USSA SuperTour 2010 Standings after Bozeman

December 7, 2009 – The USSA 2010 SuperTour Standings after the completion of the first five competitions, are now updated and posted to the USSA website and leading the men is Garrott Kuzzy (CXC/US … READ MORE →

FIS World Cup XC Team Sprint Results in Dusseldorf – no Team USA?

December 7, 2009 (Dusseldorf, GER) – For those who followed the FIS World Cup XC Team Sprints in Dusseldorf on Sunday the results for the men’s race may have been confusing. On the live … READ MORE →

Canadians Favour Strong Penalties for Athletes Caught Doping at Olympics

December 7, 2009 (Ottawa, ON) – According to Nanos Research, a public opinion research firm, an overwhelming majority of Canadians believe that Olympic athletes caught taking banned substances during the Olympic Games should face harsh … READ MORE →

Hanneman and Konieczny Win Fairbanks Youth Sports Classic Sprint

December 6, 2009 (Fairbanks, AK) – Reese Hanneman (FAST) and UAF student Rebecca Konieczny were the winners in Saturday’s Flint Hills Resources Town Series event, the Fairbanks Youth Sports Classic Sprint. Comfortable temperatures in the … READ MORE →

SuperTour Bozeman 10km/15km Full Results – Brooks and Southam Score

December 6, 2009 (Bozeman, MT) – Holly Brooks/APU lead the charge again at the SuperTour women’s 10km classic as the temperature dipped to 1 degrees Celsius in Bozeman. Kristina Trigstad-Saari (BSF) was second and … READ MORE →

Biathlon World Cup Sweden Team Relays – USA 7th, Canada 14th UPDATED

Germany and France Win

December 6, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – Team USA claimed 7th on Sunday in the men’s 4×7.5km Team Relay putting together a solid effort with Lowell Bailey starting off followed by Jay Hakkinen, then Tim … READ MORE →

FIS XC World Cup Dusseldorf Men’s Team Sprint Final Full Results – USA Scores Fabulous 6th UPDATED

December 6, 2009 (Dusseldorf, GER) – Making it into the men’s Team Sprint 6×1.5km F final, the US sprint duo of Andy Newell and Torin Koos put in an awesome race to earn … READ MORE →

FIS XC World Cup Dusseldorf Women’s Team Sprint Final – Italy I Wins, Sweden-Norway in Photo Finish

Canada 20th

December 6, 2009 (Dusseldorf, GER) – The unexpected victory in the women’s Team Sprint 6×0.8km F race went to Italy’s team of Magda Genuin and Arianna Follis. Follis waited until the last lap to … READ MORE →

FIS Nordic Combined Lillehammer Gundersen HS140/10km – Spillane 4th, Demong 8th

Edelmann Wins

December 6, 2009 (Lillehammer, Nor) – It was a great end to a weekend of competing for Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) who went two-for-two leading the U.S., breaking a tie for fourth by … READ MORE →

Biathlon World Cup Sweden 7.5/10km Sprints – More Videos

December 6, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – Catch the finishes of the top three men – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR), Emil Heglund Svendsen (NOR) and Tim Burke (USA) – from Saturday’s Men’s WC Biathlon World … READ MORE →

SuperTour Bozeman Sprint Finals – Report, Full Results, Photos UPDATED

December 5, 2009 (Bozeman, MT) – Garrott Kuzzy (CXC Vertical Limit), and Holly Brooks (APU/Salomon) have won the 3rd event in the 2009.10 SuperTour, the Sprints in Bozeman. Kuzzy and … READ MORE →

FIS Ski Jumping Lillehammer Large Hill – USA’s Alexander Makes First Round

Schleirenzauer Wins

December 5, 2009 (Lillehammer, NOR) – U.S. ski jumper, Nick Alexander from Lebanon, NH (Outing Club and Project X), was the lone North American to qualify at the World Cup event on the large … READ MORE →

Biathlon World Cup Sweden 7.5/10km Sprint – Burke 3rd, Le Guellec 12th UPDATED + Burke Video Interview

Kocher 34th, Studebaker 59th

December 5, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – It’s been an extraordinary start to the season for the USA’s Tim Burke, who finished atop the podium again on Saturday at the Biathlon World Cup 10km sprint … READ MORE →

FIS XC World Cup Dusseldorf 0.8/1.5km Sprint Finals – Crawford’s BACK in 12th, Newell 7th UPDATED

Crawford Qualifies for Olympic Team

December 5, 2009 (Dusseldorf, GER) – Canada’s Chandra Crawford showed once again that she can compete with the best on the world with a 12th place finish today in Dusseldorf World Cup sprints. After … READ MORE →

FIS Nordic Combined Lillehammer HS140/10km – Spillane 6th, Demong 14th UPDATED

Lamy Chappius Wins

December 5, 2009 (Lillehammer, Nor) – American Johnny Spillaine is off to a great start placing 6th in the HS140/10km on Saturday in Lillehammer, Norway with team mate and NC Worlds gold medalist Bill … READ MORE →

