a chance at medaling at the Olympics have been insulated from the cuts. But both employees of the organization and some of the athletes who depend on it for financial backing have...
Stowe, Vermont – James Southam (APUNSC/Atomic) and Kristina Strandberg (Saab Salomon Factory Team) combined to win all four races at the SuperTour weekend in Stowe, VT. Southam, who has spent the last several weeks training in New England following the Whistler World Cups, defeated fellow APU skier Lars Flora (Saab Salomon Factory Team) in both races. In Saturday’s 10km freestyle, Southam skied to a 12 second victory over Flora, with Dartmouth’s Nils Koons in third,...
Huge Albums from all the weekend’s races – by Kris Dobie.
Mt. Itasca, Coleraine, Minnesota – The US SuperTour continued with a weekend of 10k’s – men and women raced a 10km Classic on Saturday, and a 10km Freestyle on Sunday. Saturday – 10km Classic The cold front hit northern Minnesota right on time for the MT Itasca SuperTour. All the Anchorage waxing experience definitely paid off! -12F predictions for 8:00AM caused the jury to set the start back to noon. Even colder than anticipated lows...
The US SuperTour moves to the Midwest for the Midwest Grand Prix. The first stop is Mt. Itasca in Coleraine, Minnesota where both the men and women will race a pair of individual start 10k’s – a classic event on Saturday the 24th, and a freestyle on Sunday the 25th. Important: The Jury for the CXC Mt Itasca SuperTour has decided that current trends and forecasts show a reasonable window of FIS legal temperatures to...
We’re getting really excited for the upcoming Super Tour races in New England. For those of you who have a little more time and want a little more racing or promotional opportunity, please note that the Craftsbury Marathon and NENSA Women’s Day take place the weekend before the start of the Super Tour. The sprint at Rumford is Wednesday and the distance races at Trapp Family Lodge are Saturday and Sunday. We’ve had pleasantly cool...