Norwegian Legend Tor Arne Hetland on Dusseldorf Sprints

December 5, 2009 (Düsseldorf, Germany) – The legendary Norwegian cross-country skier, Tor Arne Hetland, previewed the Dusseldorf sprint races on this weekend in the video below. Peter Graves interviewed Hetland this summer following the … READ MORE →

US Biathlon’s Tim Burke and Coach Per Nilsson on Burke’s Historic Silver – Videos

December 5, 2009 – On Thursday US Biathlon’s Tim Burke scored silver at the 2009 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund, Sweden in the Men’s Individual 20km – a breakthrough, historic performance for the rising … READ MORE →

Who’s Where This Weekend – Dusseldorf vs Davos

December 4, 2009 (Düsseldorf, Germany) – There are no Canadian men racing at Dusseldorf for the sprints this weekend as the remainder of the team regroups and continues to train in Italy in preparation … READ MORE →

The NCCSEF is Back!

December 4, 2009 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – NCCSEF which has been supporting the development of cross country skiing in the U.S. for 12 years is back and ready to expand its reach to support … READ MORE →

Sasseville Report: Dusseldorf Preview – Ladies and Gentlemen Start your Engines!

December 4, 2009 (Dusseldorf, Germany) – After two weeks in the north – the first week in Beitostolen, Norway and last weekend in the far north of Finland at Kuusamo – the 2009/10 Veissmann … READ MORE →

Tara Geraghty-Moats Blog – Skitolivelivetoski

December 4, 2009 – Tara Geraghty-Moats, or TGM for short, has a passion for two things – ski jumping and cross-country ski racing. And she has excelled in both from the start. A home … READ MORE →

US Nordic Combined Team Joins World Cup in Lillehammer – Spillane 2nd in Preliminaries

New Rules Confuse?

December 4, 2009 (Lillehammer, NOR) – Sitting out the first Nordic Combined World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland was just the ticket for Johnny Spillane. He placed second on Friday in the ‘pocket jump’ round … READ MORE →

XC-World Cup Blog by Vegard Ulvang

December 4, 2009 – When walking around between the athletes and coaches during the first World Cup (WC) weekend, you could almost touch the tension and nervous expectation that come with an Olympic season. … READ MORE →

USA’s Tim Burke Opens 2010 Season with World Cup Silver

Backs Olympic Medal Hopes

December 3, 2009 (Östersund, Sweden) – How does one go from an outside Olympic medal hopeful to true medal contender? A realistic display of the ability to win a medal is … READ MORE →

Fischer Austria Takes Over Distribution in USA and Establishes Fischer Skis US

December 3, 2009 (Auburn, NH) – Fischer Sports GmbH, one of the world’s leading ski-brands, and David Auer are pleased to announce that effective November 30, 2009, they have concluded their relationship for the distribution … READ MORE →

Biathlon World Cup Sweden Men’s Ind. 20km Flash – USA’s Tim Burke Scores Breakthrough 2nd

Canada's Le Guellec 10th

December 3, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – We’ve just received word from Ian Harvey at Toko that the USA’s Tim Burke placed 2nd in the men’s 20km Individual race that started earlier on … READ MORE →

NENSA Launches Skis for Kids Ski Lease Program

December 3, 2009 – I am thrilled to announce that yesterday the NENSA board of directors approved and today we are announcing the NENSA Skis for Kids program. With $10,000 from our generous supporters at … READ MORE →

Sasseville Report on Kuusamo – Horses for Courses

December 3, 2009 (Kuusamo, Finland) – The second World Cup weekend is in the books and as I predicted last week we have a completely different set of winners. This was an “all classic” … READ MORE →

NorAm#1 Biathlon Season Opener – Perras Leads, Crawford and Specter Tied

December 3, 2009 (Canmore, AB) – The NorAm Cup #1/Calforex Cup #1 started the season off this past weekend with a Sprint and a Pursuit race in Canmore, a hotbed for biathlon in Canada. After … READ MORE →

Swix Technical Clinics – The Winning Margin Tour 2009

December 3, 2009 – Swix Sport USA Director of Racing, Kevin Sweeney, will be on the East Coast for a week of exceptional waxing clinics. Sweeney returns to the East to share with you … READ MORE →

WADA Approves Athlete Biological Passport

December 3, 2009 (Stockholm, Sweden) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) made significant advances in strengthening the global fight against doping through additional strategies during the Agency’s Executive Committee and Foundation Board Meetings held on … READ MORE →

Biathlon World Cup Kick Off in Sweden – Kocher 56th, Keith 58th, Studebaker 60th

December 2, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – World Cup racing began today in Östersund, Sweden as the US Biathlon team looks to follow-up last year’s strong season with their sights set on the 2010 Olympic … READ MORE →

WCup Weekend in Kuusamo Day 2 – The Distance Days

Inside the US Ski Team Camp

December 2, 2009 (Kuusamo, Finland) – Here’s Day 2 of Torin Koos’ behind the scenes look at the US XC Ski Team’s recent weekend in Kuusamo, Finland where they showed great … READ MORE →

SkiTrax Fantasy FIS World Cup 09.10 Contest Standings after Kuusamo

December 2, 2009 (Toronto, ON) – Ok race fans with Dusseldorf on the horizon here are the SkiTrax Fantasy FIS World Cup 09.10 Contest … READ MORE →

Silver Star Nordic XC Camps Rock

December 2, 2009 (Silver Star, BC) – Silver Star Mountain Resort’s XC ski camps on from Nov. 28-Dec. 6 are rocking with record numbers again this year, … READ MORE →

WCup Weekend in Kuusamo Day 1 – Saturday’s Sprint Day

Inside Look at US Ski Team

December 2, 2009 (Kuusamo, Finland) – Here’s an inside look at the US XC Ski Team’s recent weekend in Kuusamo, Finland where they showed great early season form as Andy Newell came 7th … READ MORE →

Police Smash Doping Ring in Spain

December 2, 2009 (Spain) – Spanish police have smashed a doping ring with operations in Valencia, Barcelona, Murcia and Granada and are detaining 11 people after a series of raids reports Reuters. Code named Grial … READ MORE →

US Biathlon Athletes Kick Off 2009-2010 World Cup Season in Östersund, Sweden on Dec. 2

December 1, 2009 (Östersund, Sweden) – World Cup racing begins tomorrow in Östersund, Sweden as the US Biathlon team looks to follow-up last year’s strong season with their sights set on the 2010 Olympic Winter … READ MORE →

Nordic Man on the Move

December 1, 2009 (Winthrop, WA) – We know that sometimes the urge to get on snow and ski until you drop is contagious and can make some people a bit crazy. Here’s a cool … READ MORE →

Women Ski Jumpers Ask Supreme Court of Canada for Permission to Appeal

December 1, 2009 (Vancouver, BC) – The women ski jumpers denied the right to participate in the 2010 Olympics will apply to the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal the decisions of the … READ MORE →

Kikkan Randall’s Race Tails: Kuusamo Double Header

December 1, 2009 (Kuusamo, FIN) – After her stellar performances in the preview races in Beitostolen, Norway, Kikkan Randall and the US XC Ski Team headed to Kuusamo, Finland, for the Nordic Season Opener. … READ MORE →

Canadians Invited to Apply as Torchbearers for Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games

December 1, 2009 (Vancouver, BC) – With just over 100 days to go until the start of the Paralympic Winter Games, Canadians who dream of carrying the Paralympic Flame as part of the historic Vancouver … READ MORE →

Beckie Scott Joins Young Athletes at Statoil-sponsored Alberta Training Camp

December 1, 2009 (Grande Prairie, AB) – Over the November 21-22nd weekend, almost 60 members from 6 Northern Alberta cross country ski clubs spent 2 days of intense mental and physical training in … READ MORE →

Adele Espy Blog – West Yellowstone Recap

November 30, 2009 (West Yellowstone, MT) – The skiing in West Yellowstone has been magnificent! The races are over and most of the crowd has moved out of town. This past … READ MORE →

Nordic Warm Up at Great Glen Trails

November 30, 2009 (Pinkham Notch, NH) – For three weeks in December, Great Glen Trails will host the Nordic Warm Up—a fitness program designed to get cross country skiers ready for the season. The Nordic … READ MORE →

West Yellowstone Festival – Clinics Big Success

November 30, 2009 (West Yellowstone, MT) – The West Yellowstone Festival, from Nov. 24-28, was a huge success this year with early … READ MORE →

FIS XC World Cup Kuusamo Women’s 10km/Men’s 15km Classic – Freeman 4th, Randall 18th, Babikov 38th, Renner 39th UPDATED

Saarinen and Northug Win

November 29, 2009 (Kuusamo, FIN) – USA’s Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) was just off the podium in 4th in the men’s 15km classic scoring his career-best World Cup finish on Sunday as … READ MORE →

USSA SuperTour Point Standings after West Yellowstone – More Photos

Kuzzy and Gaiazova Lead

November 29, 2009 (West Yellowstone, MT) – Thanks to the organizers of the West Yellowstone Ski Festival for three stellar days of racing at the opening events … READ MORE →

SkiTrax Fantasy FIS World Cup 09.10 Contest Standings after Beitostolen

November 28, 2009 (Toronto, ON) – We’re pleased to present the SkiTrax Fantasy FIS World Cup 09.10 Contest Standings after Beitostolen. The final count … READ MORE →

West Yellowstone SuperTour Women’s 5km/Men’s 10km Classic Full Results, Photos – Williams and Kuzzy Win

November 28, 2009 (West Yellowstone, MT) – Canada’s Madeleine Williams (Alberta World Cup Academy) scored her first win of the season taking Saturday’s SuperTour women’s 5km classic … READ MORE →